Basketball University Walker Kessler is one of the few excellent true giants in the NBA Hyper efficient 75 wingspan and elite timing make for world class rim Defense Not an offensive hub but can make nice passes in the flow of an offense Imposing on the glass Real center

Laker Legend Byron Scott says Lakers are pretenders Defense wins championships still in this league At the end of the day you got to get stops right Kessler at the center position he better average about 8 blocks a game because they're going to be getting a lot of blow-bys

KOC On Lakers adding Kessler There's a reason why he costed that much He's an elite interior defender elite lob guy elite interior finisher elite screener and he started hitting spot up threes last year There's a chance we look back at this deal as an underpay depending on how he performs

Thinking Basketball Ben Taylor Manu Ginobili I think is the most underrated defender ever probably And I think Manu Ginobili might be a better defender than Bruce Bowen but not as an isolation defender on the perimeter

Prime Hasheem Thabeet highlights - you cant stop Thabeet

Kon Knueppel Im not super athletic so being able to play off two feet now they have to be ready for a shot fake or a pivot It kind of evens the playing field It evens out the athleticism

How SGA utilizes and takes advantage of footwork vs Kobe