Khem Birch praises Gary Trent Jr.'s 2 way improvement: "Gary is one of the best players I've ever seen, no offense, not play defense then all of a sudden become a good defender. It's crazy. I swear I've never seen that before. He can be one of the best 2

Paul Georges elite two-way play in the 3-1 comeback vs Celtics

Carter Bryant recalls Gregg Popovichs advice You have the worst jab step Ive ever seen in my life you need to go watch Brandon Roy and Kobe you need to go watch those guys and look how they jab I just appreciate how honest he is He doesnt let nothing slide at all

Ringer Pina What does Jaylen Brown do at basketball thats definitively better than what Paul George does at basketball Mann People are unbelievably disrespectful to Paul George hes been a better more versatile defender Hes a way better pick-and-roll processor He's a better shooter

Tony Allen doubles down on his comments on LeBron's defense When they played OKC you think LeBron is starting out the game on KD No he's gonna stick Sefolosha So you got 41min of sticking Sefolosha the last 2min you get a chase down block and get the win now you just 1st team all defense

Obviously KD is right about needing to hit shots to win but is it really that easy for players to become good defenders like he says

Klay Thompson on Giannis Antetokounmpo and his impact His interior scoring is one of the best ever and his jump shot is greatly improved Now you can't sag off him like you used to He will punish you and he's just an incredible talent who has a great will to win