Defensive Player of the Year Marcus Smart takes a page out of Luke Kornet's book on 3 point defense

Marcus Smart Going Flying After Kyle Korver Taps Him With His Left Arm

Luke Kornet blocks a shot

CP3 On Who Runs Point Guard Between SGA and Luka Shai I think that year we played together he also started to see defense matters You ain't gotta be a lockdown defender but when you playing defense for your team your teammates just wanna see the star actually try Actually try on defense

Jones Athletic's Jazz reporter on Kessler He's one of the 4 or 5 best rim protectors in the league He affects winning I think he can be another Rudy Gobert He's good enough defensively that he can be a walking top-10 defense He's a guy who can one day win a Defensive Player of the Year award

Walker Kessler on JJ Redicks discussions with him about expanding his game to the 3-point line in addition to being a lob threat Coach JJ is obviously hyper-intelligent I think for a big to be able to stretch the floor or even have the threat of it makes scouting really difficult for teams

Emanuel Sharp hustles on defense to stop the pass inside and somehow deflects the ball to his own basket with replays