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Originally Posted by kmart
I think Lowry can be a good defender. He can stay in front of his man. The problem is that the offensive burden with the defensive responsibilities can be taxing on a player.
As for DeMar, you put him on the worst offensive player on the other team and you can live with that. This team struggles enough scoring without Derozan. Have you not seen the offence lately without him?
With Valancuinas, you can't hide him. The amount of pick and rolls that offences have these days requires a mobile big man, its just something he isn't and will never be. I'd argue that he's not great offensively either, very roboctic with his movements and when he gets a double team he struggles with making the right basketball play.
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You can't hide DD - he is beyond useless on D / a net negative player despite all the points.
http://www.raptorsrepublic.com/2016/...g-gap-offense/
The link is to an article from when he was scoring at his best this year and still a net negative. They are better when he isn't on the floor.