Question - are we a better defensive team without Horford? There was an article I read today that was positing this.
I mean, having a 2/3/4/5 of AB, Jaylen, Jae, and Amir might make a bit more sense defensively than having Al at the 4. Sure, we're small and that hurts, but it's not like Al's presence would've helped that much on the boards anyways.
No, we are not. Al in that lineup instead of Amir is superior.
Oh, of course. But that's not what I was really meaning. I was meaning with just one traditional big in there. Of course an IT, AB, JB, JC, and AH fivesome would be better defensively.
EDIT: I was just wondering if even being this small we could be superior defensively.