We will be better once we get rid of him and Sully then watch the defense improve drastically. Trouble is Sully can score and rebound and a player of a certain caliber needs to be attained first.
In my opinion, Sully's defense is actually good. He defends the post, rotates, and attempts to challenge shots. As soon as we get a center who can contain guard penetration he will look even better. Sully has valuable skills rebounding, shooting, and very underrated skill - takes up a lot of spaces thus making it harder for opposing offense to operate. He is not a problem, but roster construction is. Once again, Sully needs a mobile center next to him - like WCS, Tyson Chandler, Noah (just to use as examples, not players to get by any means).
So what are the good things that KO does well defensively??
The main bad thing is that he is too aggressive and fouls too frequently. He will learn
the 2nd bad is that he has to guard players he shouldn't be guarding. He is a stretch 4 guarding Centers alot of times
There is alot of good things KO does on the defensive end. You either favour sully or turn a blind eye to the good things KO does on the court on the defensive end
Uh no...
Olynlyk fouls a lot because he gives up ground too easily, and opponents can easily get in scoring positions without any resistance. Olynlyk is also slow, speed wise and intelligent wise. Always missing rotations, loosing his own man, and does not have the speed to recover. Olynlyk is weak, cant box out, gives up rebounds and cant challange shots correctly without fouling.
He is always missing rotations??
He is losing his man at times bc he is helping out . Getting to open space to prevent guys from trying to get a free layup. He needs to learn when to overhelp and when to not a little better. This is only in his 2nd year
Have you seen him run out to perimeter to distract shooters? how many times does he do this?
His effort from one end to the other is exceptional. For a big player he has amazing stamina
He will be fine. Some of you guys are comparing KO to a Deandre Jordan or Ibaka. KO obviously is not at their level athletically.
Offensively he has some excellent games. Some snoozers. 2nd year player for heavens sake.
If by "helping out" you mean unable to decide between double teaming and sticking to his man then I agree with you. However, to me it looks like he is stuck in between two people and is unable to make a proper decision on defense. I have not seen any effective results of Olynyk's "defense". None of us compare Olynyk to Ibaka and DeAndre (who is NOT a great defender, in my opinion), we just point out some obvious flaws in his game that hurt the team.
Also, most, if not all, Olynyk's so called good offensive games came against other team's benches - not starters. He is not capable of scoring on actual, NBA starting talent. Second year, in my opinion, is not an excuse, Sullinger was able to do so in his first year and is also younger than Olynyk. Basically, Olynyk is just athletically challenged, soft, indecisive player with no special offensive skills to make up for absolutely horrendous "defense".
