1)It is well known that give rookies get little lattitude on incidental defensive contact
2)It is well known stars get calls and are the whiners
3)Even lumbered with those fouls his defensive rating was 83.4 second only to Rozier
4) name another 6-7 rookie that can guard 1-5 or that is tasked to guard the players opposing teams all stars
5)You disparage direct quotes of Brads and Horfords
6)Semi is a rookie learning multiple defensive sets of multiple players
Film never prepares like experience
7)the game is still fast for Semi as it should be-he sometimes gets tentative
8)He is a rookie playing for best defense in league and learning on the fly.
1. True
2. Not all stars are whiners, but they do get calls.
3. False. You must be looking at offensive rating because his defensive rating is 105, which is tied with Larkin and Yabusele as the worst on the team.
4. None, but that includes Semi. He's not the defender you constantly proclaim him to be. He can't cover 5's and isn't quick enough to cover most 1's or 2's. He was completely torched by Beasley and Stevens lacked so much confidence in him that he didn't put him on Kuzma during the 4Q of the Lakers loss.
5. I love Stevens, but he's also the same guy that had James Young in his top 10 draft board and thought Demetrius Jackson and Ben Bentil would be drafted much higher. Again, it's coach speak and classic Brad. Unless, of course you have ever heard Brad say anything negative about a specific player.
6. "Film never prepares like experience" is a pretty funny and hypocritical statement since you constantly say that Ben Simmons is not a true rookie because he was on the team for 1 year.
7. Yes, it's very fast for him and he does look extremely tentative.
8. Yes, he's a rookie, but he's an older rookie (23) at that. Plus, him playing as a rookie and playing for the best defensive team in the league can also be said about a few other Celtics. Most of which have contributed much more than Semi.
3) TRUE-"even lumbered with those fouls his defensive rating 83.4 2nd to Rozier"---that was for Clippers game is there something wrong with your reading comprehension
6")Film never prepares like experience" and was not hypocritical because Simmons was on team for a year. Simmons spent a solid year watching film and even was making interactive calls to bench during games, He was immersed in NBA lifestyle, travel ,familiar with teammates ,spend quite a bit of time in weight room and watching from bench live games both home and away.
4)Semi can guard 1-5 in a switching defense but is not always successful
Beasley is streaky and was hot.Brad said" he wished he had used him on Booker"-did you see him defending Jordan and Blake.
.I remember when Semi switched onto a quick point guard and his lateral and strength kept the guard from turning corner.It was quite impressive.
9)The game is fast for most rookies,having to guard multiple positions is challenging
while inconsistent lineups adds to this.The fact that semi has been used in 4th quarters and even almost full 4th quarters speaks volumes.Inconsistency is a rookie trait
10)Semi can shoot and it is my belief that he will start hitting his open threes the 2nd half of season and that there is so much going that it has effected his shooting.
11) semi is inhibited from playing too aggressive defense and using his strength by inexperience and speed of game that most rookies have.He is often tasked with guarding stars who get preferential calls which makes him tentative the use of hands, holding and grabbing is so different than college and pro techniques can be subtle and illusive as refs play a large part in what you can and can't get away with.
Shall i remind you of your post" Semi sucks"-you have minimized his athleticism with "he trained for it" stated that it did not transfer to court-well he is playing and tasked some important near impossible defensive assignments for a rookie
Semi is a rookie learning to play NBA defense for the top defense in league and this all started with the sentence" that Semi might eclipse Crowder" and at this moment Crowder has played his way to the bench and is in conflict with Love.
In your attempt to deflect and minimize Brads praise of Semi -you throw out James "no defense" Young,Then on to Jackson and Bentil and Brad thinking they should have been drafted earlier.