kelly olynyk labelled as a poor defender is false

[Tr1boy]

I mean i just read summer league game 4 takeaways on the main page and it points out how terrence jones roughed him up when the guy shot a horrific 3-12, also he has short arms and that makes him a mediocre defender. I mean come on

Talk about kicking the dog when is dead tired. Every player in the celts roster was shaky tonight, turnovers galore, lack of intensity bc you just cant play amazing 4 games in a row , not in the nba.

We dont really know if jones could do half things on olynyk if oly was more rested. 

Like ive said oly wont anchor the defense. But he is already above avg compared to guys like bargnani, melo, scola, cousins(lacks effort) etc. Once he gets stronger he wont be as pushed easily down low and be an even better defender

[lightspeed5]

"But he is already above avg compared to guys like bargnani, melo, scola, cousins(lacks effort) et"

lets not compare olnyk to superstars in the league. He's only played in YMCA summer league games so far, theres no way of judging his defense yet until he plays real games.

[danglertx]

The C's summer league team just played a back to back to back to back game.  It is hard to really cherry pick the 4th game and make a determination from it.

During the NBA season the second night of a back to back is usually bad and you never see 4 games in 4 days.  Cut the guy some slack.

Plus, since you can't foul out in summer league, something that needs to change in my opinion, the games were brutally rough.  Refs just couldn't call all the fouls because they were non stop.