Ben Taylor
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4,322 appearances
7 recordings
1 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 5 Jul
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Yeah.
This is what I wanted to ask you about because
I think in years past, defensive anchor is the Wemby, the long arms, the shot blocker.
He hangs around the rim.
But, you know, the lessons over the years that I've picked up that I start to value more and index on more are things like, oh, there is a reason why there were 77 next Draymond Greens and zero pandout.
Right?
And so to be a defensive, yes, to be a defensive.
Defensive anchor in today's game, you need uh things like court mapping, anticipation, processing speed, awareness, maybe peripheral vision, and maybe lastly the willingness to churn that through your brain quickly so you can communicate that information.
And that's what seems to make the highest level defenders these days.
So um
You you can wax poetic on him if you want or just in general.
But I I I was I I saw that badge and I was like, that's really interesting because I feel like that's an example of a thing that
Has changed in how I look at young players developing over the years.
Seen some highlights.
Seen some highlights, yeah.
Uh don't have you don't have many great players come through the Massachusetts high school system over the years.
Yeah, very few people have it at that level.
I I've told this story before in terms of going back and scouting Garnett.
There's a game of him playing in high school on the internet, a grainy game when he's like seventeen or eighteen and
He catches the ball th there's an entry to like the high post and he jumps in the air, I think, to catch the ball.
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