J. Kyle Mann

Let's put it that way.

They're kind of attached to each other in their rotation.

Defensively, like, yeah, I just can't figure out why he hasn't been better defensively.

And some of the advanced metrics are like, oh, my God, bad with him defensively.

The one thing, it's only four games.

I'm happy to see his defensive rebounding rate is way up because he should be a good defender, and he should be a good rebounder, and he has not been.

Through four games, he has been.

Certainly, I know the Blazers have noticed that because he can rake it and take it if he gets a rebound.

Do you coin that?

Do you pick that up?

I haven't heard that.

I think this is going to be an interesting draft to revisit for a long time underneath Wenminyama.

I mean, who would you take second, Brandon Miller or Ahmed Thompson, if you redrafted it?

Oh, that's tough, because... Man...

I think it's a toss up too, but I'm going to force myself to answer the question.

Brandon Miller is the safer pick, I think.

I'm going Ahmed Thompson because I just think the defensive upside is A+++++, and I can figure out some other stuff offensively.

But the fact that it's a conversation, given how much buzz Ahmed has, I don't think there's been enough buzz about Brandon Miller.

And I just want to give him a little love for his play.

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