J. Kyle Mann

No, they're not.

They're allowing like a pretty decent percentage on three-point shots.

They're getting roasted at the rim, which is kind of endemic to who they are.

And the healthy version of the Nuggets...

cements itself on defense to me because they have all of these guys who are good at some parts of defense and not as good at others or good at certain kind of matchups and not as useful in others.

And they kind of need them all to navigate three playoff rounds.

So Aaron Gordon, I've called his legs the biggest X factor in the league is hamstring issues, catfishes, whatever they are.

Like,

They just, they have, and you want to say, well, they have Peyton Watson.

He's emerged as a stopper who can score one-on-one and all this and shoot threes.

He leans more towards, he guards, he defends like down in the positional spectrum.

Like he defends quick guards better than he defends big giant wings.

That's Aaron Gordon's job.

And Aaron Gordon is better at that than defending quick guards.

Christian Brown has been out of the lineup most of the season.

He's their go-to sort of guard stopper.

he's got some issues getting around screens now.

And then like, they're the kind of team that the sum of the parts is really what, what has to drive their defense.

And I think it's okay to start being worried about like, are we ever going to like offensively?

They're the best offense in the NBA.