Jack Armstrong
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I thought he did a fabulous job guarding Shane Gilgis-Alexander, who obviously is a great, great player.
So he showed me a lot, and he's a little tougher than he looks.
He's just got to get strong.
He has a really difficult time with physicality, playing through physicality.
But I think as he gets stronger, and I think he's got a chance to be pretty good.
But the Norm Powell one, I know you had mentioned it, but the Norm Powell one to me is very subtle.
But, you know, you look at where Gary Trent is right now for Milwaukee and he doesn't even play.
And Gary was a decent player for the Raptors.
But nonetheless, I think when you look at what Norm has become and what Norm was at the time, that was a tough one.
A few things.
First of all, turnover margin is a huge factor for them.
They have to win that.
They have to create pace.
They have to create man advantage opportunities in transition.
They got to get out on the break.
They got to beat you by 10, 12, 14 points in terms of fast break points.
They must get opportunities before you set your defense.
And I think to your point about their defense, I think scheme wise, I think they've done as good a job as you possibly can with the personnel that they have.
And they have a few guys that definitely are not plus defenders that aren't even neutral defenders that they've tried to hide and scramble and gamble and they're active and they find a way.
So that's helped their offense.