But as a player with size and talent you have to put yourself in a position to further your career by showcasing your skills as best as possible. He transferred from Miami to tech. He could have gone somewhere else and played PF. I wonder if he knew about Joniah’s health issues beforehand. Was he just told he’s coming to play with a true 7 footer?
A lot goes into these decisions.
Yes...it absolutely does. Unfortunately that statistic isnt tracked. But LT does a lot of switching so they take turns guarding each others man. Although you would hope your best defender starts the possession on their best player more often than not.
The overarching point was that even if he was guarding the worst player on the court the whole game...he was not a liability nor disinterested in playing D. By avg, he still leads the team in spg and the guards in bpg...and played fewer minutes.