I think folks mistake soft for good looking and tough for ugly. Kendrick Perkins is soft but ugly so folks think he's tough. Meyers and Freeland are good looking so seem soft but are actually tough
I dispute that Freeland is good looking and that Meyers is tough. However, I agree there's a difference between loudmouths and toughs. Some people yap a lot and get a lot of double technicals but aren't necessarily tough. (KG, for instance.) Other people are tough but silent. (Ben Wallace.) However, it is possible to be both (Ron Artest). In general, enforcers/defensive aces are like drummers. There's the crazies (Dennis Rodman, Keith Moon) and the solid, quiet types (Bruce Bowen, Charlie Watts).
Totally agree with this sentiment. But I think we need someone physically tough more than mentally tough. For a few years now, I feel like we've lacked in the freak athlete department, ever since Crash left. Someone with long arms, a decent vertical, and can guard multiple positions, while being able to dunk on opponents ferociously. A SF/PF kinda like Thad Young or a wing like Gerald Green. Maybe go younger and get someone like MKG even. I had hope that Nic would fill this void, but he's clearly not as much of an athletic freak as I though he would be when he first started.
Here's a list of low usage, high DBPM players, sorted by total BPM. Anyone here strike your fancy? A few that I see that would interest me: Brandan Wright, John Henson, James Johnson, Al-Farouq Aminu, Zaza Pachulia, and Lavoy Allen.
