MM's all important first pre season game player analysis

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Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold no lands, father no children. I shall wear no crowns and win no glory. I shall live and die at my post. I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the shield that guards the realms of men. I pledge my life and honor to the Night's Watch, for this night and all the nights to come.

 

Yes, someone quoted one of his disagreements with just a gif of Alice in Wonderland crying. It was pretty rude.

 

That was in another thread as pointed out by the mod who posted the rude gif

 

I haven't seen Wright play much either. But interestingly, his Drtg% over 8 seasons and 3 different teams is 107, and was 105 last year. Matthews, whom everybody considers at least a good defender, has never had a Drtg better than 108 over his 4 years and 2 teams. Wright is two inches taller, has a better handle, hits threes just as well, and at least statistically is a better defender. He's also a vastly superior rebounder (nearly double the TRB%).

It could prove very interesting to see if Wright can coexist next to Batum, and if both guys can do a good job guarding smaller and faster SG's. Looking at the advanced numbers that seems to be the only reason you'd start Matthews over Wright.

I suppose there's also the argument that Matthews has proven competence at playing 34mpg over 4 years, where Wright has only every played that many minutes one year. A lot of those years, though, Wright was playing behind LeBron/Wade.