The worst part is when he's bad defensively and makes stupid fouls on top of it - like unneeded reaches on ball handlers. Like Biggie wasn't good defensively, but he knew how to go out there, stay out of foul trouble, stay in position, and at least grab a ton of boards.Saying his defense is just okay is way over selling his defense 😂 I think he’s horrible defensively but makes up for it and more with what he gives you on the offensive side.
I’m not really disagreeing with anything you said since defense is half the game. I was just pointing out that I would put him second tier based on D but I’d put him up with about any other big on the offensive side/rebounding in general.
He's gotta be smarter there. And generally, he's just gotta be a more consistent presence.