Yet people wonder why MDA constantly makes positive comments about Tucker... his short comings don’t matter much when you have Harden and Westbrook... and Tucker is just a very good all around defender. The Rockets would be screwed without him.
It shows how soft todays bigs are that the rockets can get away with this small lineup. Could you imagine teams trying to defend Shaq, Dream, Moses or players like that with 6'5 guys. It would be ****ing hilarious.
This board is going to crap on him as soon as he's physically exhausted. Watched it happen with Ariza, same arc. PJ is critical. I would give him 3 years big money if the contract were heavily linked to fitness goals and games played.
PJ has been underrated his whole career. https://nbamath.com/serge-ibaka-and-p-j-tucker-bringing-defensive-identity-to-toronto-raptors/ Our Chaos Defense revolves around PJ-RoCo-Beard (Yes! Harden - soon to be NBA leader in steals & elite post defender). But PJ is the sraw that stirs the drink because he is the QB on defense. His communication is just as valuable as his sticky physical D.