For instance, he doesn’t get very many blocks(0.8 per game last season) per basketball reference, he isn’t very quick on his feet, and has trouble guarding players both smaller and bigger than him. However, I don’t think that he is a bad defender. Or, at least as bad a defender as many perceive him to be.
Bleacher Report described him earlier in the year as “an underrated defender with strong positioning instincts”. In fact, many of their writers view him as a very unappreciated defender. So I am not alone in this opinion.
His play style may be a bit awkward, but it has served him well in his short career so far to say the very least.