The Sixers fell in love with Matisse Thybulle and moved up to 20th overall to select the former Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year out of Washington in the 2019 draft. The flashes he’s shown defensively have helped make a shaky start to the season for the Sixers a lot more fun and palatable. Thybulle just kind of has a way of turning a routine play into a mad scramble and fast break going the other way. Opponent’s who skirt by him via screen must then frantically check their rearview mirrors for back-pressure like a driver being tailgated by a Mack truck:
I did NOT see Thybulle talk to Kemba after that block and I think I love him more because of it pic.