Asking Crutcher to be a good defender is unreasonable I think. He plays so many minutes and carries such a burden offensively. We have no other player who can reliably create off the dribble or create good shots for teammates, so Crutcher has to do it all.
Especially with the struggles of our other players shooting open shots, Crutcher has also become our best option for outside shooting.
I would rather Crutcher rest on defense in order to be effective on offense. Ultimately, we are just in a tough spot this year after Matos went down. With our lack of depth, it's going to be difficult to put together 40 minutes of good basketball on both sides. We need Cohill to develop ASAP to be really good team, to take some burden off Crutcher.
|