Amare averaged 9 to 9.6 reb per game as a Sun. Ayton is basically 10 to 11.5. It's not the drubbing you paint it to be. And again, I remember Amare blocking shots to win games (In Sacramento) but of course, he wasn't a defensive demon. One thing you never had to worry about was his force of nature will on offense. It was legendary.
I believe we should max him but yeah, nights like this and the doubts creep in.
Hate to say it, but I put a lot of this on Paul. He should be able to figure this out and create these types of opportunities… But man he looks exhausted. He only has 1 official turnover, but he really should have 3-4 more. He’s made some seriously lazy passes that luckily didn’t end up as a turnover…
Especially since he was an undersized center. Ayton this season averaged 1 more rebound than Amare (pre injuries). Big whoop.
100%
It could go either way. Sometimes if he's pitiful on defense he steps it up in the 2nd half but given that he's had decent numbers, he might have deluded himself into thinking he's not the problem - something he's capable of doing.
Paul is cooked
