Quote Originally Posted by loldevilz View Post
I would disagree with this. Gbinije has much more lateral quickness. I think as a one-on-one defender he is also better. Mason gets backed down too easily and I think he tends to go for the pump fake too much. Also, as another poster said he gets caught on hedges way too much. Miles in my opinion is the only other that can be really considered an elite defender because he can defend bigger guys and I think he's a better shot blocker also.

None of this has much to do with athleticism as much as it does with basketball IQ and pure strength in the case of getting backed down...Mike does look like a heck of an athlete, at 6'7 hes quicker laterally then all our guards except maybe Austin, He runs the court very well too. Mike also has very sneaky hops even though Miles likely has him beat in the vertical dept...