I can't explain the Bradley factor. Undersized sg's aren't suppose to change a team like this....esp one who is in his early 20s and doesn't have much of a offensive game.
It's a trap
I've always thought the undersize shooting guard thing was and is overblown.
AB is extremely athletic and fast, huge wingspan, extremely quick and extremely quick jumper. Basically TA is a taller version but but a tad slower/worse in a lot of those other categories. What Bradley lacks in size he makes up for with everything else while what TA lacks he makes up for by being stronger taller.
IMO the only disadvantage Bradley has is with big SG who could abuse him in the post/get him in foul trouble maybe Kobe, Wade, George, Joe Johnson. Even then he seems to defend the post pretty well.
It also seems like Bradley may end up defending the better backcpurt player anyway whether shooting or point guard and let Rondo take the other guy. Unless this is cause Rondo is still hurt
Well that was what I meant by undersized. There are those players that do have that advantage against him.
Either way I still don't get how his presence changes our team that much, trap.
First, you are wrong. I've repeated this time and time again on these boards: when AB joined our starting rotation last year, the team began putting up - literally - historic defensive numbers in terms of points per 100 possessions.
The Celtics played .700 ball, the best clip in the league, after the All Star break, which just happened to coincide with AB moving to the SG starting role and KG at the 5.
Second - as with Jared Sullinger, everyone keeps thinking SIZE = HEIGHT. Look at Avery Bradley. He is not some skinny, Allen Iverson type of combo guard. He is all muscle. He also has a 6'7" wingspan, which is equal to Evan Turner's, a guy who is 4 inches taller and was the tallest SG taken in Avery's draft class.
Third - you are wrong.