kelly o and defense

[rollie mass]

kelly made great strides off season in adding muscle if he puts that kind of effort into drills and excersise for lateral movement and vertical-can they make a drastic difference-he looks like he jumps better this season-

[Evantime34]

I think he certainly is stronger and has better lift but his rotations aren't quite there yet. He still looks like he has to think about where he is supposed to be rather than just instinctually moving there. It should come with time and he should improve on defense.

At this point he needs to realize his defense is marginal at best and compensate by being aggressive on offense. Since where he adds value is offense he needs to realize that if he doesn't attempt to score he doesn't deserve to be on the court.

[Tr1boy]

Man to man defense will never be great.  Team d is above avg. Effort is def above average

[Celtics4ever]

Man to man defense will never be great.  Team d is above avg. Effort is def above average

Footspeed is not good though, KOs and Sully footspeed is just shy of pathetic. 

[manl_lui]

I hope KG comes back to Boston and at least make him an average defender

[Who]

With his improved physique and conditioning, I expected Olynyk to make more a jump defensively than we've seen so far. Disappointed with that.

[SHAQATTACK]

With his improved physique and conditioning, I expected Olynyk to make more a jump defensively than we've seen so far. Disappointed with that.

He makes,so many stupid touch fouls .   I think he is shy on D.  He has natural offensive instincts.  But he just hasn't developed defensive reaction times and mindset ...to get it done .....a lot of this is again confidence., timing and knowing your opponents .  Eventually you figure out guys you face and do better ....your coaches help you or should .

The defense is painstakingly bad.

[td450]

Probably the best post defender in the league is Marc Gasol. Granted he is stronger and longer, but he's even slower and more earthbound than Kelly is. He has great footwork and positioning and plays with aggression. 

I'd make Olynyk watch tapes of Gasol play defense 4 hours a day.

[hwangjini_1]

watching olly play defense shows me, as pointed out above, that his man to man defense will never be particularly good. he simply does not have good lateral movement or foot speed. that is why he plays off his man so far.

compounding this is him playing center, that is, the final defense against drives. he simply cannot match up well against faster players.

i would imagine though, that if he were to play pf and there was a credible to good defender at center, olly's defects would be far less glaring.

[SHAQATTACK]

I think even old Perk would make an impact on this team.

[Celtics4ever]

It is hard to make tissue soft tough.

[footey]

With his improved physique and conditioning, I expected Olynyk to make more a jump defensively than we've seen so far. Disappointed with that.

He makes,so many stupid touch fouls .   I think he is shy on D.  He has natural offensive instincts.  But he just hasn't developed defensive reaction times and mindset ...to get it done .....a lot of this is again confidence., timing and knowing your opponents .  Eventually you figure out guys you face and do better ....your coaches help you or should .

The defense is painstakingly bad.

He has shied away from tougher defense because he will get called for BS touch fouls and get taken out of the game. It is no wonder his defense has suffered. It is a conundrum.