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Let’s cut to the chase. Repeated hot taker and always misser, Colin Cowherd, said on his program that “un-athletic joe ingles can’t defend a bar stool” in order to discredit Utah so that his not grounded in fact theory of the Lakers being criminally underrated could hold some water—it doesn’t. Do we really need to sit here and pretend that this shock jock who has once said that Donovan Mitchell wasn’t a good jump shooter?
If you’d like to drench your mind in sludge and feel less informed about basketball, the clip is below.
"This narrative that LeBron and the Lakers isn't going to work is absurd. It's going to work because LeBron with a bunch of dudes always works."@ColinCowherd on Vegas setting Lakers O/U at 48.5 wins pic.twitter.com/jSYWHFj9Fv
— Herd w/Colin Cowherd (@TheHerd) August 6, 2018
If you use your two eyes and have seen a Jazz game in the past two years, you’d know that Joe Ingles is one of the best defenders not only at his position, but in the entire NBA. See Andy Bailey’s twitter thread below.
Opponents have put up a worse FG% when defended by Joe Ingles during each of his four NBA seasons.
— Andy Bailey (@AndrewDBailey) August 6, 2018
Cowherd says he "can't defend a barstool."https://t.co/bn2idV6kBh
JJ Redick's 2016-17 regular season Offensive Box Plus-Minus: +2
— Andy Bailey (@AndrewDBailey) August 6, 2018
JJ's 2017 playoff OBPM against Utah: -3.4
Paul George's 2017-18 regular season OBPM: +2.5
George's 2018 playoff OBPM against Utah: -0.8
Cowherd says Joe Ingles "can't defend a barstool."https://t.co/bn2idV6kBh
Among small forwards, Joe Ingles' ranked 14th (out of 86) in 2017-18 Defensive Real Plus-Minus.
— Andy Bailey (@AndrewDBailey) August 6, 2018
Cowherd says Ingles "can't defend a barstool."https://t.co/bn2idV6kBh
Joe Ingles was 24th in the NBA in Defensive Win Shares per 48 Minutes (minimum 1,500 minutes) last season.
— Andy Bailey (@AndrewDBailey) August 6, 2018
Cowherd says Ingles "can't defend a barstool."https://t.co/bn2idV6kBh
So leave it to Colin Cowherd to fall hard for a star name like LeBron like a casual without even watching an NBA game. Congratulations to Colin Cowherd—the Alex Jones of basketball takes—for gracing us with his presence.