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[QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 4935924, member: 405"]
We could say that about our current star player, and a lot of guys from time to time.
I reiterate: blocks, steals and rebounds are all statistics relating to defense. They are empirical.

In 18 minutes a game as a freshman, he gave us 9 points, 4 rebounds, 1 block and 2/3 of a steal and an assist every game. He shot 55% from the floor and 65% from the foul line.

Maliq, as a sophomore, is only a bit better than freshman T Thompson - 10 points, 6 rebounds, 2+ steals, a block and an assist, in 1/3 more time per game than Thompson (18 v 24 min), a year more developed in the program. He and Maliq are about equal, although Maliq is clearly better at steals.

Maliq just got steamrolled against UNC.  Was he "terrible" on defense? Or was he just playing out of position against a much bigger guy?

Freshman Maliq played 20 minutes a game; much closer to Freshman Thompson.  Maliq put up 6 pts, 5 reb, around 1 ass't and 1steal, and half a block. Thompson was better than freshman year Maliq.

2020 Quincy Guerrier played similar minutes as Thompson, is a bit shorter, but a PF, too.  He gave us 7 pts, 5 reb, and half an assist, steal and block.

Marek played about 20 minutes a game in 2019 and gave us 4.1 pts, 3.5 reb, 1.6 asst and 1.3 steals per game.  Matt Moyer played a similar role on the 2018 - undersized defensive forward, not much on the offensive end.  Thompson was better than any of those guys, in my opinion.
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