Precious Achiuwa's Defense is Elite

[@semaj1077]

If you’re here after the trade clap your hands 👏 👏

[@carlbarnett83]

Hahaha... any of this STILL true??

[@woodystefeneylee7290]

Yes ..🎉

[@Mikey_Murphy]

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[@stevenwheeler7999]

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[@5ucio]

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[@thekongstocks]

Welcome to New York City!!! #NBA #NewYorkKnicks #PreciousAchiuwa

[@cwong6204]

Yea it’s a lot of fun to see how Precious shuts down so many superstars’ offense. 🔥🔥

[@FS-zt6tm]

lol, love the zelda music in the background. Precious is such a beast on the defensive end, I'd actually put him ahead of OG in terms of defensive versatility which is crazy

[@austinneveau9387]

Versatility maybe, but og is the executioner of defense.

[@samsonfolk2946]

had to sneak it in there haha

[@nygblue24]

And now the Knicks have both :)

[@dylanlum3813]

I love how you went beyond how Precious shuts down other players to explaining how he shuts down play types and therefore multiplies the efficacy of his team’s defense.

[@thatkevboy]

Knicks fan tapping in here. Good luck with RJ and IQ. You’re gonna enjoy both if they actualize their potential. Is it safe to say Precious is in the Jarred Vanderbilt player type class?

[@5ucio]

That’s a good thing I would say

[@timbretimbre1442]

Top tier Raptors content as always

[@GreaterSociety]

He played great defense vs embiid today

[@curly2265]

You had me at the Zelda music😂 Great insight! I think a very under appreciated part of his game is high motor which will allow him to be an elite defender should he continue to trend in the right direction.

[@menezesmarcelo]

Great one, Samson

[@zsoltszegedi8995]

Oh man October is so far away still, I can't wait to see how his game improved over the summer

[@zsoltszegedi8995]

BTW, are we sure Precious is a 5 and not a 4? The way he can handle the ball and move with it, the way he can dribble into jumpshots (although small sample size, but it looks good) makes it seem like he's more of a wing than a big. I know traditional positions don't really mean anything with the Raptors but it's still weird to me that we refer Precious to a 5/big.

[@Bandicoot19]

He’s our second best defender currently and should be starting from day 1 once the season starts. Not many bigs can do what he does on that side of the ball

[@72defender]

Love this channel! So much better than that rumour-mongering ‘Digest’ nonsense! 💯

[@alfredg1913]

Trust RR to only put out quality

[@DESOUSAB]

Quality content - great work!

[@joshwaldtheanimator]

good video Samson, thanks!

[@Hustlekids]

Great defensive breakdown u just earned a new subscriber sir

[@taemac10]

He has been looking great on the Knicks 🔥🔥🔥

[@AGENTinTO]

Excellent content that was clearly explained and concise, backed up by detailed video analysis and peppered with anecdotes from the season. There is a lot to like about this video and Precious. Side note, do you think that our ROY can play PG in an all big lineup? Or Paskal playing the one for that matter... Scottie/ OPj/ OG/ Paskal/ Precious. Scary for the opposition!

[@thekongstocks]

*Scottie / Immanuel / RJ / Paskal / Jakob

[@jackieleecampanon6407]

I agree. I’m happy he’s out of the list of trade prospects to acquire Durant

[@jamesleadley7872]

I think the team D rises so much with Precious because of the lack of Center defense, not simply because of how good he is. What happens is guys get to defend their natural positions instead of defending bigger opposing centers. He certainly is a good defender, but the synergy of the whole system improves significantly with a center capable defender.

[@samsonfolk2946]

The Pascal at Center lineups really struggled to rebound, so there's some truth to this, but the Raptors are a major negative over Khem's 1500+ minutes at center since joining the team, and he allows for the same "natural positions" situation and that hasn't ended up mattering much. The scheme also doesn't change much from Khem to Precious outside of a small change in frequency of drop defense, fwiw.

[@jamesleadley7872]

@@samsonfolk2946 Valid point. I'd argue Khem was a free pickup so he never should have been expected to play starter mins. Khem is Masai's worst signing imo so I hesitate to boost up Precious because Khem's play is so bad. Precious is a good defender most certainly. Great...well I'm still watching. Defend Embiid when it matters and I'll be convinced of Great.

[@bri12345ification]

@@jamesleadley7872 I know Khem had knee issues but I'm starting to wonder when we first got him at Tampa did he look good because he actually was or did having to watch Baynes just made any center look good lol

[@footfan53]

Knicks probably like how he plays in drop and at least he is willing to shoot the 3pt

[@seepaoloap]

You get a comment of respect for shouting out Zach Randolph. Easily one of the best NBA quotes of all time.

[@HKashaf]

Samson Folk is carrying Raptors Republic!

[@jrr59]

Thank you Raptors for the 2 defensive dawgs: OG and Precious…Coach Thibs pees on himself like a dog with excitement when those 2 dawgs are playing

[@knicksnationtv]

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[@danielduncan6370]

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[@s.g.e5523]

Gtg vs precious going to be a bloodbath from fans

[@Bandicoot19]

Precious is the right answer every time

[@gutss5040]

Commenting 4 da algo!

[@gregorymcfarlane6879]

Precious Achiuwa did told Nick Nurse if someone is hot on the offensive end he should let him guard him so he shut that water off! I say we should call Precious Achiuwa the Plumber if and offensive player get lose! Lol call the fix Precious Achiuwa

[@aliabdi4060]

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[@alwaysright6358]

Precious is a good defender. You can even argue he's a great defender, but he's not elite, not yet. He was bullied by Montrezl Harrell - a player of similar size.

[@Bandicoot19]

When was this? And the numbers argue he’s borderline All Defense all ready so yeah he’s elite

[@alwaysright6358]

@@Bandicoot19 Borderline all defense is not elite.

[@Bandicoot19]

@@alwaysright6358 so not being one of the top 10 best defenders in the world doesn’t make you elite?

[@alwaysright6358]

@@Bandicoot19 Correct. Elite for top 5 best.

[@Bandicoot19]

@@alwaysright6358 is OG an elite defender?

[@jeffames3014]

mic is bigger than ur head. me no focus

[@s.g.e5523]

Bruh make ur own channel

[@raptorsrepublic]

This is his channel.

[@dicknijenhuis9894]

I've become selective as to what I watch or read unless it's from one of the Raptor's Republic contributors, especially you, Samson, and of course Louis.

[@samsonfolk2946]

I appreciate you, matey!