He is probably our best catch and shoot atm but man he is a cone on defense, it has been a problem for 2 seasons now, the worst part is he cant play small ball because he gets caught sleeping on defense or getting killed one vs one. Braun, lonnie walker and divincenzo had momentum buckets against him that changed the game, it is almost like they are hunting him on defense
Also he cant play next to harden, the defense get worse. It is almost we need to run russ next to norm while mann plays next to harden.
It’s exactly this. I love Norm but right now he’s the most valuable tradeable asset we got. Bones can literally take his spot and provide the same offensive threat (very different styles obviously but both very prone to scoring), and Bones has improved on D, is younger and is hungrier. We should trade Norm, unfortunately, for some depth at the PF position.