As for Jackson’s defense … even if it’s completely awesome, it’s doing no good on this Warriors team. The Warriors defense was no worse when Jackson was not on the floor last season. Most of Jackson’s minutes came at small forward. Opposing SFs shot 54.4 percent against him. Opposing SFs shot 47.7 percent against Azubuike. Defensive rebounding is a big part of defense, and Azubuike is a substantially better defensive rebounder than Jackson. Jackson has a reputation as a great defender, but that reputation didn’t do jack for the Warriors last season, and I don’t expect it to going forward.

Even before Jackson planted his foot firmly in his mouth and everyone hopped on the “hate on Jackson” train, I was constantly arguing with people on this board about his theoretical defensive prowess. Glad to see someone else noticed.