Just to piggy back off the other post of Sarr's rim protection, we should really consider putting Bilal on centers like the Thunder have done with Caruso and JDub. Bilal has not had a single season of positive on/off on defense in his career and he is specifically terrible at preventing dribble penetration, opponents attempt 2.5% more shots at the rim with him on the court than off the court and shoot 2.5% more accurately. Anyone who watched this team closely last year should recognize why, Bilal was constantly get stuck on screens leaving Sarr to defend 2 on 1 situations in the paint. It's been 3 years and he's still terrible at screen navigation. With that being a reality we're stuck with, we should try switching him in the pnr instead of having him chase over the screen. We've already seen Sarr be decent-ish at defending guards on the perimeter, we should see if Bilal's length is enough to allow him to deny entry passes and hold his own in the post. At a minimum it'll be a good learning experience if he ends up sucking at it.

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