Game Day (Preseason): Nets (1-1) vs Suns (2-0), Sun 10/12/25

[Superbone]

I would call it a concern more than an assumption…at least for me. Both have historically liked to not play high effort defense…hopefully that changes. We’ve seen Book play high level defense at times…I’m not familiar enough with Green to really say.

Book seemed to be giving very good effort on the defensive end in preseason. I don't see why Green wouldn't as well.

[Split T]

Quite a few high usage guards like to conserve energy on defense. Having 1 do it can be manageable…2 is not…it’s why Book/Beal didn’t work super great, and especially why Tyus/Beal/Book didn’t work. Similar to say Dame/CJ. I am encouraged that Book has shown defensive effort in the past(and glad to hear he’s doing it in preseason) and Green is at least active(he’s just really small and likely easily pushed around). Having actively engaged defensive forwards/bigs will help too. KD was a great help defender, but he also liked to conserve energy.