Washington Wizards point guard Tyus Jones discussed rookie Bilal Coulibaly’s career-night on defense after Sunday’s 113-104 home loss vs. the Denver Nuggets.
(via Washington Wizards):
Reporter: “Four blocks for Bilal, that’s a career-high. What have you seen from him as a rim protector?”
Jones: “His length. His wingspan is crazy. He’s got good timing, knows when to release and go meet it at the rim. So yeah, that’s huge. And a lot of times he’s guarding guards, so he kind of has the size or the height advantage on them, and it’s big for us. He has tremendous defensive instincts, and it’s huge. He’ll only get better, which is kind of scary because he’s already a tremendous defender. I didn’t know how many blocks he had tonight, but it looked like he was blocking a shot every other possession. So it’s big time, and that’s a great skill and trait to have, for sure.”
