Answering timeless NBA questions in the dog days of August

What is more important to win an NBA title, offense or defense? What makes a player under or overrated? Does postseason success play a role in the perception of how properly rated a player is?

What is more important to win an NBA title, offense or defense? What makes a player under or overrated? Does postseason success play a role in the perception of how properly rated a player is? What about the size of their contract, or of their role on their team?

With the dog days of August here in full force, such timeless questions about the order of the NBA come to the fore with few other aspects of the league to distract. And with no better moment than the so-called doldrums of summer, the hosts of the “Through The Wire” podcast recently got together to talk through all of the philosophical questions that we noted above and then some.

To get their take on whether defense or offense gets the goods in the NBA Finals and what makes a player properly rated, check out the clip embedded below.

Listen to the “Celtics Lab” podcast on:

Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3zBKQY6

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3GfUPFi

YouTube: https://bit.ly/3F9DvjQ

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