“His quest is a testament as to why he’s a great defender,” Presti said. “When someone scores on him, it doesn’t deter him from the next possession. He doesn’t get disrupted when things don’t go his way. “You can play great defense on one of these great players in the NBA and they’re going to score on you. It’s the same thing with this. When you suffer an injury there are going to be setbacks, and in his case there were more than you would’ve hoped. But that hasn’t deterred him.”