Hey! Let’s mailbag.
1) Can we in three years time build a top 10-defense and top 20-offense around RJ Barrett, Mitchell Robinson and Frank Ntilikina with only role players? With shooters and defenders?
— Doubledouble Dutch
Last year — this year? — nine teams finished/are top-10 in offensive rating and top-20 in defensive rating: Milwaukee, the Lakers, the Clippers, the Celtics, the Rockets, the Mavericks, the Nuggets, the Jazz and the Heat. Of the nine, six reached those same rankings three years ago (MIL, LAC, BOS, HOU, UTA, MIA).