No matter how good he is offensively, Jaden Ivey needs to improve on defense if he wants to be a long-term part of the Detroit Pistons.
We’ve talked endlessly about Jaden Ivey’s fit with Cade Cunningham and offensively it is there, as Ivey has shown (albeit briefly) that he can thrive off the ball in catch-and-shoot situations and attacking as a secondary creator.
He still has some tweaks to make there as well, mostly when it comes to decision-making as a passer and developing as a scorer in the floater area.
Sam Vecenie and Bryce Simon addressed this issue on a recent episode of the Game Theory Podcast, with Vecenie stating that Ivey was not as far along defensively as he thought he might be, given his physicality and athleticism.