Interesting thing about his lack of rim protection and defense . In 201415 season he was anchor of Bucks defense and they had 2 nd best defenseWarriors had first Also , Here is an interesting article about his role in that defense . One quote is especially interesting In fact , the Bucks ' defense hasn ' t struggled with Pachulia in the game this entire season . Despite being known better for his offensive game , Pachulia has played 1 , 217 minutes and the Bucks have maintained a Defensive Rating of 96 . 2 with him on the floor , which would be even better than the Warriors ' leaguebest defense . Pachulia blocks very few shots and his measurable effect on opponent ' s shooting at the rim seems to be middling , but the Bucks seems to be doing great defensively with him on the floor . All of this evidence seems to point to an obvious , but seemingly stupid , question Do the Bucks actually need a rim protector ? defendsjabarirecovers