"Oh aight" like you said somethingbruh what are you talking about? Harden, Maxey, Tobias arent known for their defense. The only legit defenders we have is
Jojo
Thybulle (who Doc buried on the bench)
and Melton.
Yet somehow we're the #2 Defense in the league? #1 Defensive Rating #1 Defensive win shares... Who's responsible for that? George Niang? I thought ya'll liked advanced analytics. They dont count anymore huh...
Embiid does take plays off, but is ELITE defensively. Is Jokic elite defensively? What about Luka?
oh aight
"Known" for defense ain't the end all be all, since the apparently lowly Tobias has the same Defensive Rating as these "known for defense" players;
Tatum
Kawhi
Jrue
Gobert
Bam
Now tell me all or even most of those players are average or negative defenders, since this is your metric.
Ironically Jokic is over Embiid in Defensive Box Plus/Minus while Luka is equalling him in that as well as Defensive Win Shares.
Offensive metrics they're clearly above him.
2 other players are having All-Time seasons carrying inferior rosters, having clear better offensive seasons and apparently hanging in his same realm by these defensive metrics nobody brought up but you.
Oh aight