Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I feel it would be easier to teach/improve defense on an offensively minded player than it is to teach/improve offense on a defensively minded player.
I would say it depends on the system. People think it’s all effort and conditioning on defense but there’s a lot more to it than that. It’s a true team chemistry issue as well. Have to get everyone in perfect synchronization on d. Yesterday at half Tom Crean actually made a good point, said Big Rob was the best talker on d in the B12. The comms aspect of defense is crucial.