The best perimeter defender in the NBA isn’t yet 22 years old. Kidd-Gilchrist approaches the most difficult assignments in the game with unrelenting focus. Pump fakes don’t budge him. Screens can hardly displace him for long enough to make a difference. His extraordinary athleticism is applied toward consecutive efforts, the sum of which can overwhelm even the game’s best scorers. A defender so long (Kidd-Gilchrist stands 6’9” with a 7-foot wingspan), quick, and determined cannot be eluded easily.