Yes I think he has players with monstruous defense. Even my rebounding was low despite my bigs having 17 and 16 Rb (even my SG/SF have at least 8 Rb). Maybe LI cost me part of he game as well, his C seems quite good, I should have attacked outside.
But I thought National appeal + more effort was better than home court (unless he has the crowd involvement specialty!). I might change my PR manager if that's not the case =D