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Pops Mensah-Bonsu.
is it easy to say that bruce bowen deserves that le? idk if anyone remembers this but derek anderson used to d up on kobe pretty well, def not the best but he was pretty crucial
Pops Mensah-Bonsu.
Michael Finley
yeah but he played what? One season?
We used to have this guy named David Robinson. I seem to remember he was a of a shot blocker and rebounder. Guy could jump out of the building to block shots.
Duncan's not too shabby either.
As for perimeter defender, there's Bowen of course, but Sean was a great on the ball defender himself.
Bowen and Robinson. No one else really comes close, not even Duncan, who I think gets more credit than he actually deserves.
Oh, and as much of a head case as he was, Rodman could D up too.
Robinson was a beast of a defender, as long as the offensive player's name was Hakeem.
Still hurts all these years later. It was THAT BAD.
Alven Robertson ,but it's so very close with Bowen and Robinson right behind him.
Rodman could d-up but he never did it with the Spurs. Hakeem never owned Robinson the way history seems to remember. Hakeem just had a better team by far.
Robinson
duncan
bowen
manu
hill
best defense
I'd put Elliott instead of Manu, just because I think Manu takes too many risks. Hill is still too early to call but he looks like the best defender @ the pg position.
Career wise maybe, but that one season was enough to forever cement that thought.
Consider the stakes (WCF), motivation (Hakeem saying during the MVP ceremony that Robinson was holding HIS trophy), and the nature of the beat down, and what you get is one of the greatest offensive displays by a Spurs opponent EVER.
It hurts to say it, but on the strength of that one playoff series, Hakeem will forever own Robinson head to head.
Of course, in the ring department, they're even as can be.
Robinson was the superior defender; with Alvin Robertson a very close second. People who never seen him play before probably don't realize that he was every bit the perimeter player Bowen was and more. Except he was far more athletic, had quicker hands and an uncanny knack for on-court theivery. He could pressure the ball 94 feet.
Ron Mercer.
individual defenders: 1.Robinson 2.Robertson 3.Bowen
team defenders: 1.Robinson 2.Duncan 3.Bowen
Alvin averaged something like 3.6 steals per game one year - unbelievable. David had incredible stats also, but I think for overall team defense Duncan has been the best anchor to build around.
I was gonna go with Sean too...he was phenomenal.
Before Johnny Moore got sick he and Alvin were developing a serious defensive backcourt, there were rumblings from teams that they were begining to fear playing us with them as the starting backcourt.
Sean Luck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_Lu ck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_ was a great individual defender?
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DA was a below average defender at best. He wouldn't make my list of top 200 Spurs defenders.
1. Tim Duncan
2. David Robinson
3. Bruce Bowen/Alvin Robertson
To answer the question, I'd say it's pretty easily David Robinson. The next three are Duncan, Bowen and Robertson ... not necessarily in that order.
Let's try this again.
Sean Luck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_Lu ck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_?
HaHa. Sean "Luck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_L uck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_" is filtered out?
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