The Top 10 Best Defenders of the Last Decade

[Culburn369]

Mori, sweetheart, clotheslining Bryant doesn't make one a great defender, just a thug.

[LnGrrrR]

My coworkers and I guessed people on the list before we looked at it, and we all figured Bryant would be on there.

[Rogue]

Shane was landed slightly higher than where he actually belongs. It's undeniable Shane is far more influential than his stats illustrate, but I don't think he's well worth #2 which is even higher than Ben, Bowen, Mutombo etc... After all, Ben and Mutombo each have won multiple DOY les respectively, Bruce Bowen was a perennial attender in defensive squad of season.

[Halberto]

A quick list of guards better defensively than Hinrich:

Wade
CP3
Billups
Devin Harris
Ray Allen
Raja Bell


I think Hinrich is a solid player with few weaknesses, but he doesn't deserve to be on this list.

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

A quick list of guards better defensively than Hinrich:

Wade
CP3
Billups
Devin Harris
Ray Allen
Raja Bell


I think Hinrich is a solid player with few weaknesses, but he doesn't deserve to be on this list.

I agree with everything except for CP3 and Ray Allen. CP3 is great at ball hawking and gambling when he plays the passing lanes, but he's a piss poor 1 on 1 defender.

Ray Allen, well, he's just an average at best defender.

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

Maybe, maybe not, but thats inconsequential. At Nash's peak, he had 2 MVP awards. At Wade's peak thus far, he has 0 MVP awards. Nash peak > Wade peak?

I'm not trying to argue Nash > Wade, Bob Lanier said at Raja's peak, Hinrich is still a better defender. Our argument went on a tangent.

[Ikstomi]

KG,Duncan,Bowen,Artest,Battier,Ben Wallace