Lol at anyone who disagrees..
Belli should never get the start over a healthy Green. I think Pop panicked since the offense was sucking so bad but as we can all see it really failed miserably. I take defense over offense any day. Marco is a great bench player. He is really missing Manu though.
Greatest Offense is Defense, i agree : )
Like i said, Green is an elite defender. One of the best in the league. If you don't see that, I seriously doubt your ability to appreciate basketball
An elite defender doesn't jump on every single pump fake tbh. I do think he's a top 3 defender on the team but definitely no elite.
Beli would kill Green in a 1 on 1 game and he's obviously much more entertaining, which appeals to casual fans, but only a complete moron would think Beli is a better team basketball player than Green, tbh
Hopefully Green can find his shot again, we saw how valuable he was last season when his shot was on, tbh..
Take Green out of the GS series and Curry probably destroys us in the later games. He does fall for pump fakes, but he's deinitely an elite defender, especially against PGs. The Spurs struggled with those kind of players before Green came along and after Bowen left.
Is it a surprise the first game back we get the stops we couldn't get late in games while he was out? Not to mention his rebounding was sorely missed, and it showed tonight. I'm glad he's back! His D is more valuable than some here think. #greenmachine
I don't think Green is an elite defender, he struggles to fight through screens which occasionally leads to a late recovery and jumping at the fakes, but I'd say he's a great perimeter defender, the best on the team, tbh..
Green also played excellent defense on CP3 when they swept the Clips a couple of seasons back.
I feel like Green is mainly an elite defender only when matched against point-guards. I currently can't think of any other player who shuts down Curry/CP3 nearly as well.
The Spurs have missed Danny's rebounding, especially on the defensive end. Both he and Manu are plus rebounders for guards.
He guarded Lebron when matched against him in the finals about as well as any player can.
Greens jumping at pump fakes is a good thing tbh..
he tries to run guys off the 3 and force the mid range shot
most guys in the NBA cant shoot the mid range well even if theyre wide open
Danny Green is the perfect example of it himself
shoots better from 3 then he does at the rim or from mid range
rather have Danny flying at guys and getting them off the 3 point line then Marcos nonchalant close outs that lead to open 3s
Yeah, that's fair. Especially in the fast-break.. man Green was amazing in the first 5 games.
But overall I'd rather have Kawhi or Boris guard LeBron before Green does.
If Danny Green is ELITE then I expect him to make 1st or 2nd NBA Defensive team... The word ''elite'' was for Bruce Bowen and Duncan back in the days and Danny Green is not close to that level...
Oh and Steph Curry was playing with like 70% in the playoffs against the Spurs.
Eh, in order for Green to be in either of the all-defensive teams he'd have to be a Top 2 defender in his position. I mean, Thabo only made it once.. and he's one of the most quality defenders around.
But I get what you're saying. I still don't consider Green a complete star-stopper (That's more of Kawhi's job..), but he does have a history of containing/shutting down some of the best Point-Guards in the league. He at least deserves credit for that.
Curry was 3-19 against Green before he got hurt.
Green isn't going to make an All-Defensive team because it's up for a vote, and voters value steals and blocks highly
That's why Paul and Bryant can make it as gamblers. Green may not be elite, but he sure as is a lot better than people realize. That pump-fake stuff is nonsense.
Like I said I consider Danny a very good defender, just behind Kawhi and Tim on the team. The only thing that bothers me is the word elite. The Bulls also have this thing with Jimmy Butler who's a good defender, but everyone is overrating him so now people think he's way better than he really is.
Danny's fast break defense is definitely elite. I've rarely seen anyone who is better at slowing and stopping fast breaks often by himself. But I agree that he has issues in other areas on D — he does have a tendency to fly past his man, struggles through screens, etc.
Ultimately, when he's on the floor the spurs become a much better defensive team. He brings energy to the table — this was clear even going back to his first 10-day contracts when he was called up from the D-League in 2011. What the spurs need right now is energy.
Dogs > cats
As a said a while back, Belli's career was saved by Gino. It's not surprising to see the Ferrari looking like a Fiat without his bro out there. Fortunately, Manu will make him look good again soon enough, tbh...
I'm pretty much always on DG's bandwagon. Soooo glad to see him back.
Not defensively. When those two shared the court, it was probably some of the worst defense seen in the Duncan era.
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