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That's the case for pretty much everybody on these lists, tbh..
Ewing was better than Hakeem in college on defense and his first few years in the league I thought he was amazing but his offense got better his defense fell off ...I think he was till very good but you make a case for ALonzo, Mutombo as well as HAkeem and David all being better defenders.
That's the case for pretty much everybody on these lists, tbh
Handchecking was removed in 1994 tbh
Pinche rodman had his chance to guard hakeem and prove he was a great defender in 95. He pussed out.
Please post link. Not familiar with defensive plus minus.
Rather have Alonzo Mourning than Ben Wallace.
So a 6'7 Rodman should've guarded a 7 foot Hakeem? I guess Parker should guard LeBron also,,,,Bruce Bowen should have guarded Shaq,,,,
Rodman never shutdown Shaq in his prime in any playoff series,,,,Ever. But Rodman is a top 5 defensive player of All Time.
Lol...who did rodman shutdown in 95....olajuwan or horry? Careful ese...ees trick question.
So Rodman should have carried Robinson's whimpy ass on defense like Duncan had to?
Hey, your the pendejo rating him so high. Why not?
He is top 5,,,,when did I say he wasn't?,,,,you seem upset he didn't shutdown everyone every year he played.
Hey...when it counted in 95...he was a no show. Spurs could have 6.
Pendejo.
When it counted?,,,LMAO. Take it easy, illegal.
He was laying down with his shoes off and in coocoo land during timeouts and he ees one of the best...I think not cavron!
i don't think i've ever seen Shaq listed as 7'3
The year Marcus Camby won the DPOY his team was in the bottom 3 in points allowed per game @ 105 or something similar. Ridiculous. But he got blocks and rebounds
Camby was about the most overrated defender in the last little while. Sort of like Serge Ibaka.
As for dominance, Wilt was dominant on the offensive front no doubt, you can even say that he was a dominant individual defender, but he was not a GOAT defender.
Not sure if you have watched him play, but his style of defense was similar to that of DeAndre Jordan. He blocked a lot of shots, rebounded a lot, even deterred a lot of shots, but his style of D was not impactful like that of Russell, where he could win championships by anchoring a defense. Sure Russell had a bunch of HoFers next to him, but the way he can manage to shape the course of the game was unique. People who never saw him took him as some kind of Ben Wallace type defender, but he was more like a GOAT defender like how Magic and Jordan were the GOAT offensive player. The closest I can come up with is that Russell had the one on one defense of Robinson and the team defensive smarts of Duncan.
If you want to go by statistics, Wilt had his career high in DWS of 10.7, leading the league once in that category (can't compare this with modern day numbers as the calculations are totally different), whereas Bill Russell had 6 seasons with more than a 10.7 DWS, leading the league 8 times in that category.
As for Camby, his career high DWS was 5.9, never once led the league in that category. For comparison's sake, Robinson have 9 seasons of 6 or higher, leading the league 3 times, Duncan had 9 seasons of 6 or higher, leading the league 5 times.can.
Last edited by ambchang; 07-21-2014 at 01:31 PM.
?You are wrong
Shaq pissed
That's a great list. Duncan needs to be in there as well, maybe just outside the top 5.
Kobe: 5
the tired old bag Duncan: 5
Russell, Hakeem, Rodman, Pippen, LeBron
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