Which NBA player is least interested in playing defense?

[Texas_Ranger]

Nash.

[Amare_32]

Nash.

DUH! Nash's offense is his defense. Very few guards have been able to stop him or slow him down. Whatever he gives up in defense he more than makes up for it on offense.

[Obstructed_View]

Brad Miller, Pau Gasol anyone?

[dave]

Mitc SHOULD have been fired. He did a terrible job last year. He ran terrible plays that costs the team, the players were obviously not coached and were lost on the floor.
This year, based on talent, the Raptors SHOULD be in the top 5 in the East. They have a go-to guy (Bosh), interior defense (Bargani, Rasho), two PGs who can set up plays (Calderon, Ford), perimeter defense (Mo Pete), perimeter shooting (Mo Pete, Parker, Bosh, Calderon), and atheleticism (Bargani, Bosh, Graham).
And it has to take Colangelo to basically TELL the coach that the team was built for running for the coach to realize this even after coaching them for two years. Raptors should go with Rick Adelman.

raptors are a top5 team in the weak weak east
even without the division leader rule, they are 4th in the conference

[atxrocker]

mike bibby

[CarmeloNumeroUno]

Answer-----Gilbert " Hibachi" Arenas. I love Gil and all but he just jacks shots and instead of D he plays the I wonder why it didnt drop game 8 for 26 in philly.



NUFF SAID

[Amare_32]

Answer-----Gilbert " Hibachi" Arenas. I love Gil and all but he just jacks shots and instead of D he plays the I wonder why it didnt drop game 8 for 26 in philly.



NUFF SAID

A Nuggets fan talking about defense.

[CarmeloNumeroUno]

[QUOTE]A Nuggets fan talking about defense.

Phoenix aint high on defense either Opponents= 103 ppg =5 game skid

[Mr Dio]

Dirk is a soft defender, but AJ does a great job of hiding him.

Brent Barry should be on any Worst Defenders list.

AJ hides Irk like a pair of panties hides a.......

[mabber]

Duncan is far from a soft defender. He usually guards the other team's best post player, especially this year. He also guarded Shaq thru the years about as well as Shaq can be guarded.

Dirk is a soft defender, but he's come a long ways. He's at least active on that end of the court now. He's good at player passing lanes and uses his length well. Like when AJ hides him on Bowen, he does a very good job of running him off his shots.

Right now Dirk is a slightly below average defender who AJ has put in the positions to where he's actually pretty effective.

I don't mean that in a negative way as Duncan is a very good defender. I just mean he really doesn't play a very physical defense anymore. He really doesn't need to as he's learned all the defensive techniques to play effectively w/o getting in foul trouble all the time.

[loveThe23]

Mike Bibby, Kings.....3%....???? And I thought he played zero defense.......

[exstatic]

Speaking of I don't see Shaq on the list.

That's a different poll: players not interested in playing regular season games.

[ambchang]

raptors are a top5 team in the weak weak east
even without the division leader rule, they are 4th in the conference

And that is where they are supposed to be base on their talent. Colangelo had to tell the coach that the team has to run, he said it when he was hired, but Mitc couldn't figure that out in two years, even though his job was on the line.
Fire Mitc , Hire Adelman.

[mardigan]

Gilbert Arenas

[ALVAREZ6]

Nash

[Bookit]

Nash....Terrible
Finley...Terrible
Dirk.....Used to be Terrible.

Now we know why the Mavs stunk on defense for so many years.

[MJ23DWADE3]

Antoine Walker

[Rip-Hamilton32]

Nash....Terrible
Finley...Terrible
Dirk.....Used to be Terrible..

homer

and btw dirk is not the reason your defense is any better lol

[stretch]

That seems more like a foul than defense but ok.

limiting your opponents chances of scoring is all part of defense, which includes fouls being administered at the proper time.

[Flopper]

Tmac can be a good defender...

but probably only want to defend when told to. But Houston has great defense.

[bdictjames]

Anthony no doubt

[Bookit]

homer

and btw dirk is not the reason your defense is any better lol

Who said Dirk is the reason the Defense is better? But Dirk isn't part of a starting 5 that just sucks on D, like before.

Finley couldn't guard anybody when he was here.

[Vinnie_Johnson]

Speaking of I don't see Shaq on the list.

LMAO so true.

[dave]

Mitc SHOULD have been fired. He did a terrible job last year. He ran terrible plays that costs the team, the players were obviously not coached and were lost on the floor.
This year, based on talent, the Raptors SHOULD be in the top 5 in the East. They have a go-to guy (Bosh), interior defense (Bargani, Rasho), two PGs who can set up plays (Calderon, Ford), perimeter defense (Mo Pete), perimeter shooting (Mo Pete, Parker, Bosh, Calderon), and atheleticism (Bargani, Bosh, Graham).
And it has to take Colangelo to basically TELL the coach that the team was built for running for the coach to realize this even after coaching them for two years. Raptors should go with Rick Adelman.

and to add to my previous comment about how the raptors ARE in fact 4th in the conference (even though its a weak conference, it's still 4th)

how has mitc had this team for 2 years?
this years team has 9 new players...

and...

last year, loren woods was our best center (he's an NBDL allstar right now)
and our best bench player was bonner...

so talent wise, it was pretty bad...

[mabber]

Who said Dirk is the reason the Defense is better? But Dirk isn't part of a starting 5 that just sucks on D, like before.

Finley couldn't guard anybody when he was here.

And he was considered the Mavs best defender (in starting lineup)