Kenyon Martin says lebron was never considered a lockdown defender at any point of his career

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he said he was a great help defender and was never a individual team defender, he also said he never shut down an opponents #1 option even in his prime heatles days.

how does the coli feel about this?
 

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He’s right, and I said that already before but I’m a nobody. LeBron is a fantastic help side defender, the same with Chris Paul. Chris Paul is not a lockdown man to man defender, but knows when to anticipate the passing lanes, similar to Allen Iverson, and Iverson was never named All-NBA Defense like CP3. LeBron mastered the chasedown blocks, so people ran with it. If you want to see what a true defender looks like, youtube Kawhi Leonard.
 

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Let’s go ahead and list the true “lockdown defenders” in recent memory.

Because people are using this term as if it doesn’t apply to a VERY select few.

And to be clear, being named to 1st team all defense, or even winning dpoy doesn’t make you a lockdown defender, necessarily.
 

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He’s right, and I said that already before but I’m a nobody. LeBron is a fantastic help side defender, the same with Chris Paul. Chris Paul is not a lockdown man to man defender, but knows when to anticipate the passing lanes, similar to Allen Iverson, and Iverson was never named All-NBA Defense like CP3. LeBron mastered the chasedown blocks, so people ran with it. If you want to see what a true defender looks like, youtube Kawhi Leonard.

Kawhi and Bruised Bones are the best individual defenders I've seen the last 15 years.
 
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