Your all time NBA DEFENSIVE team

[MooseMouthMthafuga]

I'm going a lil unconventional

MJ
Kawhi
Pippen
KG
Mutumbo

 

[Newzz]

He's the best offensive player in league history I'm suppose to believe he's also one of its best defenders. He's human plus he just flatout wasn't the best defending guard.

But.......he was

 

[KEEPITTRILLA]

Only been watching since 99 so I'ma stick to that...so no 90s guys altho I know and seen a lot of what they done
Kidd
Artest
Bruce Bowen
Tim Duncan
Ben Wallace

 

[Brozay]

I cant take lists seriously where you blatantly place guys out of position

 

[Newzz]

i have a hard time playing guys out of position like ben wallace would be. if i could it would be

mutombo
wallace
rodman
artest
glove

that is just a nightmare

You allowing about 40 points per game on 21% FG with that lineup breh

 

[god shamgod]

No love for Pippen?

Just going with a different selection since everybody obligatorily dikkrides pippens defense.I personally think leonard and butler are better one on one defenders besides lebron and durant they both can yoke any wing in the league

 

[Th3G3ntleman]

Probably the best shot blocker at the 2 ever, probably best steal artist at the 2 ever, absolutely hounded fukkers on the perimeter

I dont know what to say bruh, he was every thing you could want defensively from a guard. He was a flat out beast

Had great length, great athleticism, massive hands, godly awareness

I mean dude won a DPOY, you gotta watch more young MJ highlights

Ppl takeaway from offensive players in this generation for offensive play due to handchecking but you gotta apply the same rules when it comes to perimeter defense back then. Niccas could ride players the full 24 with their forearm, can't do that these days so I'ma give more credit defensively to folks this generation. I think Tony Allen and Ron Artest with a bit of Bowen mixed in are the best wing defenders I've seen all things considered.

 

[ghostwriterx]

Im not sure if its because you didnt see Hakeem much, but why Duncan over Dream as you center on defense?

Just partial to Duncan (defended at a high level longer, seen him anchor defenses with and w/o great perimeter defenders) and like the idea of pairing him with Garnett.

I know the Dream was great defensively, just haven't seen him as much personally either living on the East Coast. And still bitter about what he did to Pat in the Finals.

 

[Brozay]

Ppl takeaway from offensive players in this generation for offensive play due to handchecking but you gotta apply the same rules when it comes to perimeter defense back then. Niccas could ride players the full 24 with their forearm, can't do that these days so I'ma give more credit defensively to folks this generation. I think Tony Allen and Ron Artest with a bit of Bowen mixed in are the best wing defenders I've seen all things considered.

I think those are fair points

Tony Allen with handchecking wouldnt be fair

 

[Newzz]

Just going with a different selection since everybody obligatorily dikkrides pippens defense.I personally think leonard and butler are better one on one defenders besides lebron and durant they both can yoke any wing in the league

That's cool. I dont think you lose much replacing Pippen with Leonard either. He was great, but he had help from Jordan being out there was well with either Grant or Rodman as well. Who's to say Leonard couldnt do the same

 

[Newzz]

Third Team Defense:

Center: Ben Wallace
Forward: Anthony Davis
Foward: Bruce Bowen
Guard: Tony Allen
Guard: Dwyane Wade

 

[gho3st]

1st Team
Gary P
jordan
Pippen
Rodman
Garnett

2nd Team
Kidd
Kobe
Artest
Duncan
Mutombo

 

[Malta]

Just defense?

Mark Eaton* (5.6bpg)
Tim Duncan
Ron Artest
Tony Allen
Gary Payton

2nd team
Ben Wallace
Kevin Garnett
Dennis Johnson
Bruce Bowen
Dennis Rodman
Mookie Blaylock

Rudy Gobert will probably be first team all-time in about 10 years, throw him on the 2nd team in the Christian Laettner spot.


* The Jazz during the 80s with Eaton had the number 1 defense in the league 4 years, 3 of them in a row, they had a top 8 defense in the league from his 3rd season until his final season when he was washed up. During his prime years they never fell out of the top 5, he's easily the most underrated defensive center ever, and had a massive impact on team defense.

 

[Ed MOTHEREFFING G]

You allowing about 40 points per game on 21% FG with that lineup breh

if I can get rodman, ben and artest through a single game together

 

[Ed MOTHEREFFING G]

Just defense?

Mark Eaton* (5.6bpg)

he was my first pick but I chickened out and said mutombo. Eaton was absolutely stupid..challenged EVERYTHING and was a serious threat if you tried to drive.