'Draymond's the greatest defender in NBA history' - ex-NBA player who played with Bill Russell

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

peep my edit

It still doesn't make any sense and you still don't know what you're talking about.

A poor man's Dennis Rodman, but yes, still a great defender.

You mean to tell me that an equal (if not better) perimeter defender and superior defensive anchor and rim protector is a poor man's Rodman?

 

[Loose]

why isn't Draymond guarding the best perimeter players every night then

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

why isn't Draymond guarding the best perimeter players every night then

I don't see how folk are askng why didn't Draymond guard LeBron. It's the same/similar reason Duncan was never the primary defender on LeBron. It's the same/similar reason why every big man anchor doesn't defend LeBron. Are we forgetting how many roles Draymond has on the defensive end that puts the Warriors in position of having an elite defense:

Guarding the low/high post - against legit big men
Anchoring the paint/defense (communicating where every player needs to be)
Providing help defense all over the floor
Protecting the rim
Switching onto players 1-5, ball handlers and covering up defensive miscues
Shutting down the PNR/PNR and all activity around screens/pindowns
Guarding stretch bigs and post bigs
Able to defend every shot in any situation possible
Crashing the glass, boxing out big men

Dudes want Draymond to forego all of those roles and just simply have him guard one player. Imagine just how less effective the Warriors defense would be if all he did was guard one player. It's the equivalent of having a freak and the only sexual activity y'all doing is missionary with your clothes on.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

If all Draymond did was guard the best perimeter player every night, the Warriors defense would be considerably worse. How are y'all not understanding this simple shyt?

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

*Draymond starts guarding the best perimeter player every night*


TheColi posts as follows:

Why are the Warriors such a shytty rebounding team

Why are the Warriors so horrible at communicating on defense

Why are the Warriors so horrible at protecting the rim

Why are the Warriors so horrible at letting ballhandlers drive into the paint

Are the Warriors even going to attempt to guard stretch 4s behind the arc

Why are the Warriors so poor at defending the PnR

Where's the weakside help defense

The Warriors frontcourt defense is atrocious.

Why is this bum 4 going off on the Warriors

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

he guarded jordan. what you think breh?

Rodman's defense on Jordan is wildly overrated - just Rodman propaganda and revisionism. Dumars was that always that dude when it came to guarding Jordan.

 

[Fortunate Lee]

Did this mentally ill fakkit just @ himself not once, but 5x?

Spoiler

 

[#1 pick]

But y'all laughed at @Gil Scott-Heroin when he said Draymond could defend 1-5
But y'all laughed at @Gil Scott-Heroin when he said Draymond was the best defender in the league
But y'all laughed at @Gil Scott-Heroin when he said Draymond was the best defender of his generation
But y'all laughed at @Gil Scott-Heroin when he said Draymond's the best defender he's ever seen
But y'all laughed at @Gil Scott-Heroin when he said Draymond will go down as a top-5 defender of all-time

Now before anybody brings up the fact that Barnett is the color commentator for the Warriors, and that parti pris may be at play here - that may very well be true, however you can make that argument for anybody that has an opinion of the game. Especially since the other side of Barnett's coin could be that he's biased towards his generation and the players he played with. But what better opinion do we have than from someone who actually played in the league (we all know how TheColi just loves to regurgitate the talking point of players knowing more about the game than the fans), who played with and against one of the greatest defenders during the league's foundation stages in Bill Russell, who has either been an active player or covered the league ever since the 1960s, and most importantly still has his wits about him.

"But how can a role player be the greatest defensive player?" the basketball commoner said.

I still like Leonard better defensively but let's be real, Green has more responsibility defensively and he covers so much ground. He's laterally amazing. Mentally three steps ahead and has a feel for the game that's amazing and he was like that at Michigan State as well. He's kinda short. More 6'5ish than 6'7 but has a very strong base with extremely long arms. He's extremely gifted on that end and without him, Golden wouldn't be shyt but a jump shooting team.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Brief insight into Draymond's defensive impact:

During the regular season -

#1 ISO defender
#1 post defender
Top 5 spot up defender (he is actually leading the postseason in defensive spot up attempts)
Elite rim protector
Defended more shot attempts than any other player (defended 153 attempts more than Ibaka, who was #2) and held his matchup's FG percentage to under -6.1% (for perspective Kawhi defended 676 attempts and kept his opponents to under only -5.7%).

And that's before we dig deeper through all the other shyt he does on the defensive end too. His impact is immeasurable.

 

[Malik1time]

this is the man some of ya staning

 

[Woodrow]

Rodman's defense on Jordan is wildly overrated - just Rodman propaganda and revisionism. Dumars was that always that dude when it came to guarding Jordan.

dumars always did the heavy lifting on jordan. rodman got pippen. not sure that drastically changes the point i was making, but you're correct.

 

[#1 pick]

Draymond has several elite traits mainly his mental state but his lateral quickness is 2nd to none. He covers ground quicker than anyone due to him being confident where the ball is going. He's a QB on defense.

 

[Lakerman0834]

Not even better than kawhi defensively

lol at bron putting up video game stat # in the finals vs the best defender in the world yet he cant get anyrthing going against Kawahi in the finals

 

[#1 pick]

The best perimeter defenders I watched are:

1. Leonard- Measureables are GOAT level, scheme wise, versatility to defend 1-4, he has a superior scheme to any perimeter defender, his mentality to work is amazing and he takes every possession seriously.

2. Dumars- Good meaureables with elite mental abilities, exceptional lateral quickness and strong base for a guard.

3. Pippen- Elite measureables, versatility, Schemed well and willing to do the dirty work.

That said, none of these guys are Bill Russell to me but Leonard is getting close as is Green for bigs.

 

[ghostwriterx]

Of course he could guard Iverson. Draymond's arguably the best ISO defender in the league.

This is why people don't take you seriously. AI was fouling out entire backcourts in his prime. Draymond does not have the foot speed to stay with him. Now could the Warriors guard him, sure, but Draymond one on one?