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Top 5 defensive bigs?


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KG's been too slow off his feet this year.

 

I'll go with these five in no particular order

 

Kendrick Perkins

Joel Pryzbilla

Dwight Howard

Rasheed Wallace

Anderson Varejao

 

with Garnett, Tim Duncan, Chuck Hayes, Josh Smith and Udonis Haslem rounding out the next five

 

no dampier?

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KG's been too slow off his feet this year.

 

I'll go with these five in no particular order

 

Kendrick Perkins

Joel Pryzbilla

Dwight Howard

Rasheed Wallace

Anderson Varejao

 

with Garnett, Tim Duncan, Chuck Hayes, Josh Smith and Udonis Haslem rounding out the next five

 

 

I'm glad you mentioned Pryzbilla. He gets far too little respect. But...Anderson Varejao? The most I can say for him is that he tries his best. He doesn't have great strength, his timing is lousy, and he can get out of control. You would seriously consider Anderson Varejao a better interior defender than Tim Duncan?

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Yeah, Przybilla has been a good defender throughout his career.

 

I don't consider Josh Smith a big man. His position is at the four, but he's not a big.

 

Greg Oden

Joakim Noah

Tim Duncan

Dwight Howard

Kendrick Perkins

 

That's my top five, no particular order.

 

You can make arguments for...

 

Brendan Haywood

Chuck Hayes

Joel Przybilla

Marc Gasol

Kenyon Martin

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Yeah, Przybilla has been a good defender throughout his career.

 

I don't consider Josh Smith a big man. His position is at the four, but he's not a big.

 

Greg Oden

Joakim Noah

Tim Duncan

Dwight Howard

Kendrick Perkins

 

That's my top five, no particular order.

 

You can make arguments for...

 

Brendan Haywood

Chuck Hayes

Joel Przybilla

Marc Gasol

Kenyon Martin

You can make an argument for Pau right? :(

 

Or even Drew?

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You can make an argument for Pau right? :(

 

Or even Drew?

I don't know about Gasol, but he's better than Andrew, who has been playing average to below-average defense all season long. Shot-blocking is okay, but you also have to stop your man, not just the small penetrating guards that blow past Fisher.

 

I can't say that Gasol is a top ten defender...I guess you can argue he's top ten, at least...but no way is he in the top five.

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Chris Andersen jumps at every shot and is routinely outmuscled. Full of energy, but overrated. And I think Oden's too undisciplined to be top five.

 

Joakim Noah was a good choice.

 

I don't have a top five, but I feel that the only elite defensive bigs are Howard, Perkins, Duncan and maybe Garnett, who's slower, but is still ailing. Whoever occupies the last spot isn't in same tier as far as defense goes.

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Chris Andersen jumps at every shot and is routinely outmuscled. Full of energy, but overrated. And I think Oden's too undisciplined to be top five.

 

Joakim Noah was a good choice.

 

I don't have a top five, but I feel that the only elite defensive bigs are Howard, Perkins, Duncan and maybe Garnett, who's slower, but is still ailing. Whoever occupies the last spot isn't in same tier as far as defense goes.

 

Not a Pryzbilla believer?

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