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Jan 27 2022 11:10pm
Quote (SaF7 @ Jan 28 2022 04:00pm)
Tha perimeter bs has been disproven so many times. You just listen to fake news CNN Kim. Sad.


No I watched the clippers guards eating him alive

That no name guy was torching him
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Jan 27 2022 11:13pm
Look up the stats. Gobert defended really good. Our guards defended like garbage.
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Jan 27 2022 11:15pm
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Look up the stats. Gobert defended really good. Our guards defended like garbage.


I was watching mate. The eye test never fails.

I’m sorry it has to be this way
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Jan 28 2022 08:58am
Ben Wallace should be Top 4, Draymond could prolly move up a couple spots too
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Jan 28 2022 08:59am
Quote (Nwotmik @ Jan 27 2022 11:42pm)
Gobert #5 you’re fucking kidding me

Sure he’s unreal in the paint but someone who gets torched on the perimeter in switches so fucking bad shouldn’t ever be too 25 defender of all time…. So much recency bias. Even D12 was clearly a better defender over the course of his career

Sorry saf but u no



Yeah Dwight at #22 is a joke

Wow Gobert is super overrated

This post was edited by Izzo4Rizzo on Jan 28 2022 09:00am
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Jan 28 2022 09:18am
Yao should be on there literally no one not even Shaq could get away with anything easy

Wheres Hakeem in his prime he was averaging 2 steals and 4 blocks a game ontop of going like 24/12 every game.

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Jan 28 2022 09:20am
Quote (Nwotmik @ Jan 27 2022 11:42pm)
Gobert #5 you’re fucking kidding me

Sure he’s unreal in the paint but someone who gets torched on the perimeter in switches so fucking bad shouldn’t ever be too 25 defender of all time…. So much recency bias. Even D12 was clearly a better defender over the course of his career

Sorry saf but u no


I hate to do this, but i have to defend Gobert here....

Statistically speaking, when switched onto a guard in isolation situations Gobert performs well for a big man. I mean he steps out and defends the pick and roll and perimeter plays as well as most of the big men on this list, and he's doing it in an era that demands more from big men defensively outside of the paint than ever before.

It's not like we're talking about Shaq here, who couldn't defend the P&R to save his life and never left the paint as a pylon on defense. Gobert has won the DPOY award in 3 of the past 4 seasons as a center in a perimeter oriented league where it's all about space and pace, and where almost everyone can shoot. You can't deny Gobert's impact, he anchors a top defense every season but they're absolute trash defensively when he's out (their perimeter defense from their guards is awful). I can't stand the French fuck sometimes, but he's an absolute game changer defensively.

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Jan 28 2022 09:29am
Kimmy must run the Athletic
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Jan 28 2022 09:40am
HOW IN THE FUCK IS GARY PAYTON ON THAT LIST

WHAT THE IN THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE
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Jan 28 2022 09:51am
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HOW IN THE FUCK IS GARY PAYTON ON THAT LIST

WHAT THE IN THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE


????

The Glove???? Why wouldn't he be????
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