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No, not Melo.
EBled also has potential to make this list
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I first heard of Xavier McDaniel maybe a month or two ago.. but what about him? Was he a great defender, or just a tough guy?
Another name I don't think I've seen, though I may have missed it, is Kurt Thomas. He was a good defensive post player, was he not?
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Why does almost everyone post only perimeter players?
The ones that first come to my mind are:
Russell
Thurmond
Wilt
Mutombo
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Some of the lesser known great man to man perimeter defenders:
Mookie Blaylock
Speedy Claxton
Avery Bradley
These dudes were beasts on the perimeter on defense
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jimmy butler will be on the all time list
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Jordan
Pippen
James
Bowen
Kidd
Can't decide between those 5.
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clyde frazier
gary payton
jason kidd
derek harper
dennis johnson
micheal cooper
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[QUOTE=Trollsmasher]LeBron[/QUOTE]
JOKE :roll:
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[QUOTE=plowking]Tony Allen
Michael Cooper
[SIZE="7"][FONT="Impact"][B][COLOR="Red"]Lebron James[/COLOR][/B][/FONT][/SIZE]
Gary Payton
Michael Jordan
Scottie Pippen
Joe Dumars
Dennis Johnson[/QUOTE]
:facepalm
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[QUOTE=NumberSix]King[/QUOTE]
:facepalm :facepalm :facepalm :facepalm :facepalm
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[QUOTE=pauk][U]Post[/U] :
Hakeem Olajuwon
Dikembe Mutombo
Bill Russell
Wilt Chamberlain
David Robinson
Alonzo Mourning
Dwight Howard
Ben Wallace
Mark Eaton
Kevin Garnett
Dennis Rodman
Bobby Jones
Tim Duncan
Dave DeBusschere
Bill Walton
Kareem Abdul Jabbar
Marcus Camby
Tyson Chandler
Nate Thurmond
[U]Perimeter[/U] :
Sidney Moncrief
Alvin Robertson
Scottie Pippen
Gary Payton
Ron Artest
Michael Jordan
Norm Van Lier
Avery Bradley
Dennis Johnson
Michael Cooper
Lebron James
Joe Dumars
Bruce Bowen
Shane Battier
John Havlicek
Kobe Bryant
Tony Allen
Rajon Rondo
Jason Kidd
John Stockton
Maurice Cheeks
Walt Frazier
[U]Post & Perimeter[/U] :
Scottie Pippen
[COLOR="Red"][SIZE="7"]Lebron James[/SIZE][/COLOR]
Dennis Rodman[/QUOTE]
:facepalm :facepalm :facepalm
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[QUOTE=KyleKong]Jordan
Pippen
[COLOR="Red"]James[/COLOR]
Bowen
Kidd
Can't decide between those 5.[/QUOTE]
:facepalm :facepalm :facepalm :facepalm :facepalm
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[QUOTE=kshutts1]I first heard of Xavier McDaniel maybe a month or two ago.. but what about him? Was he a great defender, or just a tough guy?
Another name I don't think I've seen, though I may have missed it, is Kurt Thomas. He was a good defensive post player, was he not?[/QUOTE]
Xman was a good all around player....
definitely NOT a lockdown defender though from what I remember
most of what I saw from him was in his knick days...past his prime though so I can't say for sure..but tough guy rep obscures whatever else he may have been
Thomas was a decent post defender....very good defensive instincts and solid lower body....couldn't budge or back him down in the post.....seen him do good spot work on Shaq a few times