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Vote for the Top 10 Defensive Players in NBA History
Rank the top 10 defensive players in NBA history.
Short list: Alonzo Mourning Alvin Robertson Andrei Kirilenko Anthony Mason Artis Gilmore Ben Wallace Bill Russell Bill Sharman Bill Walton Bob Dandridge Bob Pettit Bobby Jones Bobby Wanzer Bruce Bowen Buck Williams Caldwell Jones Charles Oakley Chris Paul Clyde Lovellette Dan Roundfield Dave Cowens Dave Debusschere David Robinson Dennis Johnson Dennis Rodman Dick McGuire Dikembe Mutombo Dolph Schayes Don Buse Doug Christie Dwight Howard Dwyane Wade Elgin Baylor Fat Lever Frank Ramsey Gary Payton George Yardley Gerald Wallace Gus Johnson Hakeem Olajuwon Hal Greer Horace Grant Jamaal Wilkes Jason Kidd Jerry Sloan Jerry West Joe Dumars John Havlicek John Stockton K.C. Jones Kareem Abdul-jabbar Kevin Garnett Kevin McHale Kobe Bryant Larry Bird Latrell Sprewell LeBron James Lenny Wilkens Manute Bol Marcus Camby Mark Eaton Maurice Cheeks Maurice Lucas Maurice Stokes Michael Cooper Michael Jordan Mookie Blaylock Moses Malone Nate McMillan Nate Thurmond Norm Van Lier Oscar Robertson Patrick Ewing Paul Pressey Paul Seymour Paul Silas Rajon Rondo Ron Artest Scottie Pippen Serge Ibaka Shane Battier Shaquille O'Neal Shawn Marion Sidney Moncrief Slater Martin Theo Ratliff Tim Duncan Tom Gola Tom Sanders Tyson Chandler Walt Frazier Willis Reed Wilt Chamberlain |
Re: Vote for the Top 10 Defensive Players in NBA History
1. Olajuwon
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I'd like to add up the votes, but need a top 10 to be able to do so. |
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Shawn Marion should at least be on the short list.
but my top ten would be: by position, it's too hard just doing a ten. I can narrow it to ten latter. Center 1 Bill Russell 2 Wilt Chamberlain 3 Nate Thurmond 4 Hakeem Olajuwon 5 Dikembe Mutombo 6 Lew Alcindor 7 Bill Walton 8 Ben Wallace 9 David Robinson 10 Alonzo Mourning Forward 1 Dennis Rodman 2 Scottie Pippen 3 Kevin Garnett 4 Tim Duncan 5 Gus Johnson 6 Dave Debusschere 7 Michael Cooper 8 Ron Artest 9 Bobby Jones 10 Maurice Lucas Guards 1 Walt Frazier 2 Sidney Moncrief 3 Gary Payton 4 Dennis Johnson 5 Michael Jordan 6 Norm Van Lier 7 Joe Dumars 8 K.C. Jones 9 Jerry West 10 Jason Kidd |
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I'm not sure why some of these names are even on here when discussing "greatest defensive players in NBA history," specifically, top ten. Bob Cousy, for instance, being a nominee for one of the 10 greatest defensive players ever to play the game is utterly absurd. On some lists it seems that people just list names of every good player they can think of rather than players who actually qualify for whatever the given category is that's being discussed.
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Rodman, Ben Wallace, Pippen
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No love for Michael Cooper?
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Okay, I'll do my best:
1. Bill Russell 2. Dennis Rodman 3. Hakeem Olajuwon 4. Wilt Chamberlain 5. Kevin Garnett 6. David Robinson 7. Tim Duncan 8. Scottie Pippen 9. Michael Jordan 10. Sidney Moncrief Ugh, I wish I could add B. Wallace and D. Howard and Payton and Bowen and W. Frazier and Dennis Johnson and Horace Grant and Bobby Jones and T. R. Dunn and John Stockton and Dave DeBusschere and Michael Cooper and Mutombo and McHale and Van Lier... |
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Added. If you could narrow down your top 10 overall, that would be great. Thanks for the positional lists though. |
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Yeah, Cousy's name probably doesn't belong on the shortlist. However, it certainly wasn't due to me simply selecting the best players ever; I tried to select players who had All-Defensive 1st or 2nd Team selections or, if they played prior to that accolade being given out, then those who were regarded as great defenders. Cousy's name appeared on one of the All-Defensive 2nd Team's selected by GOAT in an excellent article he wrote a while back (http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=190405), hence he made the list by default. |
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Pat Ewing anchored one of the top defenses of all time, and no one has him on their list. You are all just haters or just dumb. Which is it?
Mourning ahead of Pat :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: Walton ahead of Pat :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: |
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Rodman is my top pick, mostly because he purely specialised in rebounding and play hard on the defensive end.
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Ewing was indeed very good and in my book better than Walton and Mourning, even better than Mutombo. But he never had the presence of Olajuwon or Robinson.
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Re: Vote for the Top 10 Defensive Players in NBA History
1. Hakeem Olajuwon
2. Scottie Pippen 3. Dennis Rodman 4. Kevin Garnett 5. Kobe Bryant 6. Tim Duncan 7. Ben Wallace 8. David Robinson 9. Garry Payton 10. Michael Jordan |
Re: Vote for the Top 10 Defensive Players in NBA History
01 - Bill Russell
02 - Hakeem Olajuwon 03 - Scottie Pippen 04 - Kevin Garnett 05 - Dennis Rodman 06 - Michael Jordan 07 - Walt Frazier 08 - Wilt Chamberlain 09 - Jerry West 10 - David Robinson |
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