Rubio is a poor defender no matter what you've heard. Rudy won't be there to save him eitherOriginally Posted by wagexslave
I mean Mikal Bridges, Kelly Oubre, Ricky Rubio, and Aron Baynes are all good defenders. Ayton's not quite there yet but his defensive potential is through the roof and he improved greatly as last season continued(constantly practicing with Baynes will benefit him). Tyler Johnson and Dario Saric are average defenders at best and Devin Booker and Frank Kaminsky are poor defenders.
That covers all of the rotation players that aren't rookies. To me that doesn't look like a poor defensive team.You only really have 2 guys on the squad that you can for sure say are bad defenders, everyone else is arguably at least average and some with potential to be great. But people will assume this is the same squad as last year even though it's almost a completely different team.
TJ Warren was one of the worst defenders in the league and he's gone. Dragan Bender sucks on defense and he got replaced. Ellie Okobo was horrible defensively and he'll likely be cut before the season starts. And guys we were playing for the first half of the season like Ryan Anderson, Tyson Chandler, Trevor Ariza, etc put 0 defensive effort when they were on the court for us. They didn't care at all about trying to win. This is not the same team as last season.
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07-14-2019, 05:03 PM #61NBA Legend and Hall of Famer
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Re: Who grabs the 8th Playoff spot in the West?
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07-14-2019, 06:25 PM #62Good High School Starter
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Re: Who grabs the 8th Playoff spot in the West?
Lakers but only if LeBron doesn't activate "playoff mode".
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07-14-2019, 06:42 PM #632Willd & 2Fresh est.86
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Re: Who grabs the 8th Playoff spot in the West?
Spurs because they always find a way to make it due to the system.
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07-14-2019, 06:57 PM #64NBA sixth man of the year
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Re: Who grabs the 8th Playoff spot in the West?
Such disrespect - people don
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07-14-2019, 06:59 PM #65NBA Legend and Hall of Famer
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Re: Who grabs the 8th Playoff spot in the West?
[QUOTE=NugzFan]Such disrespect - people don
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07-14-2019, 07:48 PM #66wet brain
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Re: Who grabs the 8th Playoff spot in the West?
pretty sure everyone agrees the nugz will get a higher seed...this thread is discussing teams fighting for the 8th seed. Originally Posted by NugzFan
Such disrespect - people don’t think denver can even make the 8th seed
5-7 my guess
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07-14-2019, 08:20 PM #67King Heno
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[QUOTE=NugzFan]Such disrespect - people don
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Re: Who grabs the 8th Playoff spot in the West?
but this guy doesn't Originally Posted by ReturnofJPR
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07-14-2019, 10:26 PM #69NBA sixth man of the year
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