Is Davis/Asik the best defensive frontcourt duo?

[Im Still Ballin]

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[russwest0]

Just off the top of my head, Ibaka/Adams is better.

[Dragic4Life]

Noah/Gasol/Mirotic

[masonanddixon]

Just off the top of my head, Ibaka/Adams is better.

Close but I'd take the Pelicans.

Also, Ryan Anderson---will he play SF? That's a MONSTER frontcourt.

[ronnymac]

Pelican fans will love Asik on defense. he maybe the best positional interior defender in the entire league!. Once he he feet get set in the post, there is very little chance he gets scored on a backdown. His lower body is as strong as anyone in the league. He defends the pick and roll as well as anyone big in the league as well.He Is a fantastic offensive rebounder to go with his elite interior defense.

On offense he misses a lot of easy layups and has terrible hands, but he is a elite post defender.For m he is the biggest loss for us. Parsons and Ariza even eachother out and Lin was average to begin with, but this guys loss leaves u with no interior defender/rebounder without Dwight on the floor.

[ronnymac]

Just off the top of my head, Ibaka/Adams is better.

Davis> or equal to Ibaka and Asik pisses all over Adams.Do you even watch anyone outside of OKC?

[russwest0]

Close but I'd take the Pelicans.

Also, Ryan Anderson---will he play SF? That's a MONSTER frontcourt.

Lol Ryan Anderson can't play SF, he'll get abused on defense.

[Im Still Ballin]

Lol Ryan Anderson can't play SF, he'll get abused on defense.

With guys like Davis and Asik inside, he can get away with it for stretches.

[masonanddixon]

Lol Ryan Anderson can't play SF, he'll get abused on defense.

Racist stereotyping much? The dude is a very good defensive player.

[russwest0]

With guys like Davis and Asik inside, he can get away with it for stretches.

I hate when people try to use this shit to justify playing a complete mismatch defensively.

Against a good SF he would get beat off dribble literally every time leading to either FT's, a decent look at the rim, or a kick out to an open 3 shooter.

I personally thought they had a good thing going with Davis working inside as the lone big with Anderson on the outside as a stretch 4.

However Davis has also started to develop his own little mid range game as well, so playing him against a traditional defensive big as he continues to develop is a pretty good idea.

[Im Still Ballin]

I hate when people try to use this shit to justify playing a complete mismatch defensively.

Against a good SF he would get beat off dribble literally every time leading to either FT's, a decent look at the rim, or a kick out to an open 3 shooter.

I personally thought they had a good thing going with Davis working inside as the lone big with Anderson on the outside as a stretch 4.

However Davis has also started to develop his own little mid range game as well, so playing him against a traditional defensive big as he continues to develop is a pretty good idea.

Dude I went to EVERY home game last season. Trust me. It will work.

[Cocaine80s]

Pelican fans will love Asik on defense. he maybe the best positional interior defender in the entire league!. Once he he feet get set in the post, there is very little chance he gets scored on a backdown. His lower body is as strong as anyone in the league. He defends the pick and roll as well as anyone big in the league as well.He Is a fantastic offensive rebounder to go with his elite interior defense.

On offense he misses a lot of easy layups and has terrible hands, but he is a elite post defender.For m he is the biggest loss for us. Parsons and Ariza even eachother out and Lin was average to begin with, but this guys loss leaves u with no interior defender/rebounder without Dwight on the floor.

too bad he got raped by Aldridge

[BlazerRed]

too bad he got raped by Aldridge

Not true at all. Asik wasn't on him the first 2 games. After that, they started Asik and LMA had a much harder time.

[dunksby]

I'd say best rim protection, the 3 is part of the frontcourt so you cannot really say "frontcourt duo".

[SHABBA]

too bad he got raped by Aldridge

Asik did a decent job on LMA.