How good of a defender was Ron Harper in Chicago?

[Kobe 4 The Win]

Someone help me quantify this.

[necya]

very very good defender. he was enough tall to gaurd 3 positions, and made a great job against the scorers. plus, he fit well the systems, intelligent player.

[Kobe 4 The Win]

Any hard evidence? Was he a lock down one-on-one defender or a team defense guy?

[KevinNYC]

Any hard evidence? Was he a lock down one-on-one defender or a team defense guy?

I always thought he was a great defender who accepted his role after being a near superstar earlier in his career.

In terms of team defense can you imagine bringing up the ball against a press and seeing Jordan, Pippen and Harper facing you? All tall and quick, all with long arms. The three of them could cover the whole court.

[sekachu]

very very good defender. he was enough tall to gaurd 3 positions, and made a great job against the scorers. plus, he fit well the systems, intelligent player.

Pretty much. He devoted himself as a defender. Great hand in steal and interrupt.

[Teanett]

jordan, pippen, harper and rodman were all intelligent, quick and strong.
they would hardly give up any mismatches.

[trig]

It allowed them to let Pippen guard the PG and disrupt the offense. Pip, MJ, Harper can pretty much guard the 1, 2 and 3 position whatever matchup they like to take advantage.

[Jasper]

exceptional.

I saw him track down a break away and stop a layup or a dunk.

He was a perfect PG , converted from a SG at 6'5" speed , quickness , long arms and could bust a road block screen.
Dude was perfect compliment for Jordan and Pip and quite frankly the above two rely'ed on him stopping fast breaks.

[97 bulls]

Ron Harper was a beast defensively. Big, athletic, and smart. He, along with Pippen and Jordan were scary good defensively on the perimeter. That bulls team was the greatest defensive team ever.

[Kobe 4 The Win]

Thank you all for your opinions. Ron Harper was indeed a great defender and role player. Perhaps his injury was a blessing because it forced him to change his game. Superstar scorers don't always work that hard on defense. The second 3-Peat Bulls were awsome. I really enjoyed watching them play even as a Laker fan. Rodman was always one of my favorites.

Not to shit on Luc Longley but can you imaging that team with an active/athletic guy like Dwight Howard playing center? Scary.

[Go Getter]

I'd bet dollars to donuts half of these guys never even seen him play they're just parroting popular opinion.

[imdaman99]

i remember him on the clippers dropping 20 a game. he shitted on jordan in 1 game and locked him up too. so of course jordan recruits him like the p*ssy he is. fcuk jordan. no im not mad

[Kobe 4 The Win]

I'd bet dollars to donuts half of these guys never even seen him play they're just parroting popular opinion.

I saw him play many times but I didn't pay particular attention to him at the time because I was such a huge Rodman fan. I always knew he was valuable and I was very happy when the Lakers signed him. You can't over-state the value of having two big guards. Such a help on the defensive end of the court and if your point guard can also hit open threes, forget about it.

[DuMa]

it was a nightmare for smaller PGs like stockton and GP to be defended by harper or jordan.

[winwin]

it was a nightmare for smaller PGs like stockton and GP to be defended by harper or jordan.

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