D-FENCE

I was thinking about Jordan and Pippen and how their defense was amazing night after night. Someone asked MJ if he could have stopped himself. All he could do was laugh.

I would much rather force a guy like Odom or Walton to step up and beat me than Kobe.

Is holding Kobe to 4 points ever going to be an option?

 

Honestly, if you can hold down the opposing teams leading scorer to under his average, you have a good chance of winning any game, regardless of how much you score for yourself.

This is EASY. Any idiot can get hot in a game (I scored 41 points in an 8th grade game, for instance, and I'm nothing at basketball), but to stop a great player and hold them to next to nothing defensively involves minimum luck and maximum skill. Defense all the way.

Since we are a rather self selecting sample (sports junkies) I shouldn't have been surprised with the early results. I wonder what the average fans would say?

Since we are a rather self selecting sample (sports junkies) I shouldn't have been surprised with the early results. I wonder what the average fans would say?

 

I dont know, maybe you should post this poll on WSI and find out?

 

i keed i keed

Edited May 1, 200719 yr by kyyle23

I dont know, maybe you should post this poll on WSI and find out?

 

i keed i keed

 

While the points are always more memorable for the fans, as a player, I love it when I can execute great defense. I sucked at basketball in general, but played pretty good defense. In tennis, I loved it if I was able to return a great smash or a wicked serve. And as much as I liked spiking in volleyball, the look on people's faces when I dug out what they thought was a sure point was priceless.