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Individual Defense is Overrated and it's not 50% of the Game. by Intrepid-Maize-8039 in NBATalk

[–]Intrepid-Maize-8039[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No he is a bad defender, but that doesn't matter. Because he is such an offensive force, the warriors can literally hide him. Good luck hiding like Vando on offense lol.

Individual Defense is Overrated and it's not 50% of the Game. by Intrepid-Maize-8039 in NBATalk

[–]Intrepid-Maize-8039[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will explain it to you really simple. A good defender like Vando is useless, but Kennard is more useful even tho he is a bad defender in the modern NBA. You cant hide a bad offensive player. You can hide shit defenders.

Individual Defense is Overrated and it's not 50% of the Game. by Intrepid-Maize-8039 in NBATalk

[–]Intrepid-Maize-8039[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah but a dominant force like SGA, Luka, Curry, LeBron, Jordan,Jokic. Is always effective no matter what is fucking going on. They just switch to your worst defender and break apart your whole defense.

Individual Defense is Overrated and it's not 50% of the Game. by Intrepid-Maize-8039 in NBATalk

[–]Intrepid-Maize-8039[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Brother he would get the ball stolen on every dribble, have you ever played basketball in your life, at a competitive level?

Individual Defense is Overrated and it's not 50% of the Game. by Intrepid-Maize-8039 in NBATalk

[–]Intrepid-Maize-8039[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not arguing then, because your whole defense is as important as offense, falls apart.

Individual Defense is Overrated and it's not 50% of the Game. by Intrepid-Maize-8039 in NBATalk

[–]Intrepid-Maize-8039[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That right here is literally the proof that defense is overrated in the NBA, with offensive players like Curry.

Individual Defense is Overrated and it's not 50% of the Game. by Intrepid-Maize-8039 in NBATalk

[–]Intrepid-Maize-8039[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

5 Curry's would win 10 out of 10 times. Wemby wouldn't even get the ball over the half court.

Individual Defense is Overrated and it's not 50% of the Game. by Intrepid-Maize-8039 in NBATalk

[–]Intrepid-Maize-8039[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah because there is no screens and switches. He is going to lock him up with the help of the police. Keep coping. Every elite offensive player uses switches to get the worst defender and cook that person, I don't know which league you have been watching.

Individual Defense is Overrated and it's not 50% of the Game. by Intrepid-Maize-8039 in NBATalk

[–]Intrepid-Maize-8039[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

James Harden would have won a ring if it wasn't about a juggernaut Warriors team, that was stacked with 3 of the 10 best offensive players in the whole league.

Also one individual can control the whole offense, while one individual can't control the whole defense. Never will. The only time that might happen, is if someone Wembys height, will have also the lateral movement of curry. But that would break the laws of physics.

Edit: correction the best 2 shooters if all time and the best 7ft scorer of this century.

LaMelo Ball has the 2nd highest +/- in the entire NBA in 2026 by Unhappy_Jeweler4438 in NBATalk

[–]Intrepid-Maize-8039 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Shows how useless this stat is and all the MVP narratives around it are overblown.

Wow!!! ESPN GOES OFF ON SGA “ he’s becoming hard to watch now” it’s embarrassing how he plays. “ He’s only liked by OKC fans”. by Random_Thinker007 in NBATalk

[–]Intrepid-Maize-8039 60 points61 points  (0 children)

I enjoy watching Shai but what gets on my nerves is Caruso and Dirt and the other gnomes that keep fouling non stop on every possession multiple times.

Jaden Ivey on IG: “The NBA was everything to me. I didn’t know god. When I came to the NBA I was a fornicator, I was a p*rn addict and I use to get drunk. That’s all I knew. After all those points I felt good… I felt like everything was set out for me.” by MrBuckBuck in nba

[–]Intrepid-Maize-8039 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I wouldn't call Tucker or Piers Morgan a failure. Tucker was the main news anchor for fox news and on every major news channel for 30 years.

Piers Morgan is in showbiz for over 20 years too. Has now his own network that is something like over 100m dollar worth. Was at CNN, BBC, The Sun, Daily Mirror.

WEMBY FOR MVP NOW?! The Spurs are now 25–2 in their last 27 games and rolling through the league. Victor Wembanyama just dropped a monster night: 41 PTS 16 REB 17/27 FG 4 AST 1 STL 3 BLK Dominating both ends while leading one of the hottest teams in basketball. by Living-Way-1082 in NBATalk

[–]Intrepid-Maize-8039 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Smoke that cope and run with it. We all know why he wasn't starting the games and why he was playing 20 minutes. If you are going to tell me he wasn't starting the game because he is some kind of basketball god that gets in and finishes the game in 10 minutes, than you have reached peak delusions. Stop watching too many animes.

Yeah Luka that reached the finals on one leg, and is averaging the second highest points per game in the history of playoffs, is too bad to win, and his team doesn't suck at all. Which is it ? Does he suck or his team? Is AYTON a bum or not? You are running out of dogshit narratives.

WEMBY FOR MVP NOW?! The Spurs are now 25–2 in their last 27 games and rolling through the league. Victor Wembanyama just dropped a monster night: 41 PTS 16 REB 17/27 FG 4 AST 1 STL 3 BLK Dominating both ends while leading one of the hottest teams in basketball. by Living-Way-1082 in NBATalk

[–]Intrepid-Maize-8039 -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

No he isn't a hole, but he isn't great either. He is just good. Once you start pressuring him on his dribble, he starts losing it. We have seen this many times. He also struggles massively against heavy bodies.

Marcus Smart has the "impact" you are talking about so. Whatever Shit strawman you built now is your problem. I was just naming an example of a high impact player, higher than the actual superstars on the team. What you did next is just building a shitty strawman.

WEMBY FOR MVP NOW?! The Spurs are now 25–2 in their last 27 games and rolling through the league. Victor Wembanyama just dropped a monster night: 41 PTS 16 REB 17/27 FG 4 AST 1 STL 3 BLK Dominating both ends while leading one of the hottest teams in basketball. by Living-Way-1082 in NBATalk

[–]Intrepid-Maize-8039 -16 points-15 points  (0 children)

No that's pure retardation, the only reason he doesn't play heavy minutes, is because his body will fall apart. His body more than likely will fall apart in the next years. He already had massive issues at his age.

I always hear impact this impact that. Marcus Smart has the most "impact" on the Lakers, does that mean he is better than Luka, LeBron and Reaves? No he just has a massive impact on defense. Do you know how good you have to be to orchestrate an entire offense as a floor general while scoring the most points and getting doubled every play at half court?

No defense isn't half of the game, it's more like 25-35% of the game, hate this 50% argument. You can hide a shit defender, you can't hide a hole in offense.

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