Me and my homeboy roommate were debating about Kobe Bryant's defensive skills. He said that "Kobe is a great defender, better than anybody in the league." better than Artest, AK47, Ben Wallace, KG, Tim Duncan, Bruce Bowen. He said he will put Kobe in the Top 20 Defensive Player of All-Time.
2006-12-06 06:22:36 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Basketball
I am a Laker fan and I am a Kobe fan, but the answer is NO and NO. Letters in all-caps to stress the answers. Artest and Big Ben have won Defensive players of the year before. Really, I would think that everyone you have listed are better defenders.
2006-12-06 07:47:22 · answer #1 · answered by I_have_no_heart 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, I'm a Kobe fan but he doesn't play amazing defense. He's a decent to good player for his position at SG, but is mostly an on the ball defender. Give him credit because he can play good defense, but not as great as the other guys u mentioned including Andrei Kirilenko, Artest, Big Ben, KG, Tim Duncan, Bruce Bowen, etc. And definitely not on the top 20 defensive all time. I'm a Kobe fan, but he's not the greatest defender. Kobe should just stick to being the scoring machine he is.
2006-12-06 19:09:08 · answer #2 · answered by micah_09 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No way, first of all you cannot compare era's with defense in the NBA because the game has changed so much over the years. Back in the day the NBA used to be a lot of half court sets and now it is up and down. Personally I feel that Bruce Bowen is the best one on one defender in the NBA, and Ben Wallace is the best off the ball defender in the NBA.
2006-12-06 06:30:40 · answer #3 · answered by Coach 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's hard to judge Kobe's defense, considering that he doesn't bother playing it most of the time. He's a good man-to-man defender, but his defense often gets left behind in favor of offense, especially in the second half.
All of those guys you mentioned are far better defenders, on a regular basis, than Kobe. Kobe might have great defensive potential, but it's not realized. And to think he's top 20 all time is just crazy.....there are hundreds better than him from even the past 20 years.
2006-12-06 07:23:02 · answer #4 · answered by Craig S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kobe has average defensive skills at best and given the way they play defense in the NBA these days that isn't very good. Kobe isn't the best in the league now and in no way the top 20 of all time.
2006-12-06 09:47:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Geez that is a good question. I think he can be considered "the best"...when he wants to be.
I think the difference between him and say Artest, Wallace or Bowen is that he is more of an all-around player whereas the other guys (perhaps less so for Artest) concentrate on Defense.
2006-12-06 06:27:23 · answer #6 · answered by BP 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a million) Kobe Bryant - it may well be a misinform say that Kobe has no longer been the main suitable and the main consistent participant in the time of that span. (2000-2008) i might have mentioned Tim Duncan yet oh is he turning out to be previous and older. i might have mentioned Shaq, however the small print i'm touching on is from 2000-2008. once you're speaking approximately consistency, this is your guy. He provides factors, minutes, call it. even with each and all of the accusations and misjudgments approximately him, no person nevertheless beats him. and that's a fact. 2) Tim Duncan - during the years, no person has been as basic as Mr. Timmy superb here. He has 4 jewelry in 9 years. Says all of it. the subject is he's getting no youthful, and he's nearing it. 3) Shaquille O'Neal - Who else in the 0.33 spot yet none different than The Diesel himself? he's dominant, particular, no arguing on that, yet after the aforementioned NBA identify with the warmth in 2006, he's not something yet trash, you all understand what i'm saying, he gets interest off-the-courtroom, now all of us understand who the undesirable guy particularly is. even with the undeniable fact that, he's a living legend. In his top, no longer even 3 adult males can take him down, it particularly is how sturdy and dominant he's. 4) Allen Iverson - probable the main suitable participant from 2000-2001, little doubt, he's have been given skills, "mad" skills. His athleticism isn't something yet strategies-boggling, from crossovers to ankle-breakers, he's the guy with the mild on, the "superstar" as they say. yet in view that his feud with Philly, he has been no longer something yet sub par. This year is his final year to tutor what he particularly is, and after this, not extra answer for each guy or woman. 5) Lebron James - Ever in view that he stepped on the courtroom, he has been no longer something yet superhuman. he's the subsequent guy to dethrone Bryant. and everyone else are his products to getting Bean out of the "maximum suitable in the international" identify. It is only no longer quickly however, as Kobe has proved that he nevertheless is the main suitable in the present day, and with Chris Paul getting the chats, it will be a no longer uncomplicated street for King James. it particularly is my suitable 5, yet for the sake of your question and my answer i'm going to offer the different 15, yet not extra motives. 6)Tracy McGrady 7)Vince Carter 8)Jason Kidd 9)Kevin Garnett 10) Steve Nash 11)Dwayne Wade 12)Carmelo Anthony 13)Tony Parker 14)Paul Pierce 15)Gilbert Arenas sixteen)Manu Ginobili 17)Amare Stoudemire 18)Chauncey Billups 19)Yao Ming 20)Ray Allen
2016-10-14 03:53:23 · answer #7 · answered by balick 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no ll those guys you mentioned(except duncan) are better defensively especially artest and ak47. jordan was a better defender than kobe and he might just barely make my top 20 list i meant think about it there were great defensive players..hakeem for example
2006-12-06 07:32:55 · answer #8 · answered by brian g 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no one plays defense in the NBA anymore
2006-12-06 06:25:54 · answer #9 · answered by newheartin03 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
statistically no he is not the best now. i could see him in the top 200 of all time.
2006-12-06 06:47:07 · answer #10 · answered by Jeremy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋