It's Bleacher Report. It's always awful. David Lee is probably one of the worst defensive PFs in the league and they have him at 10. If you watch him play, he's just dreadful. He makes Bargnani look like Bill Russell. Kevin Love is also pretty bad as he easily gets caught flatfooted. Zach Randolph is really not that good. Neither is Nene anymore. Some of the choices make sense...Some of them have no business being htere at all.
I don't think Tyler's a bad defensive player, but I do think Amir is an all around better defender. Tyler can defend PFs in the post, and is not horribly slow by any means so he's a decent pick'n'roll defender. I don't think he's quite as quick as Amir though, and he's not as long, making it hard for him to guard Cs or be an anchor in the middle for the team's D. Given Jonas will still be adjusting this year, I see it as only natural to put the more versatile and better team defender beside him to start games so that the team's D is as good as possible. And again, I also think Tyler will benefit offensively from coming off the bench.
I don't think Tyler's a bad defensive player, but I do think Amir is an all around better defender. Tyler can defend PFs in the post, and is not horribly slow by any means so he's a decent pick'n'roll defender. I don't think he's quite as quick as Amir though, and he's not as long, making it hard for him to guard Cs or be an anchor in the middle for the team's D. Given Jonas will still be adjusting this year, I see it as only natural to put the more versatile and better team defender beside him to start games so that the team's D is as good as possible. And again, I also think Tyler will benefit offensively from coming off the bench.
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