The headaches that a good defender can cause in an NBA game can only be second to what a media member feels when filling out a ballot for the league’s All-Defensive teams.
A careful look is enough to identify the finesse and nuance that separate good defenders from large ones. So we went straight to the industry’s sharpest eyes: NBA coaches and engineers.
Athletic anonymously questioned 33 coaches to get their unpainted opinions about the best defenders of the game. The coaches voted for the first NBA All-Defensive team and the second All-Defensive team.
“You have to change the way you play and the way you prepare when you play them,” said one coach. “Especially in that first team of boys, they have the possibility to modify the game. At night, you are scouting and preparing for meetings, thinking about how not to allow them to impose their will on the game. “
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