Maybe Triano should spend a week at the beginning of training camp showing the Raptors players how the Celtics and even Magic play defense. I don't know how much it would help but it wouldn't hurt.
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Buddahfan wrote: View PostMaybe Triano should spend a week at the beginning of training camp showing the Raptors players how the Celtics and even Magic play defense. I don't know how much it would help but it wouldn't hurt.
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OzRapFan wrote: View PostRead my blog, The Picket Fence. Guaranteed to make you think or your money back!
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OzRapFan wrote: View Post
hes the best one on one post defender we got...amir is really close...but bargs can hold his own..
his help side defense is pretty bad, but compared to rest of our bigs...he looks like howard...but that help defense has much to do with team chemesty and bball iq....he can get better at it...
btw, that list is a joke...i would take flynn over jose (or even derek fisher) any day of the week on defense....
when it come to starting centers, guys like lee, al jefferson are wayy worse...
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As much as I hate Celtics, I hate Magic more . I just don't want Carter to get a ring. I just hope Celtics defense will do the job and eliminate Magic.
Regarding Raptors: I don't understand why people believe that Raptors can't play defense. When Raptors are committed to play defense, they can be a pest. Unfortunately, Jay couldn't maintain the accountability on defense end after All-Star break, Raptors just became lazy. Raptors could do it for most of the games between begin of December and All-Star break. Raptors won against Lakers & Dallas using very good defensive games. Is just that Raptors has a on/off switch which is to easy to be turned off.
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A00715890 wrote: View Posthow many raptors game did you watch this season?
hes the best one on one post defender we got...amir is really close...but bargs can hold his own..
his help side defense is pretty bad, but compared to rest of our bigs...he looks like howard...but that help defense has much to do with team chemesty and bball iq....he can get better at it...
btw, that list is a joke...i would take flynn over jose (or even derek fisher) any day of the week on defense....
when it come to starting centers, guys like lee, al jefferson are wayy worse...
Can he get better at it? Sure. Bosh COULD turn into the defensive player of the year, but logic dictates that's not going to happen.Read my blog, The Picket Fence. Guaranteed to make you think or your money back!
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A00715890 wrote: View Posthow many raptors game did you watch this season?
hes the best one on one post defender we got...amir is really close...but bargs can hold his own..
his help side defense is pretty bad, but compared to rest of our bigs...he looks like howard...but that help defense has much to do with team chemesty and bball iq....he can get better at it...
btw, that list is a joke...i would take flynn over jose (or even derek fisher) any day of the week on defense....
when it come to starting centers, guys like lee, al jefferson are wayy worse...Avatar: Riverboat Coffee House 134 Yorkville Ave. billboard of upcoming entertainers - Circa 1960s
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Tim W. wrote: View PostOverall, Bargnani is the worst defending big man on the Raptors. Yes, he's pretty good at post defense, much of the time. But his inability to understand basic team defense is a killer, and has absolutely nothing to do with anything but his low basketball IQ, which is astounding because he's played in the NBA for 4 years, already. And without good team defense, your team will never be good defensively. To say that Bargnani has the ability to play defense like the Celtics either shows a gross misunderstanding of how the Celtics play defense, or a vast overestimation of Bargnani's defensive abilities.
Can he get better at it? Sure. Bosh COULD turn into the defensive player of the year, but logic dictates that's not going to happen.
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insight_tor wrote: View PostThe problem is Raptors didn't have a team defense strategy after All-Star break and for this you can blame the coaching staff (Triano and Iavaroni). When Raptors played good (between beginning of December and All-Star break), the Raptors defense worked quite well and Bargnani was a big factor in defense. Just fire Triano and get someone who can handle the NBA egos.
And if egos are that much of a problem, I'd say get different players, because you're never going to win with player's like that.Read my blog, The Picket Fence. Guaranteed to make you think or your money back!
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Bargnani's team defense is not just bad, it's absolutely ATROCIOUS. He is a capable one on one defender in the post, but when your guards get blown by regularly (as the Raptors do), you need someone down low that understand team defense.
As Tim W. just pointed out, if we had some capable wing/perimeter defenders, it would be easier to hide a center that gets lost defensively. But with our current personnel on the perimeter, there has to be effective help, and that was totally missing this season.
Some of the blame certainly falls on the coaching staff, who were unable figure out a way to be even half decent defensively (isn't that supposed to be Iavaroni's specialty?), and couldn't get the idea of team defense into Andrea's head. But the bottom line is that the personnel isn't there to be effective defensively. Our best defensive players would be considered average at best on a league wide scale, and as has already been pointed out, our worst defensive players were among the league's worst. The Raptors could have the best defensive system possible, and give 100% effort at all times, and they would still be a below average defensive team with the players they currently have.
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