Tim Kawasaki's All-No-Defensive Teams

[bosoxlover12]

First Team
G Kyrie Irving*
G James Harden
G Eric Gordon
C/PF J.J. Hickson
C/PF Andrea Bargnani
*No Defense Player of the Year
Second Team
G Damian Lillard
G Jose Calderon
F Gordon Hayward
F Mirza Teletovic
F Carmelo Anthony
Sixth Man NDOY
Rodney Stuckey
Rookie NDOY
Ben McLemore
Coach
Monty Williams
Honorable Mentions
Tyreke Evans
Monta Ellis
Pau Gasol
Jodie Meeks
JJ Redick
Greg Monroe
Kevin Martin (reigning NDOY)
Brandon Jennings
Thaddeus Young
Salute to (for improving)
Blake Griffin
Al Jefferson (former NDOY)
DeMarcus Cousins
Kevin Love
David Lee
Stephen Curry
 
http://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami/2014/06/09/my-2014-nba-no-defense-team-starring-kyrie-irving-gordon-hayward-james-harden-monta-ellis-and-many-others/
 
 
 
Blastphemous that James Harden didn't win this fictitious award lol

 

[Mexi]

Jodie and pau and redick?
Nah

 

[jonathanlambert33]

Tyreke shouldn't be on that honorable mention list.

 

[Mexi]

Kawasaki is an all sports kind of columnist.

I dont tend to listen to those guys

 

[footballplaya52]

Wasn't JJ Hickson hurt for an extended the period of time? How does he make the starting team.

 

[Thomas-Panda-Saxby]

Bargani doesn't belong on first team.

 

[Giantmetfan07]

yea he does. Dude's garbage. 

 

[Mexi]

Lamarcus should be on here
Or love

 

[Mexi]

Jodie, pau and JJ on this is really dumb though

 

[jonathanlambert33]

Kawasaki is an all sports kind of columnist.

I dont tend to listen to those guys

 
 

Wasn't JJ Hickson hurt for an extended the period of time? How does he make the starting team.

This list screams of a guy who just looked at drtg's or just went off of public perception.

What exactly is the criteria of this list? JJ Hickson missed 13 games on the season, but even then he's not a horrid defender. He can defend the PnR, he isn't a guy that you have to stick in the paint because he can't defend outside of it, he's below average but not horrid in the post. He gave props to David Lee for "improving," but if I had the option of Hickson or Lee I'm taking Hickson without a doubt.

And at what point are we "awarding" someone for going from horrible to bad defensively? Because I don't know how many people have taken a chance to watch DeMarcus Cousins defensively, but he's still bad. He doesn't belong on that salute to list.

and Tyreke...he's a very capable defender. He gets lost too much off the ball, but he's actually an above average on ball defender. He doesn't belong anywhere near this list. Neither does Melo, Pau Gasol, Redick, or Thaddeus Young.

 

[Mexi]

I watched a lot of jodie meeks, he worked his ass off
Hes not all league bad

 

[Thomas-Panda-Saxby]

Carlos Boozer

 

[bosoxlover12]

Y'all don't get it's a joke clearly

 

[Thomas-Panda-Saxby]

And lmao @ Monta.

 

[RipCity32]

I don't think Rodney is THAT bad at defense lol.

 

[Mexi]

Y'all don't get it's a joke clearly

its a joke, but hes being serious

 

[Mobruler]

I kind of hoped Brandon Jennings would be a starter.  He's a really bad defender.  Like, really bad.
 
The Rodney Stuckey thing surprises me. He's not note-worthingly bad at defense.