One of the best defenders to ever step foot on an NBA court.

@pattrell5257

8 ай бұрын

To me, on the perimeter, there were 2: Prince and Rodman. Ironically, Rodman was also one of the best inside defenders of all time, too. But, imagine somebody with Prince's wingspan that was able to guard the fastest players in the NBA?! I'd like to see him play against prime Jordan(Rodman gave him a tough time; although, Dennis didn't start in Detroit and Dennis wasn't as long as Prince). Prince was centeresque and could contend with Iverson and Kobe's speed to keep them from blowing by him....

Prince locked him down on single coverage

@Michael-sh5ft

8 жыл бұрын

+Kobe Not Top 100 Yes but really Kobe just played horrible in that series.He was shooting bricks and he didn't have a positive impact to the Los Angeles Lakers during the 2004 finals.

Just give the ball to Shaq down low instead of forcing those stupid shots. They weren't double teaming him.

@kristiantogunawan2546

Жыл бұрын

Agree!

The camera quality looked decent in LA but the one in Detroit looked like it's recorded during the 80s wtf

I really hope someone requested this video and it wasn't your idea...

@nobodytouchesmj9780

8 жыл бұрын

A while ago someone requested it, but I would have done it regardless. Not out of hate for Kobe but out of respect for Princes defense

Am I the only one that feel the 90's had he best team defense but today if there's a good defender they're a better individual defender than people in the 90's due to not having to hand heck

@yulintsai562

8 жыл бұрын

+Swaggy Jee You just spoke my mind. And with that argument, I believe that this Detroit Pistons have one of the top two team defense of all time (the other one being Mj's Bulls), because both teams have insane team defense but also have some of the greatest individual defenders on both teams. And I do believe that the '04 Detroit Pistons had a better team defense than the 80s Bad Boys

@jeezydogpsn

8 жыл бұрын

+蔡侑霖 yes sir

@kawaiiafangirl

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. I think today's defenders are greater only bc they can't hand-check the way they used to and depend on playing defense with their feet. Conversely, while today's players have greater individual 1-on-1 moves, I don't believe that they're vastly superior to players of the 80s and 90s only bc those players had to play against more physicality and less spacing.

Are you thinking of doing shane battier defense on kobe?

@NobodyTouchesJordan

8 жыл бұрын

If someone puts up the full 2009 WCSF I would do that plus Artest against Kobe

@moa3821

8 жыл бұрын

+Nobody Touches Jordan would love artests work

@greatwhitesufi

8 жыл бұрын

+Nick Tsanga I remember Kobe shitting on Battier that entire series.

@moa3821

8 жыл бұрын

there some vids of kobe vs battier on youtube

@greatwhitesufi

8 жыл бұрын

***** I'm just talking about a particular sequence. Or maybe it was just one game.

the title of this video proves your basketball knowledge, this is not single coverage lol. Prince was the primary on these possessions but the pistons help defenders are clearly switching to a zone when kobe touches the ball. The lakers had no spacing so this was brilliant. One on One kobe would have destroyed Prince and the pistons knew that, hence the outrageous amount of help. Part of the reason Kobe was forcing these shots is to avoid driving into the zone. The pistons played Shaq straight up and focused their defense on Kobe.

@xaviervega468

Жыл бұрын

And Kobe STILL didn't pass to Shaq. Selfish low IQ basketball to the fullest.

@davidschmidt1793

13 күн бұрын

Zone? This Pistons was an anti zone team lol. This is not zone, this is all about defenders sagging off their assingments and playing great help defense, not giving much room for Kobe to operate and forcing him to play Prince straight up in the perimeter instead. Still, they weren't sending doubles and Kobe forced way too many shots when he could have played more of a collective game.

Most misleading videos ever…Taushaun locking Kobe up???😂 more like the Pistons help defense helping Prince

@HomoErectus311

2 жыл бұрын

🥶 Kobe shot 38% from the field this series and 17% from 3 on 23 attempts. He played against the same Pistons “help defense” Shaq played against. Should’ve fed Shaq the ball more and then let the game come to him.

@Kingdoscuatro

2 жыл бұрын

@@HomoErectus311 very sad you gotta make burner accounts 😂

@HomoErectus311

2 жыл бұрын

@@Kingdoscuatro Jesus Saldana 👨‍💻

@easy-jay

2 жыл бұрын

@@HomoErectus311 easy to score those points when all you have to do its just make lay ups and dunks that shit takes not skills as opposed to Kobe who had to grind much harder and use skills to create separation let's not compare the two Shaq job was much easier

@hochan5830

2 жыл бұрын

@@easy-jay Explain why Boban ain't averaging 30+ if layups and dunks required "NO SKILLS". Shaq was bullying DPOY Ben Wallace in the paint with Rasheed helping on the D as well but it was easy? It was Shaq's sheer power and low post skills that made it look easy. Plus 90% of the time in this series Pistons' defense focused on Shaq, the rest 10% was when he wasn't on the court. Chauncey Billups disclosed they were letting Kobe to take shots 1on1 against Prince and did everything they could to deny Shaq with the ball, pretty successful as someone took 113 shots to brick 70 and Shaq had 84 total attempts.

I used to watch this channel. But now, it's so irrlevant. hahaahah.

@IdkLeaveMeAloneYo

8 жыл бұрын

***** ... excuse me?