Magic have the top two point-of-attack defenders and top two wing stoppers in the NBA. (via @The_BBall_Index, @mvsonwilliams)
November 19, 2024
Magic have the top two point-of-attack defenders and top two wing stoppers in the NBA. (via @The_BBall_Index, @mvsonwilliams)
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It’s still so early in thr season, so I’ll be curious to see if the team can maintain this type of defense over the long run, but yeah, this matches the eye test. It’s also a great example of rising tides lifting all ships.
The only truly negative defender getting consistent minutes in Moe (no shade), so there’s nobody being left out on an island by himself. Just dudes being bros on defense. It’s so much fun to watch.
This teams best quality has always been defense so it’s no surprise we’re dominating that end, and yes we’ve been playing against banged up teams, so what our best player and starting center are hurt too. Just have to stay true to ourselves and our style of play and we’ll be successful
wtf is D-Lebron?
Orlando has the greatest team defense i think in NBA history. Being 100% serious, when its clicking its a work of art, its Picasso, its Von Goh (just not the weird Goh), its a masterpiece. You put it in the Louvre their defensive sequencing and watch the crowds gather. Its beautiful and other teams absolutely spend hours trying to replicate but it would always be a fake imitation. This defense will be studied for years and years.
Its the greatest collection of defensive talent ever assembled. Suggs, KCP, Franz, Paolo and Goga. Literally all 5 could be on an all defense team. KCP and Suggs are DPOY candidates for me with JI (if he played more minutes), Franz 2nd best wing defender, elite screen navigator, great pick pocketter and overall a great 1-5 switchable player is at least all nba 2nd team. Goga is top 4 defensive center in the league and absolutely does everything on defense to a elite level, great rebounder, great hustler, great low post defender, great rim protector, elite live ball stealer, elite hand eye coordination, elite help defender, elite perimeter defender and lateral mover, Goga plays traditional big man defense while still being quick with his hands and feet to guard smaller and shiftier players. Paolo was for a few seasons a top 10 star big man stopper in the NBA and this season he has shown being able to add to his defense, he is a great help defender, great rebounder, great rim protector, Paolo is probably top 14 weak side helper and it shows. We all know what Suggs and KCP bring, but that starting 5 is probably the greatest defensive synergistic unit in history.
Add JI probably the greatest defender in nba history if he could play more minutes, AB the 2nd best POA defender in the NBA who is increasingly getting better in both sides of the floor, Moe a great rim protector one of the best charge getters in the nba and decently switchable, Gary a top 12 perimeter defender and Wendell who like Paolo has for many years been a top star big man stopper, the best big man POA stopper for those like jokic, giannis, embiid, and is highly flexible and can switch at a drop of a hat. Just up and downboard elite defenders, even tds is no slouch. Once they bring in a top 3 rim protector with elite length and reactiveness who is also an elite drop coverer all gaps are fixed. Somebody like Mo and the Magic defense is probably the peak of basketball forever. The Magic are on the cusps of something sport changing and its amazing to watch.
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It’s still so early in thr season, so I’ll be curious to see if the team can maintain this type of defense over the long run, but yeah, this matches the eye test. It’s also a great example of rising tides lifting all ships.
The only truly negative defender getting consistent minutes in Moe (no shade), so there’s nobody being left out on an island by himself. Just dudes being bros on defense. It’s so much fun to watch.
This teams best quality has always been defense so it’s no surprise we’re dominating that end, and yes we’ve been playing against banged up teams, so what our best player and starting center are hurt too. Just have to stay true to ourselves and our style of play and we’ll be successful
wtf is D-Lebron?
Orlando has the greatest team defense i think in NBA history. Being 100% serious, when its clicking its a work of art, its Picasso, its Von Goh (just not the weird Goh), its a masterpiece. You put it in the Louvre their defensive sequencing and watch the crowds gather. Its beautiful and other teams absolutely spend hours trying to replicate but it would always be a fake imitation. This defense will be studied for years and years.
Its the greatest collection of defensive talent ever assembled. Suggs, KCP, Franz, Paolo and Goga. Literally all 5 could be on an all defense team. KCP and Suggs are DPOY candidates for me with JI (if he played more minutes), Franz 2nd best wing defender, elite screen navigator, great pick pocketter and overall a great 1-5 switchable player is at least all nba 2nd team. Goga is top 4 defensive center in the league and absolutely does everything on defense to a elite level, great rebounder, great hustler, great low post defender, great rim protector, elite live ball stealer, elite hand eye coordination, elite help defender, elite perimeter defender and lateral mover, Goga plays traditional big man defense while still being quick with his hands and feet to guard smaller and shiftier players. Paolo was for a few seasons a top 10 star big man stopper in the NBA and this season he has shown being able to add to his defense, he is a great help defender, great rebounder, great rim protector, Paolo is probably top 14 weak side helper and it shows. We all know what Suggs and KCP bring, but that starting 5 is probably the greatest defensive synergistic unit in history.
Add JI probably the greatest defender in nba history if he could play more minutes, AB the 2nd best POA defender in the NBA who is increasingly getting better in both sides of the floor, Moe a great rim protector one of the best charge getters in the nba and decently switchable, Gary a top 12 perimeter defender and Wendell who like Paolo has for many years been a top star big man stopper, the best big man POA stopper for those like jokic, giannis, embiid, and is highly flexible and can switch at a drop of a hat. Just up and downboard elite defenders, even tds is no slouch. Once they bring in a top 3 rim protector with elite length and reactiveness who is also an elite drop coverer all gaps are fixed. Somebody like Mo and the Magic defense is probably the peak of basketball forever.
The Magic are on the cusps of something sport changing and its amazing to watch.