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metra
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11/6/2008  6:04 PM
http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/video/videopage?categoryId=2459788&videoId=3686429

Defense wins championships. Paraphrasing, Kobe says a great defensive team will always beat a great offensive team.

In the middle of the vid he even pokes fun of the new "sexy" style of basketball (read: MDA).

When the greatest offensive player in the NBA admits that defense is absolutely necessary for winning a championship, you've gotta believe it. MDA, I like what you're doing right now. I know, with the right pieces, it will get us into the playoffs. 2008-09, I'm sure everyone here will be happy with just playoffs this year.

But will 7 seconds or less get us a ring?

[Edited by - metra on 11-06-2008 6:07 PM]
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11/6/2008  6:09 PM
D'antoni never said ignore defense....been there and done this convo already
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11/6/2008  11:33 PM
when we get a player like Kobe we won't be talking about how awful our defense is so much... he's 1 of the best defenders in the game.
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11/6/2008  11:41 PM
Posted by TMS:

when we get a player like Kobe we won't be talking about how awful our defense is so much... he's 1 of the best defenders in the game.
Agree.
Kobe is 1st string All-NBA defensive team.
Kevin Garnett was 1st string All-Nba defense.
Michael Jordan was 1st string All-NBA defense.

Many of the great scorers in the league were also great defensive players. Getting one or 2 of those players wins titles.

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11/6/2008  11:50 PM
Posted by Markji:
Posted by TMS:

when we get a player like Kobe we won't be talking about how awful our defense is so much... he's 1 of the best defenders in the game.
Agree.
Kobe is 1st string All-NBA defensive team.
Kevin Garnett was 1st string All-Nba defense.
Michael Jordan was 1st string All-NBA defense.

Many of the great scorers in the league were also great defensive players. Getting one or 2 of those players wins titles.

yep... all the more reason we gotta shoot for the real stars instead of hoping every starphuch deal's gonna take us over the top... we have to get one either through the draft & get lucky or we gotta be lucky enough to land one in free agency... the other way is to amass enough good young talent to land one in a trade like BOS dide... either way, we gotta get lucky & stay away from starphuch trades.
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11/7/2008  12:17 AM
good thing we picked up a defensive stalwart in gallo
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