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So, just how good can this team be on the defensive end?
“I think the sky’s the limit,” Brewer said on Friday night.
After struggling to get stops for much of the Mike D’Antoni era, New York made a significant improvement on defense last year.
With Chandler in the middle, the Knicks finished fifth in the league defensive efficiency (a measure of points allowed per 100 possessions), up from 21st in 2010-11. Chandler was named Defensive Player of the Year and Shumpert established himself as one of the top young perimeter defenders in the league.
Brewer believes that the addition of himself and Camby, among others, can make the Knicks even more stingy this year.
“I think with those ingredients, we’re going to a very dangerous,” he said.
— Reported by Ian Begley of ESPN New York
