Who is the worst defensive player in the league right now?

[waseem780]

Who is the worst defensive player in the league right now?

[Heavincent]

Carlos Boozer

[Teanett]

antawn jamison

[imdaman99]

amare? novak? my vote would be kevin martin

[Noyze]

Marshon Brooks, Mike Dunleavy, Carmelo Anthony, & Lou Williams

All terrible defenders or just don't put in effort.

[Twiens]

Bargs

[stanlove1111]

Who is the worst defensive player in the league right now?
Kobe. He has been for years....I have never seen a player with less interest in playing defense, which is amazing because I keep hearing about his will to win..IF he really had this will to win he would also play defense...This proves to me that with Kobe its not about will to win, its about the will to pass Jabbar.

[imdaman99]

Kobe. He has been for years....I have never seen a player with less interest in playing defense, which is amazing because I keep hearing about his will to win..IF he really had this will to win he would also play defense...This proves to me that with Kobe its not about will to win, its about the will to pass Jabbar.
what a horrible post. he is mid 30s, and the lakers team is so dependent on him creating for them on offense to win games. he cant always chase down the speedy PGs who the laker PGs cannot defend. is that you silk?

[Doranku]

Steve Nash

[stanlove1111]

what a horrible post. he is mid 30s, and the lakers team is so dependent on him creating for them on offense to win games. he cant always chase down the speedy PGs who the laker PGs cannot defend. is that you silk?


What a horrible post you just posted. he doesn't freaking guard anyone . I have never seen anything like him.. He has ZERO interest in defense, and he was always way overrated to begin with on that end..

Bringing up his age is crap. A lot of players play to their mid 30s, but Kobe is the first one who just doesn't guard anyone..He often cheats out and tries to get a quick 2..Anything to get closer to Jabbar..But what would you expect from a guy who admits that he chased Shaq out of LA so he could shine more himself...Some will to win..

[The JKidd Kid]

Kyrie Irving is absolutely horrible on defense. I seriously wonder if I could defend NBA caliber players better than him. Stephen Curry is really awful too. It's probably between those two.

[kurple]

andre miller without a doubt

the slowest and also the lazyest.. didnt you watch the Nuggets - Warriors series?

[#number6ix#]

brook lopez and carlos boozer

[che guevara]

Kyrie Irving is absolutely horrible on defense. I seriously wonder if I could defend NBA caliber players better than him. Stephen Curry is really awful too. It's probably between those two.
I swear, some people just make shit up and don't actually watch players on defense. Curry was a liability when he came into the league, but he's average at this point. Average is a hell of a lot different than liability. Try actually paying attention to the game for once.

[chazzy]

It would have to be a really poor interior defender because that's the easiest to explot

[RedBlackAttack]

I like how everyone immediately goes to the star/name players. The worst defender in the league is probably a guy who almost never gets minutes and you've never heard of.

[KungFuJoe]

James harden.

[branslowski]

I like how everyone immediately goes to the star/name players. The worst defender in the league is probably a guy who almost never gets minutes and you've never heard of.

A dumbass in this thread said Kobe, Kobe who has over 7 All-Defensive First Team selections. (Coaches vote, not uninformed media nor ugly ass msg board posters who get no ****)...Basically, an agenda is a agenda.

[WWRWestbrookDo?]

Lillard honorable mention

[DMAVS41]

I like how everyone immediately goes to the star/name players. The worst defender in the league is probably a guy who almost never gets minutes and you've never heard of.

He's not a star, but David Lee.

It has to be a player that plays enough minutes to matter. From all the players I've seen play...I think David Lee is the worst defender when you factor in his position and how many minutes he's on the floor every game.

[Wang Zhi Zhi]

A dumbass in this thread said Kobe, Kobe who has over 7 All-Defensive First Team selections. (Coaches vote, not uninformed media nor ugly ass msg board posters who get no ****)...Basically, an agenda is a agenda.

all defensive teams have been a joke since kobe was making first teams

[Fudge]

What a horrible post you just posted. he doesn't freaking guard anyone . I have never seen anything like him.. He has ZERO interest in defense, and he was always way overrated to begin with on that end..

Bringing up his age is crap. A lot of players play to their mid 30s, but Kobe is the first one who just doesn't guard anyone..He often cheats out and tries to get a quick 2..Anything to get closer to Jabbar..But what would you expect from a guy who admits that he chased Shaq out of LA so he could shine more himself...Some will to win..
All y'all sound so alike. Hi RG. :lol

[RedBlackAttack]

He's not a star, but David Lee.

It has to be a player that plays enough minutes to matter. From all the players I've seen play...I think David Lee is the worst defender when you factor in his position and how many minutes he's on the floor every game.
That wasn't stipulated in the OP. It was simply "who's the worst defensive player in the league."

If we're going by the "enough minutes to matter" method, the top of that list is always going to be littered with guys in their first couple seasons. Defense is usually the last thing to come for players drafted as scorers/playmakers.

If we are going by the "enough minutes to matter AND it appears as though a guy is going to stay a horrific defender," then Lee might have a case as far as interior guys are concerned.

I would probably nominate Jeremy Lin as a guy who is likely to stay really bad. Then again, it is not difficult for a team to make up for a poor defending point guard. It is probably the least important defensive position.

[DMAVS41]

That wasn't stipulated in the OP. It was simply "who's the worst defensive player in the league."

If we're going by the "enough minutes to matter" method, the top of that list is always going to be littered with guys in their first couple seasons. Defense is usually the last thing to come for players drafted as scorers/playmakers.

If we are going by the "enough minutes to matter AND it appears as though a guy is going to stay a horrific defender," then Lee might have a case as far as interior guys are concerned.

I would probably nominate Jeremy Lin as a guy who is likely to stay really bad. Then again, it is not difficult for a team to make up for a poor defending point guard. It is probably the least important defensive position.

Ok.

But, like you said, it's impossible to determine that actual worst defender if that is a player playing 5 minutes per game or something.

So I'd go with Lee. He plays a lot of minutes...meaning his awful defense is impacting his team a lot throughout a game...and he's an interior player.

[Crafty]

Mike Miller. Always going for the charge ... Gets a and1 in the face

[GabeIsGone]

Obvious answer is Matt Bonner. aka The Red Mamba.

[uber]

Steve Novak ....

[Bucket_Nakedz]

some white dude

[stanlove1111]

A dumbass in this thread said Kobe, Kobe who has over 7 All-Defensive First Team selections. (Coaches vote, not uninformed media nor ugly ass msg board posters who get no ****)...Basically, an agenda is a agenda.


And some dumbass didn't see that the question was about now. I guess that dumbass doesn't know that past awards mean nothing when talking about now. But I guess that's what makes a dumbass a dumbass.

[Leftimage]

I like how everyone immediately goes to the star/name players. The worst defender in the league is probably a guy who almost never gets minutes and you've never heard of.

Ya, we'd really get a kick out of debating that person's defensive qualities.

[Xiao Yao You]

Big Al or Foye

[Vertical-24]

Nash, Boozer, Andre Miller, Jamison, Randy Foye, Tyreke Evans, Jimmer Fredette.

[andremiller07]

Nash, Boozer, Andre Miller, Jamison, Randy Foye, Tyreke Evans, Jimmer Fredette.

Have you ever watched him play? He's one the of the better two way players in the L, if Tyreke were on a team like the Grizz he would be on a All-NBA D squad he was excellent on D this season.

[Mr. I'm So Rad]

Chris Copeland. He plays defense standing straight up. He plays flat footed too.

Jamison and Boozer are definitely honorable mentions though.

[Vertical-24]

Have you ever watched him play? He's one the of the better two way players in the L, if Tyreke were on a team like the Grizz he would be on a All-NBA D squad he was excellent on D this season.

In all fairness, I haven't seen him much this season. From what I remember last season, I just remember him gambling on defense or losing his man on rotations. Hadn't really impressed me since his rookie year.

[andremiller07]

In all fairness, I haven't seen him much this season. From what I remember last season, I just remember him gambling on defense or losing his man on rotations. Hadn't really impressed me since his rookie year.
O Ok yeah this year his D took a massive step up he was very good, above average.

[TheBigVeto]

Kobe

[Guy Ledouche]

Unless he's gotten any better since when he was on the Sixers, I'd say Marreese Speights.

[JimmyMcAdocious]

Duhon. He also holds the title for worst offensive player in the league.

[Gabuyaux]

Boozer.

[The JKidd Kid]

I swear, some people just make shit up and don't actually watch players on defense. Curry was a liability when he came into the league, but he's average at this point. Average is a hell of a lot different than liability. Try actually paying attention to the game for once.

I actually did pay attention to the game and what I saw was a unathletic, short and weak PG that couldnt guard Tony Parker for his life. This caused them to have to switch Klay Thompson on him, causing Curry to have to guard Danny Green or Leonard. And whenever the player that Curry was guarding caught the ball, you would see the scramble of the Warriors other 4 players trying to figure out what to do because Curry was so out classed on the defensive end. Same thing happened in Denver.

The kid cannot guard the players at his position even decently and hes too short, weak and unathletic to switch on to 2's. He is the definition of a defensive liability.

[hangintheair]

according to WIFsports

http://www.whatifsports.com/nba-l/playersearch.asp?pg=1&pos=6&season=2012-13&season2=2012-13&sal_min=239000&sal_max=99000000&format=2&sb=15&order=2&max=50&StatCriteriaCat1=9&StatCriteriaMin1=0&StatCriteriaMax1=20&searches=-1&replacesearch=-1

[no pun intended]

Kendrick Perkins.

[Sharmer]

1 Nash.

2 Pierce, slow , lazy and has no ups.

3 Melo, has the tools but just lazy on d.

[kshutts1]

People really shouldn't mention Boozer... he's not a good individual defender, at all, but he sticks to the system really well, which makes him a useful defensive piece in the system. For that reason alone he really can't be considered the worst defender.

First thought that popped into my head, for worst defender, was Novak. Bargs is another one. We see a pattern?

Edit: Is Eddy Curry still in the league?

[Shepseskaf]

He's not a star, but David Lee.
He's an All-Star, but not a star?

[dh144498]

Kobe. He has been for years....I have never seen a player with less interest in playing defense, which is amazing because I keep hearing about his will to win..IF he really had this will to win he would also play defense...This proves to me that with Kobe its not about will to win, its about the will to pass Jabbar.

whose gimmick are you?

[mugiwara]

Boozer.