Defense is one man guarding the ball and four others helping him
When you play guard, you're not going to block a lot of shots. Inside, you're going to block shots.
Tony Allen is a good defender, very smart.
Defense not only wins games; it's what gets you on the floor at every level you play at. Once you get to high school and get to college, if you don't play defense, you won't play.
Trying to guard Kawhi on an island by yourself is tough. You gotta take the basket away and push him to your help. You want him to take a contested shot as far away from the basket as possible, because his mid-range game is phenomenal.
I just try to play hard defensively.
I know I can block shots and I've got to do it. That's part of my job as a big.
You've got to be the anchor of the defense at that five position. Call out pick-and-rolls, screens. The five is usually around the rim, so you see everything.
Always have your players go and pick-up the guy who draws the charge.
The bigs are there on the help-side if the guy goes by me, and I'm able to switch to other offensive players.
I've been trying to figure out what mistakes I'm making defensively as far as help defensive stuff.
Defense, in the game, is something that I just really enjoy. Some people enjoy assisting the ball. Some people like to score, score, score, but to me the first thing that comes up is defense.
It's hard to guard two dynamic players working together rather than guarding them going one-on-one.
Defense doesn't break down on the help, it breaks down on the recovery.
All the coaches preach about defense. Every day they talk about defense, they talk about how important it is to get stops in order to win basketball games.
Kobe Bryant should know how to defend a pick and roll.
It could be the best defender or the worst defender. I have to have the attitude that I don't think anyone is going to deter me from getting to the basket. Maybe help defense can come over and affect it, but not the first guy.
I was a great help-side defender in college, but as far as really wanting to lock somebody up, that was never really my focus.
You don't cut anywhere, don't pick down anywhere, don't double screen, no weak side picking. All these things that should happen in a game of basketball don't happen anymore.
Offence doesn't concern me. It's easier for people to get layups than it is to get stops on defence or a block.
I think I am a good help defender as well as just bringing a lot of communication to the floor.
