the lone star

Heat and Thunder still better. Arguably the Spurs too.

We're talking St. Louis and the NBA over in the basketball forum, for those of you that want to join the discussion.

We're talking St. Louis and the NBA over in the basketball forum, for those of you that want to join the discussion. https://forums.footballsfuture.com/topic/20522-nba-team-in-st-louis/

A lot of good points. Thank you for your input. With that said, what do you think of an NBA team in St. Louis?

Seattle first for sure, I'm not denying that, but I really just want to focus on St. Louis in this thread. With that said, what do you think of that idea, regardless of how you feel about Seattle?

LeBron loses his handle more often than Kobe, but I'd rather have him running sets than Kobe. I'd also rather have him bringing it up the floor and going coast-to-coast. Kobe had better ball security and finesse, and arguably better moves, but LeBron TRIES more moves. LeBron also tries to dribble penetrate a lot, something that Kobe was more methodical about doing. Kobe would work you like a tactician, whereas LeBron just wants to bully you, using his speed, power, size, and athleticism. I go back on this everyday, so although I'm feeling Kobe right now, I'm sure I'll feel LeBron at some point next week. But the real answer is that handles are kinda overrated.

TEAM defense >>> Individual defense. When someone tells me Player A is a better defender than Player B, I might agree, but honestly, that usually doesn't sway me a whole lot. If the guy is such a good defender that he makes the entire TEAM better defensively, then that DOES matter to me.

Pretty much, but they probably could have gotten rid of Wall. These teams crack me up. Sign someone to a bad contract, then almost immediately realize their mistake, and then wait several years for it to correct itself.

Who Has Better Handles, LeBron or Kobe?

And now they've paid Thomas Bryant, who some people say is the worst defensive center of all-time.

for Dallas I think it'll be Luka, but I could also see guys like Delon, Powell, Kleber, and Justin Jackson getting some cred. But I'll go with Luka, and if I were to pick a #2, then I'd go with Justin Jackson.

Defensive Anchor: Kristaps Porzingis Lockdown Defender: Delon Wright I like Kleber as the anchor for the 2nd unit and Dorian Finney-Smith as the lockdown guy on the 2nd unit as well.

That's a good way of looking at it.

Is Individual Player Defense Overrated?

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