Defensive Player of January

[Karma]

Who do you believe stood up defensively this month?

Was it veteran Eric Snow leading the D from the perimeter?

Zydrunas anchoring us from behind?

Is Drew Gooden's energy the most prominent?

 

[Pioneer10]

Addition by subtraction: Sasha Pavlovic's offense and decent D deserve this - why? Because his overall play got by far our worst defender D. Jones out of the starting lineup.

 

[cavincali]

Snow is the captain and the best defender on this team, he continues to play great d night in and night out.

I might get some greef from pioneer 10 on this one but Damon Jones has actually suprised me. Although he has still gotten beat off the dribble it seems as if it has not occured as much, his improvement from j-mac status to a bad on the ball defender was welcomed.

 

[Pioneer10]

Snow is the captain and the best defender on this team, he continues to play great d night in and night out.

I might get some greef from pioneer 10 on this one but Damon Jones has actually suprised me. Although he has still gotten beat off the dribble it seems as if it has not occured as much, his improvement from j-mac status to a bad on the ball defender was welcomed.

Not really: I also think D. Jone's D significanlty improved once he got taken out of the starting lineup. He's simply doesn't have the physical tools to guard NBA starting calibre shooting guards. Much easier for him to come of the bench against bench players. Again that's why I picked Sasha: him starting has evened out the D in the starting lineup tremendously

 

[fsqp13]

zee, all those blocks led to jermaine's injury

 

[aaronr]

The only consistently good defender on the whole team is Eric Snow. Some of the others have their moments, but imo you have to vote for Snow.

 

[KI4MVP]

Not really: I also think D. Jone's D significanlty improved once he got taken out of the starting lineup. He's simply doesn't have the physical tools to guard NBA starting calibre shooting guards. Much easier for him to come of the bench against bench players. Again that's why I picked Sasha: him starting has evened out the D in the starting lineup tremendously

Actually Jones has been on starters down the stretches of games. His defense was a key in at least 1 win this past week. He's not our best defender by any means, but he's not nearly as bad as people say.

 

[Kypus]

The only consistently good defender on the whole team is Eric Snow. Some of the others have their moments, but imo you have to vote for Snow.

Snow turned it up a notch in the games that I saw, he put all his energy into disrupting their backcourt, or sometimes even on scoring forwards. Consistency is a definite need for a team looking for championships, I"ll take that.

That is a great point though Pioneer, about Sasha evening out our starting 5's D. :idea:

 

[Kypus]

Actually Jones has been on starters down the stretches of games. His defense was a key in at least 1 win this past week. He's not our best defender by any means, but he's not nearly as bad as people say.

I listen to most games on the radio, only see the ones on WUAB, so I"m missing all this great Damon Jones defense. Early on he was getting played like a puppet on strings (dance puppet, dance) so I'm glad to hear this. I figure he has to be doing something right to keep getting PT from Brown.

 

[Pioneer10]

Actually Jones has been on starters down the stretches of games. His defense was a key in at least 1 win this past week. He's not our best defender by any means, but he's not nearly as bad as people say.

And I think there is no denying the fact that his D has been far better coming off the bench. Killed two birds with one stone with Sasha starting: a better defender in teh starting lineup and paradoxically an improved defensive player coming off the bench

 

[LyXo]

This vote is about the best defender on the team this month. It's about the individual performance, be it playing good man-man, or team defense, but it's about the individual, not who he replaced, not how much better he is, etc.

Z's defense continues to anchor our team from the interior, against post players and penetrators.

 

[cavincali]

I know that the Bobcatts are smashed with injury but Z dominated the paint whenever anyone came in for a layup. His presence single handely created all kinds of missed layups.