Really? Who couldn't he guard at the 4? Duncan possibly but tbh no one can - he's the best PF of all time.As a pure defender, I rate Ben Wallace way above Garnett. Battier and Artest too. Sure Garnett can drop down a weight to defend a SF and then body up a Centre, but I never saw him play any of those positions better than the above-mentioned played theirs.
Jack of all trades, and master of none.
Fair comment, I agree KG can't guard those elite 3 guys (basically I'm saying Lebron, Kobe here), he man's up against Duncan as good as anyone....Shaq is too big for him but he took him on last season!!!
If u were starting a team from scratch though and wanted a defensive stopper/organiser KG would be my pick every time - doesn't hurt what he brings offensively either...
Good debate and to be honest I think the guy drew up a good list....
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Really? Who couldn't he guard at the 4? Duncan possibly but tbh no one can - he's the best PF of all time.
Also why do u rate Wallace way above?
I meant for the 5 down to the 3 spot, mate.
As for Wallace, he was an absolute beast on defence if you're going back 5-6 years. Would play incredibly hard-nosed one-on-one defence and not require help defence at most stages. He is a 4-time DPOY. KG got it once, on a brilliant team (as if that didn't help) averaging only 1.1 BPG and 10 or so boards. Every one of Wallace's DPOY years was better defensively than that. Wallace even averaged more steals than he did in his DPOY year.
Don't get me wrong - KG is a great player, but rating him at #1 is a great disservice to a guy who was all about defence for so many years, and, quite frankly, was better at it.