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Following potential 2014 draftees

Steve Lavin isn't a good coach. He'll never succeed at St. John's.

Next year has some good wing defenders if I remember right. Justise Winslow for sure, and I know I'm missing some others. Matt Jones is currently the best perimeter defender on Duke's crappy defensive team. I honestly haven't had much time to watch a lot of games, so I really don't know.
 
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This btw is an excellent take on defense. To me exellence defensively starts with lateral quickness and ends with willingness to wear yourself out on that end. Against supreme players in the league it's simply not enough to play good team defense. You want to take their moves away and force them out of their sweet spots into more difficult ones.
PJ Tucker should be featured as he's pretty good on that end.
 
Shut down defenders really don't exist especially now with the no hand checking rule. Bruce Bowen, Michael Cooper, Gary Payton were great defenders because they could put their hands on you. Ron Artest was one early in his career but today the rules benefit the offensive player. Besides good defenders might slow down the top players but they don't completely shut them down. Everyone of the "great" defenders have gotten roasted in their careers. When an elite scorer is on fire no one single individual can shut them down.

In today's NBA, a player still needs to be able to score or they become a liability on the offensive end. I am more concerned if they can keep their guy in front of them and put an effort to play defense (many guys can't even do that).
 
So where would our current players rank in this draft if they were being selected? Would Favors or Hayward be top 10? Burke? Looks like all the top 7 picks will probably be better than anyone we currently have, but where is the breaking point?
 
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