Who would be in your personal favourite NBA All Defensive Team selection?

[Saskibaloia]

Who would be in your personal favourite NBA All Defensive Team selection?

ALL DEFENSIVE FIRST TEAM

CENTRE - "BIG BEN" WALLACE

FORWARD - DENNIS "THE WORM" RODMAN

FORWARD - ANDREI "AK 47" KIRILENKO

GUARD - JOHN STARKS

GUARD - JOE DUMARS

[mvblair]

Fun topic here.

Saski, the one name that you really should've added is Bill Russell. Granted, he played before our viewing time, but his is a name that is constantly added to the conversation when talking about the greatest defenders. I think I would put him on mine:

C - Bill Russell
PF - Charles Oakley
SF - Andrei Kirilenko / Shawn Marion
SG - Bruce Bowen
PG - Joe Dumars

[Khalid80]

Mine are:

C - Dikembe Mutombo
PF - Tim Duncan
SF - Scottie Pippen
SG - Michael Jordan
PG - Gary Payton

[Worrax]

*Ben Wallace
*Leon Powe
*Scottie Pippen
*Bruce Bowen
*Rajon Rondo

[Phantim3dx]

C - Bill Laimbeer
PF - charles Barkley
SF - Dennis Rodman
SG - Bruce Bowen
PG - Joe Dumars

As you can see Matt I hail the bad boys and dirty players more, as well as the really rough and tough style guys

Fun topic here.

Saski, the one name that you really should've added is Bill Russell. Granted, he played before our viewing time, but his is a name that is constantly added to the conversation when talking about the greatest defenders. I think I would put him on mine:

C - Bill Russell
PF - Charles Oakley
SF - Andrei Kirilenko / Shawn Marion
SG - Bruce Bowen
PG - Joe Dumars

[Saskibaloia]

Saski, the one name that you really should've added is Bill Russell. Granted, he played before our viewing time, but his is a name that is constantly added to the conversation when talking about the greatest defenders. I think I would put him on mine:

You're definitely right and by far he would be a far better choice in any defensive team than Big Ben but I can never leave out my homeboy from my defensive team

Guys who would you choose between the three: Charles Oakley, Rodman or Big Ben?

Honestly, I would love to choose Rodman if I had a team but with his wild character and his uncontrollable manners I would choose Big Ben instead (even though I'm a HUUUUUGE Knicks fan of the 90s) since you can play him in both the 4 and 5 spot (though as he's proven in Cleveland he's not as good at the 4 as he is at the 5)

[mvblair]

Jay, there is nothing wrong with the Bad Boys. They would certainly make a better defensive squad than these individual All-Stars because they could communicate and had great experiences.

Mine are:

C - Dikembe Mutombo
PF - Tim Duncan
SF - Scottie Pippen
SG - Michael Jordan
PG - Gary Payton

Mutombo and Payton are two great choices. I might need to change mine line-up:

C - Bill Russell
PF - Charles Oakley
SF - Andrei Kirilenko
SG - Bruce Bowen
PG - Gary Payton

As for Rodman/Oakley/Wallace...I really don't know. Rodman and Wallace could certainly get the rebounds like something else. Oakley was a tough, hard-nosed competitor and someone who I think was a genuinely good guy. I'm not a Knicks fan, but I'd take Oakley.

[JGX]

Bill Laimbeer
Dennis Rodman
Rick Mahorn
Joe Dumars
Isiah Thomas

Other guys were good defenders, but these guys revolutionized defense by figuring out that if they just fouled on every possession, the refs would change their definition of a foul.

--Bitter Celtics Fan

[pba_fan]

Here's my fave!

PG - Chris Paul
SG - Kobe Bryant
PF - Tim Duncan
C - Yao Ming
SF - Lebron James

[Lebron23]

C- Dikembe Mutombo
F- Ben Wallace
F- Scottie Pippen
G- Michael Jordan
G- Gary Payton

[LordOfLeyte]

C - The Human Eraser

PF -The Big Ticket

SF - Bruce Elbow Bowen

SG - His Airness

PG - The Glove

[Shawshank]

Bill Russell
Dennis Rodman
Scottie Pippen
Garry Payton
Bruse Bowen

[saraGem]

Leon Powe
Scottie Pippen
Bruce Bowen
Rajon Rondo