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Speaker 1: All right, let's talk some basketball. The tenth best defender

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Speaker 1: of the last twenty five years, Lebron James five straight

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Speaker 1: of that against the Spurs in twenty thirteen against Thiago

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Speaker 1: Splitter early in that series. He was also an excellent

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Speaker 1: perimeter defender who could guard all five positions really well,

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Speaker 1: from defending guards in key playoff spots like Derrick Rose

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Speaker 1: in the twenty eleven Eastern Conference Finals or Jamal Murray

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Speaker 1: in the twenty twenty Eastern Conference Finals, to even being

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Speaker 1: able to guard monstrous centers like as recently. He's even

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Speaker 1: old man Lebron in the semi finals of the Olympics

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Speaker 1: last year, when he guarded Nikole Jokis for the entire

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Speaker 1: four quarter and did a great job wearing him down

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Speaker 1: and fighting him off of spots and making his life

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Speaker 1: more difficult. He also was iconic or remembered as remembered

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Speaker 1: for his iconic chase down blocks when he was young,

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Speaker 1: just hunting transition athletes and sneaking in from behind and

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Speaker 1: swatting him off the glass. But most famously the highlight

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Speaker 1: of his career in Game seven of the twenty sixteen

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Speaker 1: His regular season effort waned over the last third of

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Speaker 1: his career, but in his prime he was simply one

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Speaker 1: of the best defenders at his position to ever play

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Speaker 1: the game. Number nine Rudy Gobert. I know Rudy catches

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Speaker 1: a lot of shit for his defense, but I frankly

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Speaker 1: think that's silly. I don't think he's quite as good

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Speaker 1: as his resume would lead you to believe. Like he

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Speaker 1: has four Defensive Player of the Year awards. He's not

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Speaker 1: Ben Wallace, but this guy was one of the best

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Speaker 1: defensive anchors of all time, and he consistently led great

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Speaker 1: defenses throughout regular seasons. He was an apex rim protector,

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Speaker 1: an apex defen defensive rebounder, and he had a remarkable

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Speaker 1: reels that go around show him getting cooked, but on

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Speaker 1: a very efficient ISO defender switching out of action. He

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Speaker 1: was incredibly versatile amongst rim protecting centers in his era,

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Speaker 1: and he was also remarkably available compared to most of

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Speaker 1: the super tall centers to play the game. He averaged

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Speaker 1: sixty nine games played per season in his career, which

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Speaker 1: for a guy his height is pretty remarkable. The real

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Speaker 1: fair criticism of Rudy centers on the offensive end, where

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Speaker 1: his stone hands and his inability to finish anything that

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Speaker 1: wasn't a wide open dunk made him unplayable at times,

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Speaker 1: to ever play the game. Number eight ron Our Tests

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Speaker 1: defensive forward. He made four All Defensive teams and he

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Speaker 1: He was six foot seven, but he was two hundred

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Speaker 1: He had a reputation for being one of the best

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Speaker 1: a Draymond Green esque ability to get away with fouling.

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Speaker 1: I've always said this is an art form. All the

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Speaker 1: little bits of physicality that are technically fouls by the book,

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Speaker 1: to officiate. He got away with a lot of fouling,

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Speaker 1: which I think is part of what makes an elite defender.

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Speaker 1: He had seven years where he averaged over two steals

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Speaker 1: per game, and he was the primary wing defender on

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Speaker 1: the twenty ten Los Angeles Lakers team that won the title,

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Speaker 1: and they got a lot closer than people realize to

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Speaker 1: taking a lead early in that series that got erased

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Speaker 1: by a Tayshaun Prince block on Reggie Miller that could

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Speaker 1: But that Lakers team was ripe for upset and it

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Speaker 1: very easily could have been the Pacers that won at all.

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Speaker 1: And interestingly enough, that rivalry with the Pistons boiled over

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Speaker 1: remainder that season. It was a big one if too,

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Speaker 1: because that was an awesome Indiana Pacers team. Number seven.

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Speaker 1: Giannison TENNECOUMPO five All Defense selections. He was Defensive Player

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Speaker 1: of the Year in twenty twenty. He had three straight

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Speaker 1: top five finishes and Defensive Player of the Year from

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Speaker 1: twenty nineteen to twenty twenty one. He was one of

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Speaker 1: the best rim protecting forwards in the history of the league.

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Speaker 1: Made a name for himself on defense as a low

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Speaker 1: in two places at once, so to speak, and that

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Speaker 1: was a big foundational piece of what made the Bucks

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Speaker 1: defense so great for so long. But interestingly enough, I

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Speaker 1: thought the defining defensive moment of his career was actually

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Speaker 1: though so big, and he was guarding in a pick

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Speaker 1: and roll or more accurately, a dribble handoff. Devin Booker

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Speaker 1: it up to DeAndre eight and threw the pass a

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Speaker 1: But Giannis turned and he met DeAndre Ayton at the Apex,

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Speaker 1: once again being in two places at once for the

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Speaker 1: defining defensive moment of his career. That literally sparked a

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Speaker 1: break going the other way, and it helped swing the series.

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Speaker 1: I may dunk there would have tied Game five of

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Speaker 1: the Finals with a minute left. You can imagine, you know,

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Speaker 1: three to two going back to Milwaukee with Phoenix in front,

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Speaker 1: very different series. It was one of the big pivot

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Speaker 1: points and Giannis had one of the greatest defensive plays

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Speaker 1: ever to potentially swing that series. Yiannis at number seven,

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Speaker 1: Number six Anthony Davis only five All Defense teams and

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Speaker 1: no Defensive Player of the Year awards two to several reasons.

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Speaker 1: He had some occasional inconsistencies in his regular season effort,

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Speaker 1: like his motor, and he had heavy offensive responsibility compared

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Speaker 1: to many of the other rim protecting centers around the league,

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Speaker 1: so he would kind of ebb and flow in his

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Speaker 1: He averaged two point five blocks per game three times

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Speaker 1: in his career. He averaged at least two blocks per

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Speaker 1: game all the seasons in his career except for two,

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Speaker 1: he was hurt the majority of the season. But he

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Speaker 1: was also great at switching out onto the perimeter. He

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Speaker 1: could guard on the perimeter as well as any player

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Speaker 1: in the world. A few massive playoff moments his destruction

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Speaker 1: we've talked about a lot on this show, where he

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Speaker 1: and in time will probably get lost because of his

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Speaker 1: with him and his prime will tell you he's one

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Speaker 1: them on. Television he made Seven All defense. Teams he

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Speaker 1: won Two Defensive player of The year awards as a,

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Speaker 1: did great work On Lebron james and two, finals great

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Speaker 1: one of my favorite Random kawhi memories was him forcing

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Speaker 1: off of the left, Wing Ben macklimore tried to like

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Speaker 1: dribble Like ben was like trying to protect the. Ball

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Speaker 1: He kawi just like reached out with his you, know

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Speaker 1: you on. OFFENSE i think he's the best perimeter defender

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Speaker 1: His era he blocked two hundred and twenty eight blocks in.

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Speaker 1: His career he won Three Consecutive defensive player Of the,

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Speaker 1: better in. The playoffs for forty seven playoff games spanning

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Speaker 1: from two thousand and eight to, twenty ten he averaged

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Speaker 1: over three blocks. Per game he was an incredibly, dominant

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Speaker 1: most underrated parts, of defense actually closing out. Defensive possessions

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Speaker 1: he led the league in rebounding five times in a

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Speaker 1: six year span from two thousand and eight to. Twenty

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Speaker 1: he played a major role on the Twenty twenty lakers

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Speaker 1: that series which solidified his greatness AS an. Nba Champion,

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Speaker 1: And six he was an absurdly gifted. Shot blocker he

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Speaker 1: Around NonStop he was. A problem he logged over three

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Speaker 1: And four he averaged a preposterous three point five blocks

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Speaker 1: up shortening. His prime Number Two, draymond green in, my

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Speaker 1: majority of the credit for the success Of the. Warriors

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Speaker 1: To ME like i thought he was a better Defender

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Speaker 1: with a lot. Of stuff he was a master at

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Speaker 1: Best that i've ever seen at foot in. The paint

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Speaker 1: elements Of The cavs warriors rivalry in that era Was

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Speaker 1: That draymond green kind Of Ate kevin, love's lunch and

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Speaker 1: Those years he was a legendary, shit talker an excellent

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Speaker 1: Tim duncan and, you know it seemed like a hard decision.

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Speaker 1: dwight howard's. Total Blocks tim duncan had like four hundred

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Speaker 1: Did tim duncan Made Fifteen all defense teams in, his

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Speaker 1: any single point. In time he never Won A defensive

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Speaker 1: monster and elite rim protector with all. The longevity for,

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Speaker 1: Two Decades tim duncan anchored elite defenses with his, rim protection,

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Speaker 1: defender of the last twenty. Five years, all, right guys

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Speaker 1: this IS all i have today. For today, as always

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Speaker 1: as sincerely appreciate you guys for supporting us in supporting.

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Speaker 1: The show, next week we are rewatching games. On playback

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Speaker 1: for announcements on. That front we're gonna be rewatching some

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