Defense

It is no secret things aren’t going too well in Cleveland as of late, the Cavaliers are 3-9 in their last 12 games since losing to the Golden State Warriors on Christmas Day. Their already leaky defense has been borderline historically bad over the past few weeks, and the Cavaliers were embarrased on national TV [...]

Jimmy Butler thinks very highly of Andrew Wiggins and Karl-Anthony Towns—you know, sometimes. Both of the Minnesota Timberwolves’ youngsters made some nice defensive plays down the stretch of this week’s victory over the Portland Trail Blazers, which had Butler buzzing afterwards, in a manner of speaking, per the Pioneer Press‘ Jace Frederick: “Please, Wiggs, we need [...]

Andre Drummond made the mistake of talking trash to Joel Embiid on Monday night, and it, quite predictably, didn’t end well for him. Embiid tallied 30 points, nine rebounds and two steals on 11-of-15 shooting—plus seven turnovers—in the Philadelphia 76ers’ 97-86 victory over the Detroit Pistons. Afterwards, when asked about getting the best of the [...]

Kristaps Porzingis and the New York Knicks will get an early lesson in why the 7’3″ skyscraper has no business playing power forward for long stretches at a time. Like, a really early lesson. As in, during their first game. The Knicks tip off their season against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday, which means [...]

Steve Kerr is a class act. During NBA Finals media availability ahead of Game 3 on Tuesday, the Golden State Warriors head honcho credited his predecessor, Mark Jackson, with turning this squad into a defensive juggernaut. Here’s what he said, via RealGM: “I didn’t. I didn’t. Mark Jackson did,” said Kerr when asked the question [...]

Pistons Head Coach has never been one to shy away from sharing his unfiltered opinion whether it is concerning his team, opposing teams, the officials or even on political matters. To no one’s surprise he has no problem sharing his frustration with the Pistons defensive woes over the past month or so. Here is him [...]

Draymond Green doesn’t believe there was a downside to the Golden State Warriors signing Kevin Durant. Bold, I know. It sounds stupid to say. At the same time, crotchety folks have waxed displeasure with the defensive sacrifices the Warriors made to acquire Durant. Andrew Bogut was injury-prone, but a solid interior anchor. So, too, was [...]

Meyers Leonard isn’t happy with the Portland Trail Blazers’ defense. Nor should he be. Only the Sacramento Kings allow more points per 100 possessions. Against the Brooklyn Nets, however, Leonard was apparently so frustrated, he asked Damian Lillard to call out certain guys for their lackluster play on that end, according to ESPN.com’s Zach Lowe: [...]

In case you haven’t been paying attention, Draymond Green is a fairly confident individual. He’s not likely to back down from anyone and will always say what he feels. Like most players of note in the league, Green is on record as saying he thinks he the game’s best player. That alone isn’t attention-grabbing. But [...]

Kurt Rambis is now the face of the New York Knicks defense. If you’re getting deja vu, you won’t be the only one. The Knicks named Rambis interim head coach last season after firing Derek Fisher, and now, under Jeff Hornacek, he’s being given more responsibility yet again. ESPN.com’s Marc Stein was the first with [...]