Artest: I'm NBA's best defender

[Kings113]

AK isn't a good man defender. Just ask Paul Pierce.

Off the ball/help defense? Great.

 

[Merdiesel]

Bruce Bowen didnt turn a Franchise around with his D, Ron Artest did.

 

[Sirius]

AK has ridiculously long arms, that's why he's so good at help defense.

 

[Big Cuz 15]

man, artest talks alot of smack. i like it

 

[BMiller52]

Guys, as good as Rons been, Ak's been better. even if Artest ahd played the entire season aa he is now, AK has still played better.

No he hasn't. AK is an awful man to man defender, he cried when Pierce OWNED him, and he's not as good on offense as Ron(atleast IMO). Give me Ron 10 times out of 10 please. Kirilenko is just a blocking machine.

 

[SacKings4Life21]

No he hasn't. AK is an awful man to man defender, he cried when Pierce OWNED him, and he's not as good on offense as Ron(atleast IMO). Give me Ron 10 times out of 10 please. Kirilenko is just a blocking machine.

lol that blocking machine, IMO makes him extremly valuble... AK is amazing

 

[Folsom Al]

Gawd I love the way this season is BUILDING UP !!!!

 

[PejaFanatic]

He's quite modest.

 

[Troy]

horry = kings kryptonite.

IMHO we have a shot against the Suns. We are 1st round and out if we play the Spurs.

That guy has sure single handly killed us. I say let Ron release some of the built tension that we know he must have stored up in him and give Horry a good woppin. No really, I like Ron has kept his cool and I hope he keeps it up. The Suns, Spurs, Mavs will be hard no matter how you look at it. Those teams also don't like to play us and we have little to lose this year as the "Cinderella Team"/undog. With Ron, anything is possible. I would like the Suns, but we have played the Spurs good this year as well. I just hope that when we beat the Suns and we don't have to go through both Texas teams, how many rounds are there in the West anyways?
I think we would have to only face 1 Texas team (SA/Dallas) if we face the Suns in the 1st round right?

 

[Kings113]

No he hasn't. AK is an awful man to man defender, he cried when Pierce OWNED him, and he's not as good on offense as Ron(atleast IMO). Give me Ron 10 times out of 10 please. Kirilenko is just a blocking machine.

Indeed.

AK doesn't have a post-game, both can hit the three, but Ron is the better overall shooter between them (aka not in comparision to most other shooters around the league). Also doesn't have the strength or dribbling skills Ron has. AK gets a lot of his stuff on tip-ins, put-backs, cuts, sometimes threes. Both are nice passers.

And if (when) we stay 7th and beat Suns, we'll play Nuggets or Grizzlies in R2.

 

[KiNgMyC]

No he hasn't. AK is an awful man to man defender, he cried when Pierce OWNED him, and he's not as good on offense as Ron(atleast IMO). Give me Ron 10 times out of 10 please. Kirilenko is just a blocking machine.

Disagreed, AK is definately not as good as a one on one defender as Artest and Bowen, but calling him an awful man to man defender is like calling Bibby a good defender. It just isn't true. Also, implying AK to just a blocking machine is unfair. You got to give AK credit for his points, rebounds, assists, AND steals in addition to his blocks.

 

[Kings113]

I wouldn't say he's awful man-to-man, but he isn't in the league of Artest or Bowen.