Best Potential Defensive Lineups

Jim Todd Jr. · Post #1 » by **Jim Todd Jr.** » Mon Jul 6, 2015 6:28 am

I will preface this by saying im not a huge fan of our offseason so far. That being said there are some potential lockdown 5 man units on this roster now. What do you think is our best defensive unit?

Im going with:

Joseph
Ross
Carroll
JJ
Biyombo

Tough players. Guards who can stop the ball, and a couple of bigs who can really block shots.

TOR_97 · Post #2 » by **TOR_97** » Mon Jul 6, 2015 6:35 am

Joseph
Wright (if he lives up to the hype)
Carroll
JJ
Biyombo

C_Money · Post #3 » by **C_Money** » Mon Jul 6, 2015 6:36 am

Joseph
Wright
Carroll
JJ
Biyombo

I have Wright at SG because he's 6'5 and Ross is a bad defender.

chuckdevlin · Post #4 » by **chuckdevlin** » Mon Jul 6, 2015 6:37 am

Joseph/Demar/Carrol/JJ/Biyombo

Not counting on Wright being perfect as a rookie. And Ross gives up on plays defensively, don't know what happened with this chode

nitrous · Post #5 » by **nitrous** » Mon Jul 6, 2015 6:44 am

chuckdevlin wrote:Joseph/Demar/Carrol/JJ/Biyombo

Not counting on Wright being perfect as a rookie. And Ross gives up on plays defensively, don't know what happened with this chode

Ross as a defender is quite over-credited. He is quite undersized for most defensive matchups, in particular Lebron. Derozan took over that game and performed wonderfully.

LYKaPROinDaGaME · Post #6 » by **LYKaPROinDaGaME** » Mon Jul 6, 2015 6:54 am

Lowry
Ross
Demar
Patterson
JV
/thread

PT416 · Post #7 » by **PT416** » Mon Jul 6, 2015 7:02 am

calderon
derozan
turkoglu
bargnani
bosh

we deserve a medal

TOR_97 · Post #8 » by **TOR_97** » Mon Jul 6, 2015 7:08 am

LYKaPROinDaGaME wrote:Lowry
Ross
Demar
Patterson
JV
/thread

I hope you're joking. 3rd worst in the league. One thing I'd like to point out is the fact that the worst in the league contained 2 overrated defenders in Chandler and Faried who Raptors fans still want for some reason.

Jim Todd Jr. · Post #9 » by **Jim Todd Jr.** » Mon Jul 6, 2015 7:17 am

TOR_97 wrote:
LYKaPROinDaGaME wrote:Lowry
Ross
Demar
Patterson
JV
/thread

I hope you're joking. 3rd worst in the league. One thing I'd like to point out is the fact that the worst in the league contained 2 overrated defenders in Chandler and Faried who Raptors fans still want for some reason.

Wow. I didnt realize that lineup rated that poorly. Doesnt bode well for our starting lineup unless we upgrade at the 4 somehow.

steamed hams · Post #10 » by **steamed hams** » Mon Jul 6, 2015 7:22 am

TOR_97 · Post #11 » by **TOR_97** » Mon Jul 6, 2015 7:45 am

Jim Todd Jr. wrote:
TOR_97 wrote:
LYKaPROinDaGaME wrote:Lowry
Ross
Demar
Patterson
JV
/thread

I hope you're joking. 3rd worst in the league. One thing I'd like to point out is the fact that the worst in the league contained 2 overrated defenders in Chandler and Faried who Raptors fans still want for some reason.

Wow. I didnt realize that lineup rated that poorly. Doesnt bode well for our starting lineup unless we upgrade at the 4 somehow.

Me neither. I knew they were bad but not that bad. That lineup also gave up 40% shooting from deep and 58% from the field. Just terrible all around. I'm scared for this team if we don't get a starting PF that can defend and score.

Reg00 · Post #12 » by **Reg00** » Mon Jul 6, 2015 11:11 am

"He's undersized against Lebron"

Hilarious.

Tyrone Slothrop · Post #13 » by **Tyrone Slothrop** » Mon Jul 6, 2015 11:41 am

nitrous wrote:Ross as a defender is quite over-credited. He is quite undersized for most defensive matchups, in particular Lebron. Derozan took over that game and performed wonderfully.

That one game is reaching the level of Bargnani's 13 game all star stretch. Derozan is a better defender than Ross at this point, but they're both below average.

OakleyDokely · Post #14 » by **OakleyDokely** » Mon Jul 6, 2015 11:45 am

At least when Casey plays 3 PG's at a time, they can at least guard more than their shadow.