Is Dwight's defensive impact > Prime Big Ben's?

[G-Heel]

I'm going to go with Big Ben.

but... imagine if Dwight is told to just focus on defense and don't have to do jack on offense? I think he would be better than Prime Big Ben in that case. If you watch tonight game, you'll see Dwight do everything on both end. He's the only decent rebounder, have to close out of perimeter players because we get abused on the perimeter.

I don't like "if"... so, as it stands, Big Ben was a better defender than Dwight now. He was intimidating and a great rebounder, but I don't think the difference between the two is huge.

[J08]

if Dwight was a role player and he focused on defense/rebounding only he would be much better on those areas.

Dwight teammates suck defensively as well and he doesn't have another defensive player like rasheed Wallace beside him. no perimeter defender like prince or a good defensive system.

orlando funnels everything to dwight and they are still top 5 defensively.

[Cigamodnalro]

if Dwight was a role player and he focused on defense/rebounding only he would be much better on those areas.

Dwight teammates suck defensively as well and he doesn't have another defensive player like rasheed Wallace beside him. no perimeter defender like prince or a good defensive system.

orlando funnels everything to dwight and they are still top 5 defensively.

Not sure that he could be much better at rebounding. IIRC his rebounding/48 career stats are second only to Dennis Rodman's in the past 20 years.

[NO-KG-AI]

Yea, IDK, Dwight doesn't really have stamina issues or anything, and he plays pretty intensely throughout, I don't think he'd have an extra gear by resting more on offense.