Zach Lavine: I'm tired of people talking S- about my defense

[mplsfonz23]

They're the exact same player

lol no way ...book is in a whole another realm

Whole another realm? Wow!! Seriously, I wish people were more objective then subjective.

And it's "A Whole other realm"........

[Curmudgeon]

If Lavine is tired of people badmouthing his defense, he ought to try playing some.

[lijoge]

ugh. two players who don't make a difference
zach is an unlikeable personality, though.
i pick booker

LOL...what?

Lol......What?

What doesn't this person not like about him? He is a great person, and a smooth player. Never complains, plays hard when healthy, and is the poster boy for gym rat.
Some people just prefer players like Harden or Curry I guess.

Edit: 458 post and only 3 and 1's. Not that it matters, just shows he must only make negative post.

i don't post negative things, you can go check if you feel compelled to...

i just didn't understand the Lavine criticism... i've followed Lavine all the way back to his time at UCLA... great attitude and teammate from what i can tell...

[mplsfonz23]

LOL...what?

Lol......What?

What doesn't this person not like about him? He is a great person, and a smooth player. Never complains, plays hard when healthy, and is the poster boy for gym rat.
Some people just prefer players like Harden or Curry I guess.

Edit: 458 post and only 3 and 1's. Not that it matters, just shows he must only make negative post.

i don't post negative things, you can go check if you feel compelled to...

i just didn't understand the Lavine criticism... i've followed Lavine all the way back to his time at UCLA... great attitude and teammate from what i can tell...

I was agreeing with you.
He's one of my favorites. I was talking about the person who said LaVine was unlikeable.

Again, your post was fine.

[lijoge]

Lol......What?

What doesn't this person not like about him? He is a great person, and a smooth player. Never complains, plays hard when healthy, and is the poster boy for gym rat.
Some people just prefer players like Harden or Curry I guess.

Edit: 458 post and only 3 and 1's. Not that it matters, just shows he must only make negative post.

i don't post negative things, you can go check if you feel compelled to...

i just didn't understand the Lavine criticism... i've followed Lavine all the way back to his time at UCLA... great attitude and teammate from what i can tell...

I was agreeing with you.
He's one of my favorites. I was talking about the person who said LaVine was unlikeable.

Again, your post was fine.

no worries...the 458 posts was my count not his, so i wasn't sure...

[Infinite Llamas]

If Lavine is tired of people badmouthing his defense, he ought to try playing some.

The league is full of guards who don’t play d from Curry to Lillard to Kemba to Kyrie but the narrative on LaVine is always “great scorer but lousy defender”. But what rim protector has he ever had to smooth out his defensive metrics? Guy isn’t a great defender but I swear he gets singled out sometimes.

Anybody out there who thinks the Bulls lost last year because of LaVine’s defense is quite mistaken. Their raiding of the g league might be a better avenue to travel down.

[Marcus]

Zach turns the corner and applies his energy and athleticism to the defensive side of the floor as well. Where does that put him in the SG rankings?

[mplsfonz23]

i don't post negative things, you can go check if you feel compelled to...

i just didn't understand the Lavine criticism... i've followed Lavine all the way back to his time at UCLA... great attitude and teammate from what i can tell...

I was agreeing with you.
He's one of my favorites. I was talking about the person who said LaVine was unlikeable.

Again, your post was fine.

no worries...the 458 posts was my count not his, so i wasn't sure...

Oopppps....

[monopoman]

Lavine is my dark horse MVP candidate.

The Bulls have to win 55+ games for him to win MVP.

[Axolotl]

These preseason games are a small sample, but I believe LaVine is actually walking the walk with his defence.

Defence doesn't come naturally to LaVine, and I don't think it ever will, but there were some defensive possessions where he played team defence like I have never seen him play before. It was like he saw the whole thing differently. He was not watching the ball when his man didn't have it, but was playing the lanes, moving to help, recovering back to his man in a timely fashion...

He's been a passable man to man -defender, and I'm hoping he can elevate his team defence to a passable level too.

The thing is, LaVine is still developing, on both ends of the floor. He has the work ethic and the physical tools to become a superstar, but what I'm not sure about is whether he has the basketball intellect to become one.

He'll be fun to watch this season though, that I can pretty much guarantee.

[Betta Bulleavit]

ugh. two players who don't make a difference
zach is an unlikeable personality, though.
i pick booker

Based on what?

i watched him since ucla, i'm not going to sit here and explain it

You’re not going to explain it because you can’t. Just because you have a UCLA tag doesn’t make you some expert on who’s likable and who isn’t. By most accounts, he is very well liked by his teammates and his peers. So I call BS and you are full of it.

[Betta Bulleavit]

"I've always been a good on-ball defender."

No you weren't. And the first step in solving a problem is admitting there is one.

Actually, he has been. At least while he’s been in Chicago. It’s his off the ball/help defense that has been the big issue. But this is the GB so this is par for course in terms of what I’d expect.

[Betta Bulleavit]

If Lavine is tired of people badmouthing his defense, he ought to try playing some.

Had you taken the time to read the full quote, you’d see that this is exactly what he is vowing to do. But whatever.