falcolombardi wrote:70sFan wrote:falcolombardi wrote:
Of guards i have watched enough to be confident in this view
Tony allen
Peak wade
Bulls Jimmy butler
Jason kidd (pg but plays like a sg in defense a ton)
There is also sidney moncrief who i have not watched much film of yet but including him from rep as probable
If we expand it to guards in general who "play point guard" in defense i would add jrue holliday, frazier as strong options
Then there are the odd cases of big players who played guard in defense like andre roberson or ben simmons who i would handily take over jordan for D
Let's start with that I don't want to include Ben Simmons who isn't really a guard on defense.
Wade pick is interesting. Which years would you say Wade peaked on defensive end?
Allen, Kidd, Jrue and Frazier are all legit choices, they were fantastic. It still makes 1992 Jordan around top 5 defensive guard ever, which is fairly impressive given his offensive load.
After watching a lot of Moncrief games, I don't think I would call him a better defender than Jordan. Others I would consider are Jerry West, younger Dennis Johnson and Marcus Smart. Maybe I am forgetting someone now.
For wade his healthy seasons circa 2006-2011 are clearly better than what i have seen from 92 (and 93 months before) jordan defense. Less mistakes amd better help defense inside, albeit a bit easier to beat off ball/or off the dribble (i value the former thinghs more)
If he counts as a shooting guard i would add danny green too and i am fairly confident on peak defense butler>92/93 jordan
Note that i have not watched as many players as you are and this is only guys from the 00's and the few older guys i am more familiar with.
If i watched as many footage as you and others here i suspect i could double the picks. And move 92 jordan out of a top 10 guard defender (i can almost do it already just out of guys i am familiarized with: wade,kidd,frazier, jrue,danny green(?), smart,allen, butler)
To me this version of jordan has too high of a error rate to be that caliber of a defender and not enough motor/activity to make that weakness weight little in the aggregate
Do you not have -peak- moncrief over 92/93 jordan? Remember we are comparing that specific non peak version of jordan defense against everyone else. 88 jordan (who i admittedly have not yet game tracked as i have ring years) may be a top 3 sg defender but is hard for me to envision 92/93 jordan as one
When i finish game tracking more jordan games i can post some of my notes on them to show why i am not that high on that version
I don't know about peak Moncrief vs 1992 Jordan. I may go with Squid as Jordan definitely wasn't super consistent in those years.
I always like Squid's game, but after closer look at him, I don't view him as GOAT-tier guard defender anymore. I can post a thing or two about him if you wish.