All Time Eight Man Defensive Rotation (With A Couple Twists)
Posted: Mon Aug 1, 2022 1:31 am
Some other threads got me thinking about what my all time defensive squad might be, but maybe without some of the usual/obvious suspects. So I put one together using the following criteria...
01: eight individual seasons totaling at least 20,000 regular season minutes.
02: no one that has made the peaks project to this point. So no MJ, LeBron, Shaq, Kareem, Wilt, Duncan, Hakeem, Russell, Bird, Magic, Curry, Garnett or Giannis.
03: one player from each decade. 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s, 10s and 20s. Split seasons can count for either decade. I used a 59-60 season for 50s and a 69-70 season for 60s. 2019-20 could be 10s or 20s, etc.
My rotation...
G: 69-70 Frazier: 3040 MP | 113 TS+ | 6.4 DWS | .236 WS/48
G: 81-82 Moncrief: 2980 MP | 112 TS+ | 4.5 DWS | .216 WS/48
F: 15-16 Kawhi: 2380 MP | 114 TS+ | 5.5 DWS | .277 WS/48
F: 03-04 Kirilenko: 2895 MP | 108 TS+ | 5.0 DWS | .192 WS/48
C: 90-91 Admiral: 3095 MP | 115 TS+ | 7.6 DWS | .264 WS/48
G: 59-60 Gola: 2870 MP | 107 TS+ | 5.4 DWS | .166 WS/48
F: 76-77 Jones: 2419 MP | 118 TS+ | 5.5 DWS | .219 WS/48
C: 21-22 Timelord: 1804 MP | 132 TS+ | 3.9 DWS | .262 WS/48
Think the main weakness for this team might be spacing with a bunch of efficient scorers, but no real three point shooters. Also could be susceptible to strong, athletic PFs with AK-47/Jones being more versatile do-it-all types than low post bangers.
Had fun doing this (I had never even heard of Tom Gola before!!) & would be curious to see what others come up with if anyone wants to give it a shot.
01: eight individual seasons totaling at least 20,000 regular season minutes.
02: no one that has made the peaks project to this point. So no MJ, LeBron, Shaq, Kareem, Wilt, Duncan, Hakeem, Russell, Bird, Magic, Curry, Garnett or Giannis.
03: one player from each decade. 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s, 10s and 20s. Split seasons can count for either decade. I used a 59-60 season for 50s and a 69-70 season for 60s. 2019-20 could be 10s or 20s, etc.
My rotation...
G: 69-70 Frazier: 3040 MP | 113 TS+ | 6.4 DWS | .236 WS/48
G: 81-82 Moncrief: 2980 MP | 112 TS+ | 4.5 DWS | .216 WS/48
F: 15-16 Kawhi: 2380 MP | 114 TS+ | 5.5 DWS | .277 WS/48
F: 03-04 Kirilenko: 2895 MP | 108 TS+ | 5.0 DWS | .192 WS/48
C: 90-91 Admiral: 3095 MP | 115 TS+ | 7.6 DWS | .264 WS/48
G: 59-60 Gola: 2870 MP | 107 TS+ | 5.4 DWS | .166 WS/48
F: 76-77 Jones: 2419 MP | 118 TS+ | 5.5 DWS | .219 WS/48
C: 21-22 Timelord: 1804 MP | 132 TS+ | 3.9 DWS | .262 WS/48
Think the main weakness for this team might be spacing with a bunch of efficient scorers, but no real three point shooters. Also could be susceptible to strong, athletic PFs with AK-47/Jones being more versatile do-it-all types than low post bangers.
Had fun doing this (I had never even heard of Tom Gola before!!) & would be curious to see what others come up with if anyone wants to give it a shot.