Better Defender Prince vs. Marion?

magicfan4life05 · Post #1 » by **magicfan4life05** » Fri May 2, 2008 7:18 pm

You need someone to guard the opposing teams best player in the 4th quarter, who do you take?

CB4MiamiHeat · Post #2 » by **CB4MiamiHeat** » Fri May 2, 2008 9:37 pm

i take Prince in the case that i need someone to guard the best player. But theres more to defense than the guy youre guarding, even then though i would still probably take Prince slightly over Marion.

Patterns · Post #3 » by **Patterns** » Fri May 2, 2008 10:04 pm

Prince

Basileus777 · Post #4 » by **Basileus777** » Fri May 2, 2008 10:34 pm

Definitely Prince. Marion is versatile, but he's not a guy that will shut down an opposing team's best player.

ITK9 · Post #5 » by **ITK9** » Fri May 2, 2008 10:45 pm

i take prince.not only that is is at least as good as marion but he doesn't want 20 mil/ year.

Post #6 » by **tsherkin** » Fri May 2, 2008 10:51 pm

Marion in a heartbeat, since we're only discussing defensive efficacy, ITK9.

Marion had a legit argument for DPOY last year; Prince did not.

Marion can defend four positions; he's actually effective at limiting lightning-bug guards ala Tony Parker, working against Kobe Bryant, working against PFs... he's perhaps the most versatile defender in the league and he's very, very good. That he also rebounds like a PF/C doesn't hurt his defensive ability.

Definitely Marion.

GoBobcats · Post #7 » by **GoBobcats** » Sat May 3, 2008 9:09 am

If you need to take the Opp Superstar out of th Game i would choose Prince

UDRIH14 · Post #8 » by **UDRIH14** » Sat May 3, 2008 9:31 am

i take prince for 4 quarters and any overtime

marion wtf has he shut down in his career?

a-rod · Post #9 » by **a-rod** » Sat May 3, 2008 9:50 am

tsherkin wrote:Marion in a heartbeat, since we're only discussing defensive efficacy, ITK9.

Marion had a legit argument for DPOY last year; Prince did not.

Marion can defend four positions; he's actually effective at limiting lightning-bug guards ala Tony Parker, working against Kobe Bryant, working against PFs... he's perhaps the most versatile defender in the league and he's very, very good. That he also rebounds like a PF/C doesn't hurt his defensive ability.

Definitely Marion.

QFT

Post #10 » by **NO-KG-AI** » Sat May 3, 2008 2:07 pm

I'd go with Prince, Marion might be more versatile, but I never feel like he's a really good defender on anyone, just a decent defender on everyone.