How will Grant Hill guard Kobe?

Cigamodnalro · Post #1 » by **Cigamodnalro** » Sat May 15, 2010 11:18 pm

Hill wasn't a great defender even in his heyday. It's curious that Phoenix is giving him the assignment.

astrallite · Post #2 » by **astrallite** » Sat May 15, 2010 11:20 pm

He sucks less than the rest of the roster, so he earns the role by default.

Coxy · Post #3 » by **Coxy** » Sat May 15, 2010 11:23 pm

Hill's a smart vet guy that is very active. You need a solid smart guy defending him as Hill's probably the guy that can best stick with Kobe and has the best chance of containing the superstar.

The big question is will Amare be able to handle Pau, especially Gasol's ability to sneak into the lane for an offensive putback. Amare's not the best at boxing out.

DaDragicShow · Post #4 » by **DaDragicShow** » Sat May 15, 2010 11:30 pm

Hill and Dudley will have the assignment in guarding Bryant. I think Dudley will do a great job at stopping Kobe.

Prolific Scorer · Post #5 » by **Prolific Scorer** » Sat May 15, 2010 11:33 pm

Very carefully

6_Rings · Post #6 » by **6_Rings** » Sat May 15, 2010 11:34 pm

i bet Hill will give it all he got cuz this might be the last time he'll get a chance to get to the Finals. ditto with Nash. if they fail, the window is completely shut. unless they go ring-chasing.

Greatness · Post #7 » by **Greatness** » Sat May 15, 2010 11:43 pm

Kobe will eat him alive

fast+forward · Post #8 » by **fast+forward** » Sat May 15, 2010 11:57 pm

Superman5190 wrote:Kobe will eat him alive

guard in their case means trying to stay in front of him and make him work for his shots...they didn't say they were shutting kobe down...relax

CITYOFANGELSX3 · Post #9 » by **CITYOFANGELSX3** » Sat May 15, 2010 11:58 pm

DaDragicShow wrote:Hill and Dudley will have the assignment in guarding Bryant. I think Dudley will do a great job at stopping Kobe.

lol, wow.

Do all your posts spew so much **** by being such a homer?

SUN · Post #10 » by **SUN** » Sun May 16, 2010 12:01 am

Yeah, I think he's not fast enough, but he's a wise veteran, I think he'll do his job decently.

Aventador · Post #11 » by **Aventador** » Sun May 16, 2010 12:03 am

Who will jrich guard

ThreeYearPlan · Post #12 » by **ThreeYearPlan** » Sun May 16, 2010 12:04 am

Hill won't get destroyed in the post so he'll do a decent job on Kobe

Optms · Post #13 » by **Optms** » Sun May 16, 2010 12:04 am

He'll stare him to death.

Behold. Like so.

DaDragicShow · Post #14 » by **DaDragicShow** » Sun May 16, 2010 12:04 am

CITYOFANGELSX3 wrote:
DaDragicShow wrote:Hill and Dudley will have the assignment in guarding Bryant. I think Dudley will do a great job at stopping Kobe.

lol, wow.

Do all your posts spew so much **** by being such a homer?

Just my opinion, stfu

DaDragicShow · Post #15 » by **DaDragicShow** » Sun May 16, 2010 12:06 am

The Flyest wrote:Who will jrich guard

Probably Artest.

Dr Aki · Post #16 » by **Dr Aki** » Sun May 16, 2010 12:20 am

DaDragicShow wrote:
The Flyest wrote:Who will jrich guard

Probably Artest.

this is why the lakers went out and got artest: to create mismatches

i anticipate a lot of sets involving artest posting up jrich and bullying his way to the basket after receiving the ball on the curl

The MVPlaya · Post #17 » by **The MVPlaya** » Sun May 16, 2010 12:21 am

Kobe will get whatever he wants against Hill, and he knows that. It must have made him cringe yesterday when the media forced him to say all those positive things about Hill's defense, when Kobe knows he stands no chance, but he had to show respect to a veteran.

32 ppg on 50% shooting for the series.

supaflash · Post #18 » by **supaflash** » Sun May 16, 2010 12:22 am

He did a decent job on Miller and Ginobli by using his size and backing off, not sure how much that will help him on Kobe. Kobe has been playing very efficiently lately, mixing in methodical post play and attacking the paint. The rest will help Hill, but it will help Kobe more probably. His stroke has been pretty on lately so I think he'll continue the methodical picking apart the defense like he did against the Jazz.

spudwebb · Post #19 » by **spudwebb** » Sun May 16, 2010 12:22 am

Hill wasn't a great defender even in his heyday. It's curious that Phoenix is giving him the assignment.

Grant Hill was a great defender when he was young before injuries. He won the national defensive player of the year 2 times in college. In his early NBA years, he never got on the nba-all defensive 1st and 2nd teams because at that time it was always dominated by stellar defensive guys like Pippen, Rodman, Grant, Oakley, etc. But he has always been a good defender. Even this year, he got a few votes for all-defensive team.

DaDragicShow · Post #20 » by **DaDragicShow** » Sun May 16, 2010 12:46 am

The MVPlaya wrote:Kobe will get whatever he wants against Hill, and he knows that. It must have made him cringe yesterday when the media forced him to say all those positive things about Hill's defense, when Kobe knows he stands no chance, but he had to show respect to a veteran.

32 ppg on 50% shooting for the series.

I don't think Kobe is gonna average 32 points a game. The Suns will double him on a lot of plays and force him to pass the ball. I see something like 24-25 ppg from Kobe in this series.