Nuggets' Best Defensive Guards

Post #1 » by **NuggetsWY** » Thu Apr 12, 2018 11:27 pm

Malone's end-of-game offense-defense substitutions puzzle me and especially when G.Harris was out injured it became ridiculous in my opinion. Am I totally off base here? I think the Nuggets' best defensive guards are:

1. G.Harris - hands down - period - end of discussion
2. Beasley - although we haven't seen enough to be certain
3. Murray - has a lot to learn, but he hustles
4. Barton - can't fight through or over a pick and often looks confused
5. D.Harris - seems to use the mind-over-movement approach

MidMountain · Post #2 » by **MidMountain** » Fri Apr 13, 2018 7:21 pm

NuggetsWY wrote:Malone's end-of-game offense-defense substitutions puzzle me and especially when G.Harris was out injured it became ridiculous in my opinion. Am I totally off base here? I think the Nuggets' best defensive guards are:

1. G.Harris - hands down - period - end of discussion
2. Beasley - although we haven't seen enough to be certain
3. Murray - has a lot to learn, but he hustles
4. Barton - can't fight through or over a pick and often looks confused
5. D.Harris - seems to use the mind-over-movement approach

I think you need to list Torrey Craig here. He can guard SF and SG equally and I'd put him above Harris.
Craig
G. Harris
Murray
Beasley
D. Harris
Barton

SoCalNuggsFan · Post #3 » by **SoCalNuggsFan** » Fri Apr 13, 2018 7:25 pm

I go

Harris
Beasley
Murray
D Harris
Barton

With Craig in between Harris and Beasley if you want to include him.

Mickey8 · Post #4 » by **Mickey8** » Sat Apr 14, 2018 12:50 am

Harris but he has lots of flaws as the defender.

Post #5 » by **NuggetsWY** » Sat Apr 14, 2018 12:52 am

MidMountain wrote:
NuggetsWY wrote:Malone's end-of-game offense-defense substitutions puzzle me and especially when G.Harris was out injured it became ridiculous in my opinion. Am I totally off base here? I think the Nuggets' best defensive guards are:

1. G.Harris - hands down - period - end of discussion
2. Beasley - although we haven't seen enough to be certain
3. Murray - has a lot to learn, but he hustles
4. Barton - can't fight through or over a pick and often looks confused
5. D.Harris - seems to use the mind-over-movement approach

I think you need to list Torrey Craig here. He can guard SF and SG equally and I'd put him above Harris.
Craig
G. Harris
Murray
Beasley
D. Harris
Barton

Well, I won't argue with you much on that but if we are just looking at defending guards, I'd list Harris ahead of Craig. If we are talking about total defense; I don't know. Harris has proven himself, Craig is still relatively new and learning, but it'd be tough to argue when he can cover both forward slots fairly well. I think he'd have more trouble with PGs than Harris does. How about this?

PG - Harris, Craig
SG - close to equal
SF - Craig, Harris
PF - Craig
Center - neither

Post #6 » by **NuggetsWY** » Sat Apr 14, 2018 12:54 am

SoCalNuggsFan wrote:I go

Harris
Beasley
Murray
D Harris
Barton

With Craig in between Harris and Beasley if you want to include him.

Yeah, I hear ya and won't argue about the D.Harris/Barton sequence. I only put Barton ahead of D.Harris because he gets a few spectacular blocks but other than that, their defense is similar with perhaps Barton getting lost a little more, so I can see where you are coming from.

Post #7 » by **NuggetsWY** » Sat Apr 14, 2018 12:55 am

Mickey8 wrote:Harris but he has lots of flaws as the defender.

Yeah, I guess we should ignore all the former players now on TV that say he's one of the best young guards on defense.

Mickey8 · Post #8 » by **Mickey8** » Sat Apr 14, 2018 2:54 am

Which former players??? He still cant keep up his player in front of him with regularity , I don't need former players to tell me something , when I have my own eyes.

Zaccaibone · Post #9 » by **Zaccaibone** » Sat Apr 14, 2018 3:13 am

From the past how about Dahnty Jones.