Defense in the NBA

Joakim Noah recently won defensive player of the year. Defense in basketball definitely isn't a glamorous job or typically a fun job. You notice now a days in the NBA that some superstar plays don't place much of an effort into the defensive end. One espn analyst made this point questioning Dwight Howards effort by saying that this award was won by a player half with half of Dwight talent. What do you think of some of the superstars in the NBA effort? As a coach would you rather have great talent or great effort? 

http://espn.go.com/chicago/nba/story/_/id/10817297/joakim-noah-chicago-bulls-named-defensive-player-year

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  • Great job!

  • I think that most of the superstars in the NBA are really good but some of them can just be a show of

  • "Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard." This story definitely makes me think of this. I would rather have a team that put a lot of effort into what they do instead of relying on talent to do the work for them because it isn't helping them as a team. 

    • That is a great quote. Its really is so true.

  • I must say i would rather have lebron james. 

    • Lebron does try hard on defense though. Unlike James Harden who sometimes his defense is lacking a little.

  • If I were the coach, I would want passion. If people don't have passion for what they do, They wont even show their talent. 

    • Thats a good point passion is a thing that would be nice to have in all your players.

  • I think that the defense in the NBA is very low during the regular season.  During the playoffs, it usually picks up.  I think that sometimes the guys don't play as hard during the regular season to rest up for the playoffs.  As a coach, I would rather have great effort, because talented people with no effort will not help the team at all.

    • Yeah you can't really expect them to give 100% every game. Their is no way a player could exert that much effort over that long of a season.

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