KERR top all-time defenders: “Dennis (Rodman), Scottie (Pippen) & Draymond”; “shocked” if not All-D
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06:20 Do you have a Top Three maybe, or what differentiates Draymond specifically?
06:24 I have a top two, and that's Scottie Pippen and Draymond and I think what makes Draymond different from Scottie is that Draymond is physically stronger and more capable of guarding low-post players. And I'll give Scottie a break because back then, the low post guys were Shaq and Patrick Ewing and Hakeem and it was a very different game, back then where it was very low-post-centric and now hardly anybody goes down to the block. But what I see with Draymond when he's guarding the post, it's incredible when you then add on top of that, his ability to guard pick-and-roll all the way at half court. I think Dennis Rodman is actually a great comp for Draymond in that regard and I definitely should have Dennis in that conversation too, probably those three, Dennis, Scottie and Draymond. And you can see the parallels, the length, the physicality, the speed, the versatility, but ultimately it's up here. It's the brain and dennis and Scottie were two of the smartest defenders I've ever been around and Draymond is, he's amazing in that regard, just his ability to process.
07:42 He was talking a lot after last game —
07:45 Draymond was?
07:46 Yes.
07:47 Oh, sorry.
07:47 About his Defensive Player of the Year case. You don't have a vote, but I guess how would you see him stacking up against some of the other candidates for that particular vote?
08:00 I said it, I think he's the best defender in the league, based on what I was talking about, the versatility within the game to play any role, guard the ball, guard the post, guard a wing, blow up a play from the weak side. I think he's the best in the league at that and I think that combination is the most important thing, but other guys have great claims, too. Rudy Gobert is amazing as a rim protector and what Wembanyama is doing is breaking the mold of what players are supposed to be doing, but I'd be shocked if Draymond were not First-Team All-NBA, shocked. And I don't even know, do the coaches vote on that or no?
08:45 100 media personnel.
08:47 Yeah.
08:48 So, Danny (Emerman) —
08:49 If it were up to the coaches, I guarantee you Draymond would be First-Team All-NBA because the other coaches feel what he brings defensively every night and I talk to them about it. Everyone in the league, every coach in the league, is just blown away by Draymond's defensive acumen.
09:07 Should it be up to the coaches, especially for defense where media might struggle sometimes?
09:12 I trust you guys implicitly, always gonna make the right judgment. No, I don't know. I'm not really sure how that should work. Maybe do both? Maybe have — They probably do something like that. Don't they do a coaches' poll or something?
09:30 The All-Star stuff, obviously the coaches —
09:32 Yeah. Yeah, that's right.
09:33 But for the postseason awards, All-NBA teams, MVP, all that's just media.
09:39 Yeah.
09:40 How careful do you — are you still being with Kuminga's minutes or do you even need to be anymore?
09:47 No, there's no need to be careful with the minutes. It's really about, "Hey, we're playing great. We've been playing really well for a long time." I'm not breaking that up. When you find something in this league, you stick with it and we've got a lot of guys playing great, playing really good basketball and so JK's just gotta come out and play as hard as he can and when he does that, good things happen and then the season unfolds from there, but yeah, you don't go away from...
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