PJ Tucker / Mbah a Moute for All-Defensive Honors!

Luc if he started and was healthy all year we could talk. Tucker no, just a guy that does his job well. Can we revoke this guys ability to make a thread?

 

I'd give it to young players:
Spurs: K Anderson, Murray
Celtics: Brown and Tatum
Warriors: Jordan Bell

 

You give and you give and you give. Still doesn't make it right.

Recognition should go to most deserving this season regardless of age.

 

@basketballscientist1

Yeah, I haven’t seen Jordan Bell do anything except get dunked on. Alex Abrines.....Dennis Smith jr





Bell don’t want anything to do with Harden/CP3 or Flash Gordon

 

Harden, EG and CP3 were taking turns taking Bell to the woodshed when he got switched. Bell gets dunked on a lot.

 

Jordan Bell is your classic case of "Elite Athlete in College, but this is the Pros..."

He could be the greatest G-League player of all-time though, ala T-Will or Anthony Randolph.

 

Just wait until the playoffs. Bell is going to have his head spinning. Crazy.
Capela has a 101 DRtg predominately vs starters. Bell is 103 DRtg as a back up. Capela would be far more worthy.

 

Luc has been the better of the two in terms of straight on ball and help defense.

PJ has been better at things like defensive rebounding, loose ball recovery, post defense.

I think they complement each other well.

Both deserve consideration, I think Luc should get on but I value his style of defensive play more personally.

 

They both deserve consideration as do Paul and Capela at least but if we only get one I gotta go with PJ Tucker. Two reasons:

1. He's another no-stats all-star for us. He barely shows up in the boxscore but has an outrageously good +/- while on the court. He's a huge difference maker for us every single night in every way but especially on defense. And he's become and amazing 3 and D player for us.

2. PJ and his wife were kind enough to come to the Morey-produced musical I directed that opened tonight, SMALL BALL, along with Mike D'Antoni, Chris Paul, Trevor Ariza, and Ryan Anderson. Didn't see Luc around but I ain't mad. I can't believe so many of my heroes were at our theater tonight and enjoyed the play enough to stay long after taking pictures and talking with the cast. Daryl always gets mad when I don't include the link for sales so here it is. We're Houston's only Pay-What-You-Can theatre and one of very few in the country where you can pay whatever you can afford. Get your PWYC tickets at http://smallballmusical.com

And if you'd like to meet Daryl Morey and ask him anything, he'll be at the show Sunday for a post-show talkback with the cast and crew. Here's a direct link to purchase tickets for this Sunday's 2:30 p.m. matinee: https://bit.ly/2GIlMCL

Sorry to hijack the thread at all. It's such a great one. Just riding very high on having gotten to entertain so many of my heroes after the great entertainment they've all given me over the years.

Back to talking the embarrassment of riches that is this year's Houston Rockets.

It makes me wish there were a team award for "most improved" or even "most improved defense" because I think we'd be real contenders for either award.

And it's not just D'Antoni/Bzdelik and our incredible roster. Morey built the roster and in so doing I really don't think it's too much to say Morey and our coaches and players are changing the way the sport in front of our eyes this year. Daryl always tells me he'd never win "executive of the year," but if he doesn't win it THIS year, that would just be criminal.

 

It really is amazing to have this discussion again on this forum...... besides beverly it has been a while since we've had a problem choosing from our roster. Great problem to have and it's such an amazing luxury to have multiple players that are excellent in defense. Very well done Morey!