Tyler (Wooster,OH): Who is the toughest guy you've ever had to defend? Donyell Marshall: From being in the league a long time, I've hard to guard a lot of players....Garnett, Barkley, Olajuwon, Pippen. I think the hardest was Yao Ming or Shaq. The whole Donyell Marshall Chat Transcript is here: http://www.nba.com/cavaliers/chat/marshall_chat_050901.html
That makes sense. Donyell Marshall is a physical, straight-up defender, and Shaq and Yao are the biggest, tallest and strongest of the group he mentioned.
I wish we could have gotten Donyell Marshall this summer. This would have been awesome - to me, he is a better, more consistent Eddie Griffin with a bit less shot-blocking, but most importantly, without all the baggage.
And without the youth and athleticism. Disappointed with the Stro signing? EDIT: I DO think that Donyell would have been a GREAT contrast off the bench to Stro... But really, there was no chance we'd be able to get both AND move Juwan.
Short term (this year and next) DM would have been a better addition than Swift, IMO. If Swift plays hard every night and does what everybody seems to think he will do, I'll be wrong.
