Those who can stand in the NBA for a long time must have two brushes, both offensively and defensively are very tough, and there are still many cattle people in the league who rely on defense to base themselves on the NBA. Like Beverley, Robert of the Thunder, and wallace, Mutombo, etc., many of them rely on tough defense to provide energy for the team. Defense is also a success factor for the team to achieve good results, and today we will discuss how strong the attic Artest defense is.
When I think of this posture, I think of the "Auburn Hill Palace Fight Incident", the most serious brawl in the history of the NBA, and the instigators of this group fight are Artest and Ben Wallace. Ron Artest Artest is the most intimidating defender in the league, and his strong body, excellent consciousness and positive attitude, as well as all-out dirty tricks, make him a lingering nightmare for swing people in the league. Artest's scoring stats have been rising since he entered the league, but he doesn't have many scoring tools, except for a decent mid-range shot, basically using a strong body to break through opponents. There is no way that people can score points by body, so why do they need skills?
Artest is 201cm tall and weighs 118 kilograms, which is even heavier than many of the current interior players, the front line defensive tip but the inside line can also be strong, you say horror horror. Carl Malone is 5 kilograms lighter than him, the stocky interior Barkley is 4 kilograms lighter than him, and Ben Wallace is 10 kilograms lighter than him, so it is often seen that he goes hard against inside players.
In 2004, he was named the NBA's Best Defensive Player and selected for the Best Defensive Team, that year Artest averaged 18.3 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game, steals the team first, rebounded the fourth assist of the team second, scored second on the team, helped the Pacers get the best record in team history, at this time there are 7 months before the Auburn Hill Palace incident, it can be said that these 7 months he fell from the top to the bottom, this grumpy guy actually changed his name to "World Charity" when he was 33 years old Peace".
In my mind he is the best defensive small forward, there is no one, before him only Jordan and Payton have won the DPOY award, such a strong and tall dog skin plaster attached to the attacker's side who can stand it? We all know that the most important thing in playing basketball is to have a clear brain, but who can keep sober at all times with such a defender? Let's take a look at some of the famous victims over the years.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="6" > broke Jordan's ribs</h1>
At that time, Artest was still a rookie, Jordan was preparing to make a comeback in the Wizards, after all, it was the god of basketball, Jordan scored consecutive points under Artest's defense, Jordan also soared garbage, and Artest, who was not afraid of tigers in the newborn calf, directly broke Jordan's ribs.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="9" > elbow Hit Harden to open the second vein of Ren Dou</h1>
First of all, I think Atai must have been deliberate, at this time Atai has come to the Lakers, in a return defense he deliberately elbowed Harden, directly to harden concussion himself was also banned for seven games, but Harden returned from injury after the performance was unusually brave, and later also got the MVP on the Rockets, so many people think that Atai opened harden's Ren Dou second vein.
Such a player who plays from the first position to the fifth position likes him a lot but there are definitely more people who hate him, but the truth is that he is indeed a good defender, an important puzzle piece for the championship!