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Remember that old basketball quote defense wins game’s defense sells tickets? Well since most of the talk on the blog is about how many point’s a certain player dropped in a certain tournament, I would like to bring this one question to mind who is the best defender of summer 2009. Before you comment I really want you to think hard, there’s a ton of defensive players out in the city who don’t get shine for helping teams win games with steal’s, blocked shot’s and forced turnovers. I’m stumped between it being Kendell World premiere Provit and Mark Block Party Saunders, or maybe I’m wrong, what do you guys think?
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October 6th, 2009 at 10:21 pm
kenny Patt says:
World Premiere, and then Mookie
October 7th, 2009 at 12:27 am
Casey Lee says:
1) World Premiere
2) The Future aka Forever Young
3) FORWARD / CENTER ???
Honorable Mention: K-Sat, DP, Anti-Freeze, Total Package
October 7th, 2009 at 9:12 am
Elliot Rosado says:
World Premiere hands down. This kid will be the first kid to go down as a streetball legend for playing defense.
October 7th, 2009 at 11:56 am
Coach Bingo says:
No Doubt in my mind WORLD PREMIERE!!!!
October 7th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
G money says:
Mookie plays d 94 feet and can guard bigger guards like smush and homicide so imma go with him, you can say world prem but he is new one the block, mookie been doing for years….
October 8th, 2009 at 9:39 am
Elliot Rosado says:
Mookie is overrated!!!!!!!!!!
October 8th, 2009 at 5:43 pm
G says:
lol @ Elliot. everyone is entitled to their opinions,but you can ask the premier and elite guards in the city and they’ll tell you that they have a hard time with Mookie guarding them. Hes tenacious and hes fast,and more importantly,he doesnt care if you shake him,that just gives him more fuel. And I’ve personally bore witness to pro guards needing screens to get away from him and getting mad to the point where they wanted to fight him cause he was guarding them too tough. and that includes Steph,Skip,Smush,Omar Cooke,Jerry McCollough,Mark Jackson,Erick Barkley,Jamaal Tinsley,Speedy,Kareem Reid,etc,etc.
thats always been a staple in his game. he will get in your pockets heavy duty
October 9th, 2009 at 12:48 am
D&D Invitational says:
World Premere is our pick. We seen him come to Queens and pick the blood out of almost every guard he faced at the D&D tournament. This kid plays “D” for real.
October 9th, 2009 at 11:51 am
uh huh says:
Mook is that dude. He may not be in his prime anymore. When he was Hell. His crossover is top 10 and his D man o man. Screens all day please. Or els 98 feet pick you up out of bounds if he could. Mark block party isn’t fair. No lay ups. World Premier is a beat and is still very young. He’ll have a few chips and should be in the D-League or a premier league overseas. Runs a team. Best on ball defender I’ve seen in minute.
October 9th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
Bobbito Garcia a.k.a. Kool Bob Love says:
was anyone there in 2005 when AND 1 came to Kingdome? World Premiere had Professor on lock ridiculous, like he’s blood thirsty or something. But Elliot–how you can see he’d be the first playground legend known for defense? there are plenty, and the first three that come to mind are:
“Helicopter” Herm Knowlings who once made Willis Reed wait so long for him to come down after a pump fake that the ref called three seconds on the Knicks center!
Conrad “McNasty” McCrae who used to send dudes shots to the fifth, sixth row of the bleachers or catch’em on the boards like it was brrr stick’em contest
Gene Smith, yes dude from Georgetown who was the #1 rated defensive guard in the country adn got drafted by the Oakland Raiders of the NFL even though i didn’t even play football! Gene played in NYC for years and still does in teh 38 and over.