BKN Top 10 in defense

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So after last nights game, Nets are now top 8 in defense, just a shy away from 7th... 2nd in points allowed.... Is it still a pipe dream when Avery said his goal for this team is to be in the top 10 defensively? It's only 15 games but we did held a few high scoring teams under 90 points...

Fire away....

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[-Kobe24-TJ19-]

Dont feed the troll....geez

[QueensG_718]

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[GeekInThePink]

With Joe Johnson on the team and Brooke Lopez, this is shocking. Good for them.

[DoMeFavors]

With Joe Johnson on the team and Brooke Lopez, this is shocking. Good for them.

Joe is a good defender what you talkin bout?

[StarvingKnick22]

Joe is a good defender what you talkin bout?

How do you live with yourself knowing that you are just going to get up out of bed and troll???

[DoMeFavors]

How do you live with yourself knowing that you are just going to get up out of bed and troll???

So Joe isnt a good defender?.....

[GeekInThePink]

So Joe isnt a good defender?.....

On a good day Joe is an average defender.

[Chill_Will_24]

So Joe isnt a good defender?.....

Average

[Gibby]

With Joe Johnson on the team and Brooke Lopez, this is shocking. Good for them.

i think people exaggerating how bad lopez is on defence. he is not great rebounder but he is solid (8.2 reb per 36 mins). he doesnt need to be a great rebounder with humphries and wallace in the front court. he is averaging a career high 2.5 blks in less than 30 mins.

[Chill_Will_24]

i think people exaggerating how bad lopez is on defence. he is not great rebounder but he is solid (8.2 reb per 36 mins). he doesnt need to be a great rebounder with humphries and wallace in the front court. he is averaging a career high 2.5 blks in less than 30 mins.

So you say he is not horrible defensively and back it up with rebounding stats? Or was it the blocks which really is not a terribly important statistic when measuring defense

[VinceCarter]

i think people exaggerating how bad lopez is on defence. he is not great rebounder but he is solid (8.2 reb per 36 mins). he doesnt need to be a great rebounder with humphries and wallace in the front court. he is averaging a career high 2.5 blks in less than 30 mins.

Thank you. Somebody finally notices this. Rebounds are important don't get me wrong but when you have respectable boards and a great blks numbers you have to be considered above average.

[Chill_Will_24]

Considering they have no elite defenders on the team and only one or two good ones, they have impressed me. Avery deserves credit for getting the Nets to play hard.

Imagine what a DPOY C would have done for them

[maddBat]

yeaa we been balling. its actually our team d thats improved drastically. crash, evans, and a little bit of hump and lopez have been holding it down (evans n crash def rubbin off on him..maybe he'll lose that soft label after this season) . when theres penetration in the d theres always some1 to step up and cover that man. ive been impressed so far. but we have big tests comin up. 2night against the heat and okc on tuesday. lets c where we stand after that b4 we talk.

[DoMeFavors]

he looks fine to me, defending wise and has been on great defensive teams the past 5 years.