- Antawn Jamison = awful defender
- Shaquille O'Neal = awful defender
- Mo Williams = poor-to-very poor defender
- Anthony Parker = mediocre defender
The Celtics have to punish the Cavs when they put this collection of players out on the court.
I assume you mean Shaq is horrid on pick and roll defense, which I agree with. However, his size alone, even in his high 30s, can cause problems.
And Pierce got screwed. I didn't know the Cavs could step into our slashers' paths.
At this moment in time, I think Shaq's team defense in general is abysmal. Earlier in the season, he was a flawed team defender but at least he was making good interior defensive rotations ... but since coming back from the injuries, I'm not seeing those. The number of poor/slow rotations far outweigh the solid ones.
I think O'Neal's entire contributions in team defense situations are horrific. Add in his flawed man-to-man defense (good in the paint, bad away from the paint) and you have the equivalent of Andrea Bargnani in one of his worse days.
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