Kobe says Tony Allen defends him best

[Roy H.]

Last week, Kobe Bryant offered Allen the ultimate compliment during a question and answer session at UC Santa Barbara.

When asked to name who defends him the best, Bryant responded, “Tony Allen. He’s not the biggest guy, but he knows how to guard you.”

“I’m not going to sit here and say that I ain’t [the best perimeter defender],” Allen said with a laugh. “I thank Kobe Bryant for acknowledging my talent and effort because Lord knows he’s not an easy challenge. I appreciate the compliment, but there’s still more work to be done. I still have a lot of work to do.”

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[looseball]

Makes you wonder why we always had RAY Allen guarding Kobe at the end of games.

[Roy H.]

Makes you wonder why we always had RAY Allen guarding Kobe at the end of games.

Well, Ray is a pretty good defender on Kobe in his own right, and he obviously adds more offense on the other end.

I was never a huge Tony fan, but letting him go last year turned out to be a pretty big mistake.

[looseball]

Makes you wonder why we always had RAY Allen guarding Kobe at the end of games.

Well, Ray is a pretty good defender on Kobe in his own right, and he obviously adds more offense on the other end.

I was never a huge Tony fan, but letting him go last year turned out to be a pretty big mistake.

Well, when you need one last stop to win a game, I believe you should have your five best defenders on the court.

[j804]

Makes you wonder why we always had RAY Allen guarding Kobe at the end of games.

Well, Ray is a pretty good defender on Kobe in his own right, and he obviously adds more offense on the other end.

I was never a huge Tony fan, but letting him go last year turned out to be a pretty big mistake.

I'm still ticked about it maybe more so than the Perk trade it was a really dumb mistake

[celtsrp33]

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[GreenFaith1819]

Miss ya, TA. I can understand the rationale for letting him go, though.

Here's hoping that Delonte can assume that role of perimeter defender for us in the future.

[guava_wrench]

Kobe didn't knock us out of the playoffs last year.

We still had him when we lost to the Lakers the year before.

[looseball]

Kobe didn't knock us out of the playoffs last year.

We still had him when we lost to the Lakers the year before.

And he played great in those playoffs, until the final game when we didn't play him.

[Fafnir]

Kobe didn't knock us out of the playoffs last year.

We still had him when we lost to the Lakers the year before.

And he played great in those playoffs, until the final game when we didn't play him.

Defense wasn't the problem in game 7, we defended Kobe very well that game he was what 6-24? Something bad like that. It was our own poor offense and poor defensive rebounding that sunk us.

[manl_lui]

Kobe didn't knock us out of the playoffs last year.

We still had him when we lost to the Lakers the year before.

And he played great in those playoffs, until the final game when we didn't play him.

Defense wasn't the problem in game 7, we defended Kobe very well that game he was what 6-24? Something bad like that. It was our own poor offense and poor defensive rebounding that sunk us.

my thoughts exactly, we sucked on the defense board area, the Lakers got a crapload of offensive boards and 2nd chance points, we were up 14 points and they used that against us.

I still question the 21 FT vs 7 of ours in the 4th qt or something like that, thats 2 years ago. That Finals lost still hurts

[xmuscularghandix]

Kobe didn't knock us out of the playoffs last year.

We still had him when we lost to the Lakers the year before.

And he played great in those playoffs, until the final game when we didn't play him.

Tony got hurt at some point of the Orlando series.

[2short]

Gotta say anytime I saw Tony on Kobe he was always scoring.  Ray does a nice job and when it mattered it was Paul guarding kobe.  Kobe is (a jerk, oops) a tough guard for anyone.  Tony is a very good man to man defender but I can't see it. 

[Edgar]

well... toine was an important part on that HEat championship team.

And Gerald Green.. well... forget it 

[scaryjerry]

Kobe didn't knock us out of the playoffs last year.

We still had him when we lost to the Lakers the year before.

couldve used tony on dwyane wade...
just saying...