Best Defensive big man combination for the Celtics

[KG Living Legend]

 I'm going to go with the easy choice and say it's Amir Johnson and Jordan Mickey. Couple that with Crowder, Smart and Rozier and that's are best Defensive lineup.

[JoeyAinge]

I'm going to go with the easy choice and say it's Amir Johnson and Jordan Mickey. Couple that with Crowder, Smart and Rozier and that's are best Defensive lineup.

On the real, that might be our best lineup

Rozier
Smart
Crowder
Mickey
Johnson

Doubt we'll see that lineup until late in the year.

[KG Living Legend]

 TP, Joey Anige. Can I ask why is your name Joey Ainge. It's not a real name, Is It?

[Big333223]

I'm going to go with the easy choice and say it's Amir Johnson and Jordan Mickey. Couple that with Crowder, Smart and Rozier and that's are best Defensive lineup.

On the real, that might be our best lineup

Rozier
Smart
Crowder
Mickey
Johnson

Doubt we'll see that lineup until late in the year.

I'd slow down on proclaiming that our best lineup is going to feature 2 rookies who've never played a single NBA game before.

[Who]

Amir & Jerebko against speed.
Amir & Sully against power.

[KG Living Legend]

 Good stuff Who,

 I think Zeller and Amir would be solid.

[JumpingJudkins]

I agree with Amir and Zeller as the best defensive combo. Mickey is going to make mistakes and get pushed around a little.

And there's no way that Rozier is currently as good as Avery Bradley defensively. Even in summer league he made a lot of bad gambles and couldn't stay in front of Tim Frazier. He's got great tools, but he's a ways from AB.

[Surferdad]

I think Mikey will have a tough time breaking into the rotation.

Inside big men: Lee, Johnson, Zeller
Stretch bigs: Sully, Olynyk

CBS might want to pair up a post guy with a stretch 4 most of the time. Even if not, Mikey has an uphill battle for minutes.

[2short]

Amir then choose between jj or zeller

Our wing defenders!
Smart
Bradley, rosier
Crowder

[Big333223]

Zeller is fine but he can get pushed around by stronger bigs. I think Amir and Sullinger would be our best bet to hold their own in the post but they give up size. That's going to be the team's biggest problem this season.

[crimson_stallion]

Defensively, I'd rank our bigs:

1) Amir Johnson
2) Jonas Jerebko
3) Kelly Olynyk (yeh i know - but he's got solid height and mobility and takes charges very well)
4) Tyler Zeller
5) Jared Sullinger
6) David Lee

Main reason I put Sully and Lee at the bottom is because all of the guys in the top 4 have the size to defend at least SOME taller players in the paint, while still having the mobility to defend guy son the perimeter. 

Sully and Lee can defend some bigger guys in the paint, but really can't defend ANYBODY on the perimeter.
 

[SHAQATTACK]

Amir & Jerebko against speed.
Amir & Sully against power.

+1

[GryphMinuteMan]

Rozier is not a better defender than Bradley.

[Beat LA]

I feel like this is one of those 'process of elimination' kind of questions .

[ssspence]

Jeff Withey and Jordan Mickey against all line-ups.