Defense Wins Championships: The NBA’s 10 Best Defenders

August 29th, 2010 by Kevin Sanchez Leave a reply »
Defense. A lot of today's basketball youth overlook great defensive play; they all want to be an offensive juggernaut.

What history has shown us is that great defensive play usually leads to a deep postseason run. Teams like the San Antonio Spurs or the Boston Celtics have been to countless NBA Finals, and most of their appearances were powered by great defensive play.

So, it comes as no surprise that a lot of those great defensive teams, have great defensive players. Be it man-to-man defense or great help defense.

The following list contains 10 of the NBA's best current defenders, as well as an honorable mention.

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