kingfish Posted April 18, 2010 Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 In this thread we will track his defense vs opposing small forwards. Should be fun , im confident he will prove to be a terrific defensive player in this posteason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManOnTheMoon Posted April 18, 2010 Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 Interesting thread, should be fun...hopefully he can lock down Durantula which will be one hell of a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChosenOne Posted April 18, 2010 Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 I think he will step all over that spider come sunday morning, I think only Melo can give him problems but other than that the West is easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish7718 Posted April 18, 2010 Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 Interesting thread, should be fun...hopefully he can lock down Durantula which will be one hell of a problem.No one can lock the Durantula! :glasses: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManOnTheMoon Posted April 18, 2010 Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 No one can lock the Durantula! :glasses: As long as Artest stays in front of Durant and gets his hands in his face, im sure we wouldn't have too much of a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Regime Posted April 18, 2010 Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 Nice idea. They had a defense tracker for Artest on TLN for the regular season. A lot of you guys would be surprised with all the guys he shut down this season, he has done one hell of a job. As for Durant I think Artest will do a good job forcing him to shoot a poor percentage. Durant will get his 25-30 points, but it wont be an efficienct 25-30 points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManOnTheMoon Posted April 18, 2010 Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 Nice idea. They had a defense tracker for Artest on TLN for the regular season. A lot of you guys would be surprised with all the guys he shut down this season, he has done one hell of a job. As for Durant I think Artest will do a good job forcing him to shoot a poor percentage. Durant will get his 25-30 points, but it wont be an efficienct 25-30 points. Yea he's done a good job, but how good can he do against Durant? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingfish Posted April 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 Artest's first assignment : Kevin Durant. Durant , Game 1 : 24 points, 7-24 FG. Great defense from Ron today. So far he has been a success. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManOnTheMoon Posted April 18, 2010 Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 Great defense by him today, hopefully he's consistent and stays that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Regime Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 Took him 24 shots to get 24 points, so far so good on my prediction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicbalala245 Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 Round 2 this Tuesday expect KD to try to come back with a vengeance. Hopefully Artest is up for the task once again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legacy Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 Besides that one play where Artest nearly fell off a Durnat fake, he did a good job on him today. I think the Thunder should match Durant up with Kobe so it's a cross match on the other end and Bryant will waste more energy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lkr Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 Besides that one play where Artest nearly fell off a Durnat fake, he did a good job on him today. I think the Thunder should match Durant up with Kobe so it's a cross match on the other end and Bryant will waste more energy.i kept rewinding that with my brother and we were getting a kick out of it. durant owned him so badly with one play, but artest got him throughout the entire game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Make It Naaaashty Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 Took him 24 shots to get 24 points, so far so good on my prediction. lol good prediction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Regime Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 Besides that one play where Artest nearly fell off a Durnat fake, he did a good job on him today. I think the Thunder should match Durant up with Kobe so it's a cross match on the other end and Bryant will waste more energy. How would that help the Thunder? If anything Durant is going to have to exert himself more on the defensive end and that will take away from his offense. Durant got lucky today that Artest was unable to hit any open shot, almost every single one of his shots were uncontested. Durant had the freedom to roam around and help double our bigs and Kobe. Thunder just gotta wish that Durant shots better, there aren't many adjustments they can make. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingfish Posted April 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2010 Durant in game 2 : 12-26, 32 points. Similar line to Kobe, but Artest did his job tonight. He also played great D late in the 4th, and had 4 steals and 2 blocks on the night. Also forced Durant into 8 turnovers. Durants jumper was on sometimes not much u can do about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legacy Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 How would that help the Thunder? If anything Durant is going to have to exert himself more on the defensive end and that will take away from his offense. Durant got lucky today that Artest was unable to hit any open shot, almost every single one of his shots were uncontested. Durant had the freedom to roam around and help double our bigs and Kobe. Thunder just gotta wish that Durant shots better, there aren't many adjustments they can make.Durant did well on Kobe in the fourth quarter yesterday. 2-10 shooting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Regime Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 (edited) Durant did well on Kobe in the fourth quarter yesterday. 2-10 shooting. Durant had that one block which was the eventual momentum shifter. Outside of that, I just thought Kobe missed shots that he would normally hit. Let's not jump to conclusions. Edited April 24, 2010 by Confidence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Regime Posted May 1, 2010 Report Share Posted May 1, 2010 We don't want to let this die now. Durant in game 6: 5-23, 26 points On the series: 43-123 35% shooting.........Let's keep it going Artest!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Regime Posted May 14, 2010 Report Share Posted May 14, 2010 Let's revive this bad boy. Artest vs. J Rich is going to be a fun matchup, Artest needs to do a good job staying up with him in transition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moeroadkill Posted May 15, 2010 Report Share Posted May 15, 2010 ^ something he isnt good at because he always like to "stick is hand in the cookie jar" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingfish Posted May 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2010 Let's revive this bad boy. Artest vs. J Rich is going to be a fun matchup, Artest needs to do a good job staying up with him in transition.I know man but I didnt want to be double posting. Stay active in this thread so wel keep it going alright. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Regime Posted May 15, 2010 Report Share Posted May 15, 2010 Yeah for sure Kingfish. Here's Ron on his defensive role this series. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zHtKZQj6Sk&feature=player_embedded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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