Zach LaVine Quotes

Tony Allen is a good defender, very smart.

I think I am a good help defender as well as just bringing a lot of communication to the floor.

When you play defense what happens is everybody pays attention and they start talking about how you're the stopper, you can stop this guy. All of a sudden your game gets better on the offensive end and you become that versatile guard that everybody wants.

I personally like the way John Stones plays because I think he's a great defender.

I was a guy that had a lot of tools and could do a lot of other things, but my main thing was controlling the defensive end of the court.

I know, personally, people said a lot about what kind of defender I was. So I wanted to get better at it.

I think I stand up more often than I should on defense. I've got to be solid and continue to get better.

I think I'm a great defender, to be honest.

I think I'm underrated on defense. I try to use my length and feet and put pressure on players.

I'm a defender first and foremost - blocks, headers, vital tackles, or even just the communication side of it, which is massive but doesn't really get recognised.

I think I'm pretty good at pressuring the ball, forcing turnovers.

I think college prepared me at a really high level. High school, you can take some plays off on the defensive end. Not on purpose, but if your man gets tired, you can rest a little bit. But once you get to college, and especially in the NBA, you can't do that. Even if my man gives the ball up, I'm on help side, helping my team out.

On the defensive end, I have to do my job.

Being a presence on the defensive end, I know that's important to me, I have to establish that.

You can be a great defensive player, and if you don't put up splash statistics, then you're not going to get noticed.

I'm not worried about offense. I've always had that, but I can get better defensively and that in turn will make my offense better.

I feel like I've improved immensely in terms of my defending, not only in one-versus-ones but also with my positioning.

Any good defensive team has a strong anchor, because he cleans up mistakes.

I want to meet Brandon Crawford and just pick his brain and figure out what helps him out on the defensive side of the ball.

You look at Kawhi Leonard, Tony Allen, Draymond Green: they are great on ball, and they are great team defenders as well. You want to be both of them, not just one.

John Terry is a fantastic centre-back - a centre-back that a lot of people would put in their all-time Premier League XI.

I think my wingspan helps me out on defense, because I can cover a little more ground and block a few more shots.

I have game-changing defensive abilities.

You can ask all the best players in the NBA - there's not one player in the NBA that guards them like me.

I have improved a lot, but I would like to improve more, to be better defensively and understand the play better.