I'll knock down the open jumper when it's there, but I want to get after it on the defensive end.
Tony Allen is a good defender, very smart.
I pride myself on the defensive end. That's where I earn my keep.
Defense not only wins games; it's what gets you on the floor at every level you play at. Once you get to high school and get to college, if you don't play defense, you won't play.
Basketball has turned into an offensive-minded situation. They don't play on both ends. They don't play defense.
If you commit to the defensive end of the floor, you're going to have a chance to win every night. And if you're a great defensive team, you're going to go to the playoffs.
I just play hard on the defensive end. For me, being a good defender is someone who plays very hard on defense and just tries hard.
I just think I've got to be more aggressive at both ends of the floor. When I'm aggressive on the defensive end it really helps me on offense.
I've always kinda guarded perimeter guys. I'm a little bit more comfortable guarding guys off screens. It kinda keeps me engaged in the game, locked in.
Sean Sweeney is a defensive guy that did a great job with Milwaukee.
I play with a lot of intensity, and I'm quite strong in man-marking.
Defensively, I think I'm very versatile, I can guard different positions.
It's how I've been playing my whole life, guarding the best player on the other team.
To me, defense is a mental attitude…it takes will and heart to go out there and lock your man up.
I'm the best guard in this league, defensively, man, hands down.
I was a great help-side defender in college, but as far as really wanting to lock somebody up, that was never really my focus.
New York basketball is about defense.
I love when people think it's going to be easy to guard me.
In my day, defenders played you with two hands and an elbow. You're not getting by a guy, especially if he has an elbow and a hand on you and is a strong defensive player.
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.
The game changes when you play good defense and don't come up with the ball.
You can be a great defensive player, and if you don't put up splash statistics, then you're not going to get noticed.
You can ask all the best players in the NBA - there's not one player in the NBA that guards them like me.
