Sure... VO wasn’t a great defender because he doesn’t fit some TMP definition of what a great defender is? Just dumb dude. He was and continues to be a great defender. He is disruptive on the defensive end, and his defense leads to easy offense. NBA scouts clearly liked his ability to defend multiple perimeter positions, but I’m sure a self proclaimed expert of a forum knows sooooo much more than the professionals who evaluate ability, including on court production.
You think purely with your emotions, and very rarely show the ability for critical thought or a semi complex concepts, but I'll try anyways ..
*banging my head on desktop*
He wasn't a great defender because he didn't shut anyone down. How many times do I have to cite the same damn example?
And, how is that a bad or unreasonable criteria for being called great? Wilkerson shut players down. Reynolds shut players down. Graham shut players down. Fife shut players down. They took the opposing team's best perimeter player and held them under their scoring average. sometimes drastically and did it consistently. That's what great defenders do. Oladipo got a lot of steals and had all the tools to be a great defender but he didn't shut anyone down. Except in the minds of Crean, the the media hyping him, fanbois and a few possessions her and there.
It takes a lot to be a called a great defender at IU, the bar is set pretty high.
I keep asking you guys to do this simple test, for yourself, not to prove my point. Find the games where Dipo guarded the opposing team's best player and shut him down. Don't listen to me, I'm not the arbitrator, look for yourself. that way you actually know. Knowing is far better than guessing. Then compare what you find to what Fife did for two seasons.
Until then STFU, all your doing is citing your feelings, which is all you ever do. You want to argue because someone said something about someone you
like and you don't think I like him. that's what passes for reasoning to you. Just like you liked Crean and couldn't see past all his flaws for years. IIRC I told you to go to a Justin Bieber fan board to argue because that's the level of your reasoning.
I don't care how you feel. I care what you know.
And, don't think I don't remember arguing with you about how bad Crean was. You
loved him too, and basically I'm telling you the same exact message I did then. Seek knowledge, you need it. Now call me a Dipo hater, like you called me a Crean hater.
I don't have to like someone to say something good about them, neither do I have to hate them to say something bad, Unlike you, my reasoning isn't that of a 13 year old emotionally compromised Justin Bieber fan.