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Troy Murphy's defense, via images
« on: March 01, 2011, 06:22:20 PM »

Offline Roy H.

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Before the season, Kelly Dwyer broke down the top 30 power forwards in the NBA.  In doing so, he included Troy Murphy in about half the pictures, demonstrating his legendary defense. ;)











































(I really like the signing, I just thought this was funny.)


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Re: Troy Murphy's defense, via images
« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2011, 06:25:01 PM »

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who said he was here for defense ?

He is here to rebound and spread the floor for 10-15 mins a game. No one was confusing him with Dwight Howard or Perk on defense .

We can make up for his weaknesses with our team D for 10 mins.

Re: Troy Murphy's defense, via images
« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2011, 06:25:21 PM »

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this is amusing, but I'm sure you could piece together a string of images that would make KG look ineffectual as well.

i'd also remind everybody that neither Ray nor Paul were considered great defenders before the Big 3 got together in '08. 
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Re: Troy Murphy's defense, via images
« Reply #3 on: March 01, 2011, 06:28:44 PM »

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this is amusing, but I'm sure you could piece together a string of images that would make KG look ineffectual as well.

i'd also remind everybody that neither Ray nor Paul were considered great defenders before the Big 3 got together in '08. 

Yeah, it was more meant to be silly than anything else.  It cracked me up that Dwyer was impressed that much by Murphy's lack of defense to include him in almost every photo.

I do think that Murphy's defense is a few degrees worse than Pierce's or Ray's ever was.  He's a downright terrible defender, due to both effort and athleticism.  That said, maybe with increased effort he can get up to "below-average", which would be great.

I also agree with the comment above that the only things we should expect out of Murphy are shooting and rebounding.  Like I said, I'm glad we signed him, because he'll be a good fit in our offensive scheme (assuming Doc can find time for him).


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Re: Troy Murphy's defense, via images
« Reply #4 on: March 01, 2011, 06:41:39 PM »

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The ones of him with KG and David West are priceless.

Re: Troy Murphy's defense, via images
« Reply #5 on: March 01, 2011, 06:49:33 PM »

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Troll, troll, troll

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« Reply #6 on: March 01, 2011, 06:53:24 PM »

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LOL @ the one with Boozer. He looks so helpless.

Re: Troy Murphy's defense, via images
« Reply #7 on: March 01, 2011, 06:54:11 PM »

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he's just a better version of Gody

Re: Troy Murphy's defense, via images
« Reply #8 on: March 01, 2011, 06:56:17 PM »

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Nice, but just check out his playoff defense:


Re: Troy Murphy's defense, via images
« Reply #9 on: March 01, 2011, 06:56:35 PM »

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I was going to post something about him being overrated, but given the self-depreciative nature of the thread, It's a decent signing if Shaq is healthy. If not, he and Krstic will have problems against elite teams.

Re: Troy Murphy's defense, via images
« Reply #10 on: March 01, 2011, 06:57:13 PM »

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The Hickson one is my favorite. 


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Re: Troy Murphy's defense, via images
« Reply #11 on: March 01, 2011, 06:57:43 PM »

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Those pics make his defense look better than it actually is.

He can't be compared to Pierce or Ray Allen. Pierce played excellent defense before 2007. Earlier in his career. Ray Allen played good defense before joining the Celtics - with Karl, in the EC finals guarding Iverson, for example.

Those guys had the talent on them but due to their situations weren't willing or able to turn it into production.

Troy Murphy is a different case. He's comparable to Mikki Moore, without the fouls (mostly because he's more lethargic). He'll be hidden to some extent, but his defense will remain horrible - even a small improvement won't make it better than horrible.

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« Reply #12 on: March 01, 2011, 06:58:37 PM »

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Just don't call him soft:



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Re: Troy Murphy's defense, via images
« Reply #14 on: March 01, 2011, 07:15:33 PM »

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The Hickson one is my favorite. 

haha yeah mine too.  'Take a picture Troy, it'll last longer.'
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