This got me thinking the other day, and since off-season is coming to an end soon, I might as well ask.
After some thought, offensive minded guards who are not great defensively like Trae, Lillard, Curry etc, would be the worst at guarding themselves imo.
The best at guarding themselves in game would be great two-way wings and centers imo.
Giannis guarding Giannis would be pretty awesome
Bam would hold bam to under 8ppg
Dame vs Dame and Curry vs Curry would be awesome to watch because it would just be unstoppable offense. Where as Gobert (not really a star) vs Gobert would be horrible. Consistently locked down, his best bet would be to try and make a 3 despite not being good at that.
Mitchell cooks Mitchell too
Gobert vs Gobert ends 0-0
Maybe someone makes a FT
Trae would get wrung like a towel
Idk I’m always betting on Trae in that situation
Trae would put 80 on Trae.
Which star guard wouldn’t?
But yeah Trae is up there.
Jrue would clamp Jrue
SGA would make life difficult for SGA.
ben vs ben will never reach the final score
JJJ would foul out twice as fast guarding himself due to combination of offensive and defensive fouls.
I’m genuinely not sure if you mean Simmons or Wallace. It applies to both tbh.
I haven’t watched any Nets games this pre-season. Has his defense looked elite still or is his timing still of a little
Dennis Rodman
Allen Iverson
Old school but Jordan was a super competitive and athletic defender.
It’s 30 years later and that’s exactly where my head went instantly. I still actively pay attention to NBA basketball, but no one sprang to mind first. Then I thought Shaq vs. Shaq. Then Paul George.
It would easily be the most entertaining of all these options. 89 Jordan vs himself would be straight electric.
LeBron is the perfect LeBron stopper
Current LeBron is a lot better offensively than defensively though
Still c
LeBron is the perfrct Lebron stopper, but I don’t think he would ever have been able to stop himself.
Maybe 12/13 Lebron vs rookie or current Lebron
Heat LeBron vs Heat LeBron would be a crazy match up
Depending on your definition of star, Gobert has the worst offensive skillset while possessing the best defensive skillset, so he’d be pretty good 1v1 mirror matchup. The most troublesome could be Kyrie or Luka, some really crafty offensive savant that mimics a traffic cone on defense.
Andre Roberson would never come close to scoring
Bit of a stretch calling him a star player.
I missed that it had to be a star player
Kendrick Perkins vs Kendrick Perkins would be hilarious
Made me think of Space Jam when Charles Barkley lost all his skill
Anthony Edwards vs Anthony Edwards would just be insane
dunks, threes, steals, blocks
sign me up
Kawhi/Paul George
Also Pat Bev lol
If you give Giannis a month to train with Giannis he’d become the most skilled iso player
That’s some 2100s technology lmao - have a robot mimic a player’s tendencies
Kawhi vs Kawhi would be epic. Most balanced player