Tuesday, February 8th, 2011 at 9:45 am  |  73 responses

Nicolas Batum Questions Derrick Rose’s Defense

What’s with the Blazers taking shots at All-Stars this season? Batum became the latest, as he knocked DRose’s defensive ability following the Portland victory last night. From The Oregonian: “[Andre] Miller finished with a season-high 27 points, 11 assists, six rebounds and four steals, making a season-high 13-of-13 free throws. Chicago’s dynamic point guard, All-Star Derrick Rose, rightfully received most of the hype entering the game and he lived up to the billing, finishing with 36 points and six assists. But it was Miller who walked away with the victory — in part, Nicolas Batum says, because of Rose’s defense. ‘We know that Derrick Rose is a good offensive player,’ Batum said. ‘But you have to play defense, too. He can’t guard Dre. You gotta play defense. He can’t play defense, so that’s why we put Dre inside and try to attack him. He did a great job. Had 25 (points) and 11 (assists) tonight.’”

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  • http://www.slamonline.com Slick Ric

    So Rose drop 36 on batum and Luol drop 40 on him earlier in the season and Rose defense is questionable? ok

  • http://www.slamonline.com Slick Ric

    AllBall shut yo hating ass up. always coming on here trying to show something bad rose did.

  • http://slamonline.com AllBall

    Once again, what does Rose offense have to do with Miller getting 27/11 on 7-11 shooting? If CERTAIN Rose fans weren’t blind to his shortcomings, this would be a non-story.

  • dahon

    im a big fan of drose, but his D is the one aspect of his game that he needs to work on. with his work ethic and his D-minded coach, he’ll work on it fast coz fast dont lie.

  • Justin

    Nash was bad at defense also…But he got two MVP’S

  • http://nobulljive.com/ Enigmatic

    Rose is far from a finished product defensively, y’all. The kid is 22.

  • http://slamonline.com JL

    you know this is really more praise than a diss. When people need to nit pick (taking one night instead of the whole season) when talking about defense, that’s really good. He can’t just say oh, he had a bad game, because he dominated on offense. He didn’t shut miller down of course, but dre was clearly feeling it too. What he really is saying it, Rose is an average defender, and if he became a lockdown defender, he would be an amazing player, and a true winner (defense still wins games). Right now he’s just a very very good player. Nothing wrong with that at all.

  • http://slamonline.com Eldon Khorshidi

    Doesn’t really make sense… Rose locked up Monta and Steph Curry a few games ago. they couldn’t score when he was on them

  • HAMMER

    Co-sign JL. Just what was needed 2 b said. “Taking 1 night instead of the whole season”. That was my point from my last post. That is why I agree w/batum. People here just butt hurt bout what his opinion was. And like I said, rose is gettin better on D. But he hasn’t improved by leaps and bounds. And in no way am I dissin rose. As sum ya’ll know, I’m a big bulls fan as well as a big blazers fan. 2 those who think batum can’t play D, u should watch more blazer games. But I don’t blame if u don’t. Stats don’t tell the whole story on what batum does on D

  • http://www.slamonline.com Slick Ric

    @ Eldon and D rose bust both they ass earlier in the season and nobody was making a big deal then whats yo point

  • TrailBlazing&SportingLisbon

    Batum likes to take friendly shots at people, all in good spirit, HE ALSO SAID ROSE WAS HIS MVP..witch I dont agree with but thats fine, he loves Rose´s game.

  • batumswrong

    dude, i watched the whole game. He’s kinda right saying that D Rose isnt that great of a defender, but a lot of his shots were when he was guarded by like cj watson. but derrick does have to work on his defense to truly become the best. Either way, the Bulls collectively arent playing good ball right now, so its not just Rose

  • http://nobulljive.com/ Enigmatic

    I’d blame the loss more on Deng’s ineffectiveness and Boozer’s “defense” than on Rose.

  • http://www.slamonline.com Nick Tha Quick

    This gets funnier and funnier. Does Batum need to be a super accomplished player in the League to comment on a perceived weakness of another player? Everyone who comments here has never played a single second of NBA ball yet you all think you have the right to criticize anyone in the League whenever you feel like it. So of course, instead of criticizing Batum’s opinion, which may or may not be right, you criticize Batum’s achievements as a player just because he hurt your feelings about DRose. It’s just funny seeing Drose fans all upset about Batum’s comments which do have some truth to them and if nothing else that strategy worked for the Blazers for that game.

  • Oh nose

    Batum apologized on twitter and denied ever saying that Derrick had “bad D”, valiant effort hating on Derrick friends!

  • aldridge=overated

    um…u portland idiots realize that miller had 13 free throws….so that means derrick rose and co. let up 7 made shots….and batum is one of the best perimiter defenders….he wuz on rose what mayb 80% of the game…..and got shat on….then u fans are celebrating like u won the wnba championship….which means y’all were not confident in beating the buLLs, meaning they’re at the top….while ur in the basement/golf course in 2 months…then u criticize rose and then bulls…i understand if i wuznt a bulls fan i would hate the bulls also….b/c we have wat u would trade roy aldridge buffon 3 1st rounders and it still would NOT be enuff for rose….and aldridge hes nice….but 21 and 9….in the west….thats not even close to an all star….how’s ur teams record…. i dont wanna here about roy……we’ve had a full roster 9 games this year and went 7-2….and 22 year old….22 year old derrick rose will be in LA b/c he lead an injury depleted team with 9 new players….thats only 4 from last year…new coach….new schemes…o yea hes 22 i dunno if i mentioned that..and we r gonna b btween 17-20 games over 500……aldrige isnt even worthy of a nickname….even as stupid as the one you southern canadians came up wit…..whoa….initials….that wuz my 8th grade basketball nickname…..o and nick the PRICK the strategy worked what falling to the floor and getting to the line 40 times…..to the bulls 18…..and u win by 6…..40-18….ur not even a good team that deserves calls….but yea keep that strategy up and im sure we’ll c u in the finals……again WNBA finals….idiot

  • aldridge=overated

    batum didnt take a shot…..every quote clearly said “he can’t Play defense” (not defence)….if thats not a shot….i dunno wat is….and it wuz written by the portland media….i mean i know you guys cant spell offense and defense….but can u read ” HE CAN’T PLAY DEFENSE”…..and if thats not what he said why bother letting the country know over and over and over….why …..he shot his mouth off at an ALL STAR…something y’all wont experience 4 a while….cuz i hate 2 break it 2 u…..roy’s issue coming outta college….any guesses…..his knees…and if they were shot then damn…..now ur gonna rush him back….2 words mark em down….hate 2 say it cuz i always liked roy….MICHAEL REDD….

  • http://slamonline.com nate

    first off how is d.rose labeled a bad defender ? Every one saying his defense was horrible coming to the league but I also remember him leading the memphis tigers defense he locked down every guard in the ncaa tourney such as D.J. Augustin , kalin lucas , westbrook / collins but he was a poor defender coming in ? Now your saying his first 2 years in the league he was a horrible defender . I don’t remember many point guards having big games on him beside rondo in the play -offs so how was he a borrible defender ? Just cuz he doesn’t gamble on every got dam play like westbrook and cp3 but there good defender ? This is crazy I have nothing else to say

  • http://slamonline.com nate

    O yea I forgot to add this if derrick rose is a ” BAD ” defender his rookie year then that means john wall in an HORRIBLE defender . So far he’s been lite up by almost every pg he’s played . Lol off topic I know but I had to add that

  • drilla

    what point guard is a great defender? none/some cheat more to get steals, but other then that no one can stay in front of anyone. When the GP was a great defender they aloud handcheckn and a lot of body, you can’t do that anymore so, to Rose’s defense, he actually plays better defense then a lot of pg. And most of the time its the screen and roll that he and his teammates have trouble gurading. Drose is leading all pg in blocks shots,

  • Steve

    We are critizing Batum because his comments were idiotic. DRose’s defense is above-average for a starting PG, and compliments a 20/10 offensive average (why he will end up top 3 in MVP voting).

    Batum scores 12 points a game, he is incosistent, and not one of the best perimeter defenders as mentioned (no one outside of Portland believes that one).

  • J-Moe

    Next game D-Rose holds the 3RD best pg Deron Williams to 11pts then Chris Paul the 2ND bst pg behind in the league to 13pts on 3-10 shooting who can’t play defense miller had a good night D Rose usually embarrasses him member his rookie year the crossover in philly cmon u portland fans r goin to far he had a good night

  • Basketball is LIFE

    Y’all got point. Batum have his right to express his opinion. DRose is a good player and improving on defense. DRE is a post up guard, who is clever enough to use his low post skills and strength, and thats what d-rose needs to work on: defending low post… Aldridge got robbed off by not making the all-star, however its still ROY whos the leader of the pack… aint hatin’.peace out

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