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Who is the NBA's Best Heels (Villain)? (alien.top)
submitted 10 months ago by DonutBoy182@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space
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IMO its Draymond Green by a landslide. Lot of NBA Fans are casuals, so they see him put up Triple Single stat line, shoots like he has a backpack on, so its easy to make fun of him and dismiss his value. He got suspended and cost his team in the Finals, stomps people, punches his own teammate, "calls KD in the parking lot after losing in the Finals"

BUT NBA purist know he's a TOP 5 defender of all time. Team leader on defense when it comes to communication, best help defender, can guard perimeter, undersize but still bodies Centers in the paint (check 2022 playoffs vs Jokic, when he held his own and picked his pocket in the post in crunch time)

He is the best villain because he does enough to get you to hate him and despite his glaring flaws (on and off the court), he still comes out on top with the BIGGEST FLEX of them ALL ( 4 NBA CHAMPIONSHIPS ) FUTURE HOFer, DPOY

I'd put Dillon Brooks in 2nd place for current villains, but he needs to actually win more for people to respect him as a legit "villain"

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[–] EdgarAlien@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Easily Adam Silver

[–] ShutUpCatPeopleRule@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You, for saying that draymond is a top5 defensive player of all time 🤡

[–] meday20@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Definitely an argument for him to be made. He's been the best defender in the nba for like 10ish years, while anchoring the defense of a 4 championship winning dynasty. Only clown is you

[–] Happy_rich_mane@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Is anyone else really even in the conversation?

[–] Fafoah@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

I liked Lebron wayyy more as a heel. He felt more likable in that era. His PR personality feels off to me. Like he feels like the basketball version of Drake.

[–] ST012Mi@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Villainy is embraced by Dillion 😈

[–] shoop45@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

I always loved Lance’s villainy because of the wacky factor.

[–] RicoGemini@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Even if we’re talking about basketball the best heel is still Christian Cage. Just don’t let him find out about your dad.

If you know you know

[–] Candid-Ad2049@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Christian Cage vs Kevin Porter Jr in a steel cage match.

[–] TreyLyles@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Ruby Gobert

[–] Candid-Ad2049@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

He just made one hell of a face turn though.

[–] Evilsj@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Kyrie. He infiltrates teams then destroys them from within.

[–] lawrencepeter@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

javarin critterous

[–] Available-Actuary394@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

When you have to convince yourself your player is a “heel” and not a parasite who has ruined the future of your franchise multiple times

[–] spikeyoazz@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Satnam Singh is technically the only active heel iirc

[–] attackanddominate@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

What about that guy for the hornets that abuses women?

[–] CauliflowerSafe2880@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Not sure if he’s top 5 all time, but people highly undervalue his defense. Go watch Thinking Basketball’s analysis on him and you’ll realize how valuable he’s been to the Warriors dynasty. I’d even go as far to say that Steph and Dray were more likely to win than KD and Steph, and I’m pretty sure the numbers back that.

[–] muddyklux@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Dillon was only a villain because he played in Memphis. Nobody spoke his name before the Warriors series and ESPN went on a Memphis Pistons kick.

Dilly in Houston is a musketeer

[–] Reinhardtisawesom@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Refs