Tyrese Haliburton Reveals Who The Best Defender In The NBA Is

Tyrese Haliburton Reveals Who The Best Defender In The NBA Is

Who is the best defender in the NBA? Tyrese Haliburton revealed his opinion after Game One of the 2024 Eastern Conference Finals. Jrue Holiday locked up Haliburton in the game in which the Celtics prevailed. Afterward, Haliburton was super complimentary of the Celtics guard.

"[Jrue Holiday] is the best defender in the NBA and has been for a long time. … I'll learn from it and I'll be better in Game 2."

Hali with high praise for Jrue and the C's defense pic.twitter.com/XmOked2KOo

— NBA TV (@NBATV) May 22, 2024

“He’s the best defender in the NBA,” Haliburton said. “He has been for a long time.” 

Holiday, 33, was named to the All-NBA Second Team defense this year. The award is positionless or otherwise he would have been on the first team list. Derrick White also made the list showing just how hard it is to navigate against that Celtics backcourt.

The stats after game one back up exactly what Haliburton said.

Tyrese Haliburton with Jrue Holiday guarding him in game 1:

– 5:00 matchup minutes
– 27 possessions
– 0/3 FG (0%)
– 2 TOV

"Jrue Holiday is the best defender in the NBA.” -Tyrese Haliburton pic.twitter.com/WmIcsbrPF6

— CelticsUnite (@CelticsUnite18) May 22, 2024

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I’m not sure the Celtics win that Game One without Jrue. He’s been so clutch for them all season and it’s been in more ways than one. He’s sacrificed all year offensively and has been a model citizen on and off the court.

It’s also worth noting how lucky the Celtics got with this deal. The Bucks screwed this up bad. They got worse after making the deal with Portland for Damian Lillard. The alternate universe where Holiday isn’t on the Celtics is a scary one to think about.

Feel free to let those comments fly. Do you agree or disagree with Haliburton? If you disagree, who do you think the best defender in the NBA is? Some would argue that it’s only a matter of time before the alien playing for the Spurs is the answer here.

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