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Message: [QUOTE="intlzncster, post: 2927806, member: 56"] [I][while I respond to Giffey vs Polley below, I think the far better and more interesting comparison is between Polley and DeAndre Daniels][/I] Some truth there, but I did see Giffey getting some defensive assignments in 2011 on Kemba's team. Even in Maui. He was far ahead (imo) defensively than Polley coming in. 2011 was a strong team, but he still got 10mpg; Polley wouldn't even have seen the floor that year. Giffey's fundamental technique was there from the start. I'm not saying he was elite defensively coming in, but he was a useful tool, enough so that the Yard was excited. His defensive versatility was damn near elite by the time he was a senior. Polley has some things to work with defensively, but he's not there yet. And he will always be much more limited defensively from a versatility perspective. Niels could defend 1 through 5, depending on the player in question--for example, he was defending Peyton Siva or anything, but he could Wilbekin if needed. I sometimes think people overrate Giffey on here as some kind of UCONN legend, but I do feel he was a very well rounded player that could be a very effective piece on ANY championship team. We wouldn't have won the 2nd title without him. Polley has a chance to be very effective in his role, but that slow foot speed will always limit that role defensively. He can be a disrupter down low, and if he fills out, an effective defender of the four. As someone mentioned, he has the chance to be a more versatile scorer than Giffey was. I don't know if he will be like Giffey passing or not, as Niels was, to use classic white guy terminology, a heady plaer. And Giffey is flat out a better rebounder in terms of position, strength, quickness, instincts, etc. Underrated there. [/QUOTE]

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