E. C. Coleman: An Improving Defender Rates the Offensive Stars, 1976

[While clicking away a few hours on the internet the other night, I stumbled upon a seemingly authoritative list of the top 50 NBA defenders of all time. Hakeem Olajuwon came in as the greatest of all-time, followed by Bill Russell, Dennis Rodman, Scottie Pippen, David Robinson, and Dikembe Mutombo. Interesting. The compiler turned out to be a college s…