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New York Knicks rookie Obi Toppin believes in his defense

In the run-up to this year's NBA draft, one of the biggest questions about Obi Toppin was how his defense would hold up at the NBA level.

There is one person, however, who isn't worried about those concerns: Toppin himself.

"I feel really good going into any game with my offensive skills, and I also do with my defensive skills," the New York Knicks rookie said on a conference call Thursday afternoon. "A lot of people say I don't play good defense, but I feel like I push myself every single day to get better at what I need to do to be great, and I have great people around me who are helping me with that.