he started off with a bad team. Then he made a bunch of trades that made his team good, then bad, good, then bad, and now he's back to good.
Rondo is one of the best, if not the best defensive point guards in the league right now. He has the wingspan and athleticism to guard 2's. Did you see him guarding Wade the other night? Either way, he is ELITE defensively right now. Reggie Miller doesn't have to guard the other team's best player. Lebron James can matchup with anyone 1-4. It is a complete mystery to me how you could criticize the defense of a team with Lebron James, Hakeem, Walton, Rondo, not to mention one of the all time great defenders in Michael Cooper coming off the bench. Aside from the fact that Miller isn't terrible defensively, did it ever occur to you that Jamers could run a lineup featuring Rondo, Cooper, James, Hakeem, Walton? How could you score on that team? Are you serious? Honestly, to say Jamers can't defend two guards is absolutely laughable. By the way, Hakeem came into the league as a 4. He has all the athleticism in the world to play the position. Even if he didn't, Jamers has Wes Unseld sitting on his bench, who made a living rebounding and defending at the 4. Jamers' team is absolutely stacked defensively. Honestly, you could have made an argument about anything else and it would have held more weight...
Righteous. I'm hoping Gilmore will give Walton and Olajuwon some trouble; he's a shot blocker to be reckoned with. All-time ABA leader if not mistaken. I think he is one of the most underrated players ever in the basketball history; always been placed in Kareem's shadow. Maybe put in Issel out there to force one of your towers out of the paint. Unseld is a rebounding machine, however. Worrisome. I think Malone will be able to put out a consistent scoring output, I think. Marion is of course going to have his hands full with LeBron; Barry has the muscle to keep up with him Barry and Miller will be attempting to outscore each other I'm sure and Jones will do wonders to keep Miller in check. Stockton I think is superior to both Kevin Johnson and Rondo; so at least I know I have the advantage there. Billups is also a bit larger, as well as a great shooter. Everywhere else is a toss-up, besides whoever Olajuwon is up against. Would be a hell of a series indeed.
Vince in his prime was a lot better than Eddie Jones in his prime I believe. And as far as jones being a better 3point shooter...they both shoot the same percentage for their careers just fyi
well barkely over Dirk helped the offer but at this point I wanted to hold onto the best player in the trade
I never denied rondo was a great defender, but just dont think he stops the best PGs ever like he does current PGs... hakeem is great, but to think he could chase someone like dirk around and defend the three is stretching... ok ill give you cooper who i didnt pay attention to... all im saying is everyone is quik to announce jamers the winner when i think he can be beat... i feel like if you could put out a smaller, faster, more uptempo team it could slow down and take the twin towers out of thier comfort zone... im not saying my team would beat him ( to be honest, i lost the only 7game series i simulated against him in 7, he did have HC tho)... im just saying its premature claiming him the victor... i like his team, i reeeally do... just dont understand all the gaurenteed winner hype...
I'm pretty happy with my team considering I had the 13th pick. Probably won't win, but it is not bad at all.
None. My whole goal was to pair isiah and west. Now I can't. The only trades I'll make now are gervin/english for better D
