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Best post Rocket PG ever: Kyle Lowry killing it.

Discussion in 'NBA Dish' started by VanityHalfBlack, Dec 4, 2014.

  1. Koperboy

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    I was arguing just because Lowry had a (much) better start into the season, he's not necessarily a better player overall. Nothing more. Btw, he was tearing it up again against Dallas today.
     
  2. oakdogg

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    I was looking at Lowry & Dragic's defensive numbers (the FG% comparison numbers that are on NBA.com). Lowry's numbers weren't like lockdown by any means, but Dragic's were really bad this year. Any explanation for that? I further looked at his teammate Isaiah Thomas' numbers, and they were good. Why does Dragic have such bad defensive numbers this year?
     
  3. apollo33

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    Alston was **** lol
     
  4. heypartner

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    I second this. Lowry is very close, though.
     
  5. LosPollosHermanos

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    He was better than Lin.
     
  6. ApolloRLB

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    He's defending much bigger SGs
     
  7. Aleron

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    and he's not that great to begin with
     
  8. SmeggySmeg

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    surely the more relevant debate is Lowry versus Bosh/Carmelo - would he have signed here is we had beat his door down and put him to the from our queue rather than our back-up signing
     
  9. heypartner

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    This is my one complaint about McHale. He mishandled the Dragic v Lowry situation when Lowry came back from that weird bacterial infection. I don't think there was any hope getting Lowry back after that.
     
  10. VanityHalfBlack

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    Look like Jennings killed Lowry
     
  11. A_3PO

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    What did McHale do wrong?
     
  12. Aleron

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    He's an ok defender at best, and he's absolutely not a SG, now he's playing SG full time, whereas his good games last year were when Bledsoe was injured and Green was the SG. Where he's historically been a size mismatch for himself as a large point guard, he's now playing against guys bigger than him.

    I don't even understand why Phoenix want to keep him, they misuse him on both sides, so it's starting to seem more like a 3yo "because he's mine" mentality rather than anything else.
     
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  13. ilovehtownbb

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    GOOD BUMP
     
  14. daywalker02

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    My favorite Rocket PG so far
     
  15. DaDakota

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    He played the better player.

    DD
     
  16. hakeemthagreat

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    Lowry's playing at a crazy level this year. There is no comparison. Dragic hasn't proven himself as a difference maker
     

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