No kidding... The only news we have is "hamstring pull" plus the words... "NOT CONSIDERED SERIOUS". Yeah he's washed up.
I saw a comment in the alternate jersey thread saying it looks like Shane's bulked up a little! But I thought to myself, that aint muscle...and that aint fat either. Thats just age accumulation
Besides, how the hell is he supposed to make his teammates better by practicing? I mean come on, how silly is that?
Here's a one projection of starting SFs this year: BOS Pierce* PHI Iguodala* NJN Simmons TOR Turkoglu* NYK W Chandler CLE L James* CHI Deng* DET Prince* IND Granger* MIL Mbah a Moute ORL Lewis* ATL M Evans MIA Q Richardson CHA G Wallace* WAS Butler* DEN Anthony* POR Batum UTA Kirilenko MIN D Wilkins OKC Durant* LAL Artest* PHO G Hill GSW S Jackson* LAC Thornton SAC Nocioni SAS Jefferson* HOU Battier DAL Marion* NOH Stojakovic MEM Gay I put stars on 16 players that I think have established themselves as strong players players and that, conventionally, most people probably would peg as "better" players than Shane Battier. A case could be made for a number of others as well, depending on how much you value offense.
Someone else has already pointed it out perfectly. battier is CLEARLY in the bottom half of starting small forwards, edging towards bottom third. I would also put Rudy Gay and Ak47 above him. Face it, he's washed up and he sucks. He shot 41%, not from 3 point land but from the FIELD last year while averaging 7.3 points. To have that low of a percentage while scoring that little, given that percentage generally goes down as someone shoots more and gets less open looks, is absolutely terrible. He can't create his own shot, or even hit shots others create for him at a decent clip. Sure, I'd take him over another 7.3 ppg 41% shooting small forward, but that's not saying much considering that the average starting small forward puts up much bigger numbers. battier is a HUGE offensive liability and his defense is on the decline too as he continues to get slower.
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Doesn't sound bad,but nevertheless it is of some concern. Sounds like he could have ended up missing some games if the regular season had started.
LOL what do you mean clearly in the bottom third? That poster just listed people he thought were better than Battier. I can make a list that says Kobe is clearly the worst SG in the league and it would as much merit as that poster. People who think Battier sucks: some random poster You People who think Battier is the shizzle: DM (traded for him, hasn't traded him yet) JVG RA If two coaches who have opposite coaching style praise your skills then you are a heck of a player no matter what people who think Camby is a great defensive player think. Pardon me if I take the opinion of people who actually coach and study basketball for a living over some people on the 'net.
Rocket's play to rough with each other. I can imagine shane pretending it's kobe he's playing against.
Oh, boy... People who think Camby has been a top 5 defender two of the last three seasons: NBA head coaches People who think Battier has been a top 5 defender at some point in his career: Not NBA head coaches You didn't really think this one through, did you?
Are people really getting worked up over a tweaked hamstring? Tweaked? C'mon. It's not a season ending injury. Probably will miss a practice or two.
