You make good points. Time will tell. As of today, Chet is hurt so it makes sense. Let's give it a few more years and see. I'm not mad at all about Battier. Said another way, if you redrafted 2001, were there 5 gives you'd take over Battier? For fun, I took the 2001 draft and sorted by total points scored in their career. Arbitrary, I know but is a flavor. I figured the answer is no. After looking in hindsight, there are definitely 5 guys I'd take over him. Battier probably drops to about 8 for me, on this list. 3: Paul Gasol 10: Joe Johnson 38: Tony Parker 19: Zach Randolf 13: Richard Jefferson 5: Jason Richardson 31: Gilbert Arenas 25: Gerald Wallace 9: Tyson Chandler 38: Mehmet Okur 6: Shane Battier 14: Troy Murphy 4: Eddy Curry 26: Samual Dalembert #1: Kwame Brown (lol) If Jabari reaches Shane Battier level of productivity, based on what I'm seeing now, I'd consider that great!
