Man, how many times are we gonna have this Lowry/Brooks conversation? Just wait till the reg season. And why is everybody teaming up and hating on DD? Do you take pride in this? Wow... I got your back DD. (Rep please)
I sure hope so (or just really rampant rep-whoring) because he was teasing DD himself in the very same thread...
Talking about and from one of the classless haters on this BBS. DD vs. haters: http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showthread.php?t=167481&page=1&pp=20
Lol.. I'm tired of being only ONE green bar! No but really, I'm not 'on his tip' or anything, just noticed some people not talking bball instead going out of their way to hate a little. So since they wanna call some body out, I called them out.. that's all And I wasnt "teasing" in that one post.. just agreeing because lots of people always talk about who should start, instead of just being happy to have both.
Wheeww.. I know that's not about me, I wasn't even on the bbs at that time. Yep, there has been quite a few DD haters throughout the days.
So you "praise" someone and ask for "rep" in return for the praise. Well, were it up to me (lucky for you it is not), I'd make you a rookie and seriously consider simply putting a red bar where you so want another of a different color.
Thats a great chart excpet its out of context. The leader in assist that year was stockton at 13.6. Not only that, the blazers averaged 114ppg which puts them 6th in ppg. The lakers led the league this year at 110ppg which would have placed the 10th that year. Brooks avg 5.3 asst per but the leader averaged 11 in nash. Thats why I always numbers can be taken out of context. Not to mention, that blazers team had finishers all over the place. Clyde,Kersey to name a few. The next year, porter averaged 9 asst again, but stockton averaged 14.5 and they averaged 114 again.
I read and understood what you were saying and i stand by what I was saying and agree with the concepts of what DD is saying. The new rules does have an effect on the post players if they are limited like yao and howard are. You were talking about minimizing the big guy which it does if the guy is limited. In todays game, perimeter players with the no hand checking rules being enforced are the closers for the most part. The closer is a guy who can attack the defense in a triple threat via creating a shot for himself,someone, or at least getting fouled. That players also needs to be capable of doing from inside or outside off the dribble. The only guy the rockets have close to that i brooks. He's the only guy with less than 14 seconds left who can get a good shot off in any situation. Why? He's the only guy who can flat out beat his man off the dribble and get to the rim or pull up for a jumper. Now the other bigs who you think are being neautralized or minimized by todays game aren't limited in the space and areas the can operate. Duncan, shaq,ewing,hakeem, robinson could all get quick positioning, face up and make a move towrads the goal or just straight up pull in someones grill. Yao, once he gets position can turn and make a shot, but notice i said if he gets position. Those other guys got position and could make a decision and make a play. Even when Dream got the ball or the play was designed for him, he could step out to recieve and face the defense. If they didn't collapse, he would have enough time to make his move or make a play. He would be effective in todays game because he could be off the block,on the blocks, facing or back to the basket. Duncan and those guys could all do the same also. There is a big,big difference in the effectiveness of a guy like yao in today's era vs great players. Howard falls in the same category because he is limited in range.
And as usual, you two are both wrong. I don't know why, but you two seem to really underestimate the importance of a quality big man. There's a reason that bigs get taken early in the draft. The last rule change was in 2001, right? The 1st pick in the 2002 draft was Yao. In the 2003 draft, Darko went #2 (and Kaman went 6th). Howard and Okafor were the top 2 in 2004. Bogut went first in 2005. Bargnani and Aldridge were the top 2 in 2006. Oden went first in 2007. Thabeet went 2nd in 2009. Notice a trend there? Absolutely right, but that's not what DaDakota said. Even though I already quoted him for you, you seem to have ignored it. Here it is again: He didn't have the "if they are limited" qualification. Once again, it'd be great if you understood the context of my posts before replying to them. Maybe next time you should hit the "preview post" button, read your response, and then ask yourself if your response is relevant to the excerpt you're quoting.
Pretty much, if Lowry was better than average from inside the arc, and average from outside the arc, he would start over Brooks. I've said it before, but if we could somehow make Aaron Lowry, or Kyle Brooks (or Aayle Lorooks), he'd be the best PG in the game today.
Whats even worse about that trend,other than howard, none has led a team to any kind of postseason success. In yao's draft, amare went 9th and has been to the conf finals a few times. In 03,lbj,wade,and carmello have all been to conference finals. Durant was 2nd in mvp voting. Paul and williams have led their teams much further than bogut also. The perimeter players who can control the ball can control the game.
Are you being intentionally dense? I find it amusing that you'd rather look like an idiot than admit you were wrong. Btw, Darko has a championship.
