We all know Landry is good at scoring the ball, but here is the question: Who can he guard? Which 13 teams do you think he can start on, i am really interested.
Atlanta, Chicago, Cleveland, Denver, Detroit, Golden State, Indiana, Miami, Milwaukee, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Orleans, New York, OKC, Philadelphia. That's 15. Some of these are debatable.
I dont think cbud has a whole lot to do with lowrys success. And he can shoot, not amazingly but he can shoot, better than ariza right no anyways.
Atlanta - No, Smith can do so much more. Denver - IMO only Martin is a better fit Indiana - Yes if Granger is out NY - Harrington fits NY's game plan of run up court and chuck shots better NO - David West is still a better player, his numbers are down but he is shooting less (at similar %) 76ers - No, Thad Young has way more potential Miami - Beasley will always start Mil - Toss of the coin, Illyasova is very effective OKC - Green is having a bad year but it is still a toss of the coin
Anybody Scola can guard. He has improved on that end. New York Philadelphia New Jersey Cleveland Milwaukee Chicago Detroit Miami Charlotte Oklahoma City Sacramento Golden State San Antonio (instead of Bonner/Blair)
Wrong, that dude is money, you don't see on the stats what he brings and that is toughness and leadership. I am extremely comfortable with the ball in his hands in the fourth quarter. IMO he is as big a part of our successful start as anyone on the team. He brings the kobe-swagger every night, and I really hope he is resigned in the off season And, his shot has been falling at a very respectable clip the past few games. It's definately better than Rafer's ever was. Again, the dude is money.
I forgot Portland--with their injuries, Landry would start. Atlanta--I was thinking you could play Smith at the 3 and start Landry over Marvin. Phi--Brand was starting for awhile; possibly Landry would start. Put Willie Green on the bench. For the others, I like Landry over Harrington, West or Martin. I may be overrating him a bit. I feel he is at least equally talented with those guys. Who knows if the coach of other teams would start him or not--this is a hypothetical topic, anyway.
I like Lowry, but here are his stats: Link to his stats this year They are not that good in regards to shooting.....38% FG, 29% 3pt.... And he went 0-fer tonight to lower them....from the ones in that link. I like his toughness etc, but he would not start because he is just not a threat to score the basketball. His last 5 games he is shooting 13-44 for .295% overall....3-13 in 3pt% for .230%.... Link to last 5 games stats In his last two games he has gone 1-14.....come on guys....I like him too but he is seriously struggling out there. DD
Agreed DD. Lowry is a great backup PG, but he is seriously loved too much by people on this board. Even having a discussion whether or not he should start over Aaron Brooks is absurd. Lowry is a horrible outside shooter and a really overrated playmaker. His only strength is his defense, grit, and ability to run the fast break. He would not start on any NBA teams, even the bad ones like Minnesota and New Jersey. Landry is a starting NBA powerforward, and unless you have one of the star PF's like a Dirk, Bosh, Duncan, Garnett, etc you should start Landry. Scola should not be the starting PF for the Rockets (And thats not a knock on Scola, i love him to death).
Landry and Lowry would be starters on any of the .500 or below teams in the NBA. The only reason they don't start for the Rockets is because we, for some reason, do the opposite of what every other team in the NBA does...and that is to play bench players as starters (not naming any names ).
Everybody could have slump. But Lowry doesn't shoot that much anyway. It all depends on the make of a team. He would not start if Hayes, Ariza and Battier are all in the lineup. Lowry could be very useful if the team is filled with shooters and scorers. He is very effective playing with both Landry, Cbud, AB, even Andersen, and he has the best +/- so far for this team despite being a bad shooter, that says something. Lowry with a shooting touch is way closer to Allstar than AB. Since he doesn't have that, they are both on the same level. Their effectiveness will be decided by what teammates they have and what teams they play against. RA did a very good job by playing them based on matchups.
you really are funny. :grin: You don't watch much basketball though do you? Thats OK, your still good for a good laugh.
No i watch plenty! Dwight's a 3pt shooter, Ariza is MVP, and this team is full of talented players!!!!! Its not like the reason we are winning games is because we play as a team and play hard, but whatevers.
I agree, and wasn't it funny that when Cbud started that one game Brooks assists went WAY up? Brooks is asked to do so much for the starting unit because they are playing 2 on 5 essentially with Battier, Trevor and Chuck in there starting....only Scola is an effective scorer, I would bet Brooks gets a very high percentage of his assists with Scola..... And Adelman does a good job of putting Cbud, Andersen and Landry with Lowry to give him great targets to pass too...... We have a lot of one dimensional players on this team, and very few complete ones..... DD
