Dukegotgame

wow ron artest is wayyy more valuable than JT. He is a great all around game, and imagine pairing him with diaw on defense. We could have two guys who lock down anyone on the opposing team. Plus we would finally have a person with attitude that won't take ****

how old is jim thome? that dude is a classic slugger

if A-rod plays till he is 40, at his current pace he will hit over 900 career homers. wow

But with Gordon, won't we be getting another version of JT? I mean i know gordon probably is a little better athlete than Jt, however they both have the same main problem. They lack the height to play the 2 guard, yet do not possess the ability to smoothly run a team which is essential for a point guard. I just really think that a high lotto pick is worth too much, to take the chance( much more thsn a chance IMO) of running into the same problems we have with JT. I think that if we can't move up for dwight or livingston, that our best option may be to trade down a couple of picks and pick up another first rounder. IMO after howard, okafor, and livingston, nobody else is worth a high lotto pick. The talent in picks 6-15 is very similar, and if we could pick up two picks instead of one in that range, we could add two very solid players to our roster. Plus, let's face it... we need help just about everywhere!

Who's a better player between Wilcox and Ely? I have a hunch that wilcox would be better for us.

I think it is time to start thinking about kobe having surpassed jordan in terms of kobe now compared to jordan's prime.

why do you like kris humphries so much diesel? he is not all too impressive to me.

I don't think anybody is saying that as of now swift is better than martin, however I think swift would be a smarter choice for this team than martin for a few simple reasons. First of all, Martin will cost a lot more than Swift. We can get swift for a good contract in contrast to martin who will be looking for a near max contract. Martin is only slightly better than swift in my eyes and that difference in money would not be worth it. Lastly, I think Martin does not have much room to improve, however I think Swift could do a lot of improving given more playing time and that could motivate him to develop other parts of his game to a full extent

Why in the hell would washington give us a higher pick and stackhouse for our lower pick and diaw???

That comment about AAU is not true, at least in all circumstances. I know for a fact because I play with a top national program that features many of these highly ranked "athletes", however we are taught fundamentals. I will agree with you on that all AAU programs with top athletes do not stress fundamentals, but you should not blame AAU for this. It is the college coaches fault. The fact is if you dont play AAU you aint going no where. I dont care how good you do for your high school team. One of my hs teammates is a six foot guard who is strong with a forty something inch vertical. He can shoot the lights out and has a good handle with solid defense as well.. Has above average grades and averaged like 16 pts for an extremely talented high school team, but he hasnt been offered by anyone because he didnt play AAU. If it wasnt like this, maybe some kids would sit out a year to work on their skills instead playing aau games which when you play on a team like mine, normally turn into a dunkfest after the first quarter because 99% of the other teams couldnt hold your jock strap.

It baffles me why we were signing scrubs to ten day contracts when we could of picked him up

Yeah. JJ Redick is by far the better shooter. A lot of people say that cannot remember anyone with that kind of stroke and range since chris mullins, although I don't know if that is a valid comparasion because I never saw Mullins in college. I only remember his last years as a pacer which probably would not do him justice if he was that good

I think kerney is a better all around athlete and has better size which makes him more than a motor guy. i just cant see pollack being as dominant as he has been in college in the nfl. i see him as a solid starter... not a pro bowler by any means

I think he is a poor man's pat kerney. he should be decent in the nfl.

Trust me I understand what a great shooter he is, however the point I am trying to make is that he will have trouble getting his shot off in the NBA. With the type of athletes he will be going up aganist in the NBA, I think he will have trouble creating his own shoot. I think he could do well using picks, but I would not consider that type of a player a star. If he hits the weight room and adds bulk, he will be able to be a bigger factor on the boards and could help him get to the basket. If he does this I could see him as an average starter in the NBA, but I just do not see him on the level of Nash. Nash's game is so odd and I do not see this in Gerry. What makes Nash effective is how creative he is with his dribble... never losing it and the way he finds a knack to make those crazy shots in the lane. This lets him get his shot off easier because people respect his ability to get to the basket. This is no knock on Gerry's game though because I cannot remember many people with that possess some of this unqiue abilites that nash has.

No he is a star, however he does have excellent speed and quickness. He also has a very weird game that not many other players have that allows him to make up for his other short comings. I have seen Gerry play a lot. Do you remember Dan Dickau lighting up a bunch of college kids? Look at him now. I am not saying he cannot be a player in the league, but I highly doubt he will be anything close to a star. He could be a role player as a shooter kind of like wesley person.

He is too slow and just not a good enough athelete to be a future star in this league. Him and JJ Redick remind me a lot of each other, although I think Redick plays better D and Gerry has a better drive right now. A lot of players are good ball handlers and shooters on a college level, but without having either topflight speed, strength, or hops you cannot be a star in the NBa and gerry and redick both have none of the above. I do not mean to sound sterotypical but how is a slow white guy going to get past a guy like artest and finish on someone like ben wallace?

I disagree. Great college plyaer, but skills dont translate well to the nba

I would say KG too, but when considering his huge contract it would be hard to build around. I then would look at guys like Lebron, Chris Webber, maybe even Yao( you can't teach his size)

There are been an ongoing debate recently about whether a salary cap is needed in baseball. What is your opinion on this matter? Personally, I would love to see a salary cap in baseball because as baseball is today you pretty much already know who will make the playoffs which makes the regular season all but useless. It would also make the league much more competitive and we would see which owners really are the best, since you would have to use your money wisely and not just buy talent. This would even the playing field for all teams, and I think that the league's problems of declined ineterest would be ameoloriated.

I agree that Jeter has not impressed me in the last couple years. He is a good player though that has come up huge for the yankees before, but he is not even close to A-rod.

I would put diaw at point. Then i would draft a big man and make nazr 6th man.

What the heck? Are you serious... I have never heard about that.

I never said Sheed puts up stats better than Reef. Reef gets the most out of his abilites, however Sheed has not even come close. This guy if he gets his head straight is in the KG type mold of a forward. First of all he is bigger, likes the perimeter game, and is way more atheltic. If some coach could get him straight, he would be a top 10 player overall in this league IMO

Well he was not able to use it all in portland i believe it should be obvious to everyone who the more talented player is. If he does not work out, we can let him go after the season