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Loved the Jay-Z references at the end. Keep up the good work, guys.
Bad = Rashard Lewis. The guy has never been great, but if he makes more than the MLE in his next contract, I’ll be very, very, very surprised.
Bad = Stephen Jackson. The guy has shown that he is crazy, once again. This time, he imploded in the playoffs.
Hill also showed that he can be a valuable player in a diminished role, which many players are unable to do. Not to mention, Hill completely changed his playing style – more of a defender than a scorer to suit the needs of his team. I’m not sure if McGrady can do this.
Pau Gasol & Tim Duncan (he’s less effective now, but still effective) are also excellent back-to-the-basket guys.
The Brooklyn Nyets? The Brooklyn Baskets? The Brooklyn Brownstones?
Got the bronze in the Book-Off! Rose is overrated. Stephen Curry has a better chance of being top PG w/ range, ability to play the passing lanes, and excellent percentages. Knee-Mac will never win anything. His lazy eye will. Wade might change address too, not sure if I wanna feed the candy to my skull just yet. The Brooklyn Hovas (H to the Izzo, V to the Izza)
The Brooklyn Lopez?
Can’t believe you picked Grant Hill over T-Mac. T-Mac was good for a period of time?
Have you forgotten that T-Mac was as good as Kobe and they were constantly compared for a period of time?
T-Mac led one of the worst teams in the league to the playoffs. With him injured, the Magic were the worst team in the league. With T-Mac healthy, they were 3-1 up on the first seed.
T-Mac has Grant Hill beaten in every single metric. If you compare them it’s not Close.
T-mac
PER – 30.3 ORtg- 116, DRtg- 104, Win Shares 16.1,
Grant Hill
PER- 25.5, ORtg – 114, DRtg- 100, Win Shares 14.6
Oh, yeah, don’t worry about the other side of the ball. Defense? Pfft. Fuck that shit.
I’d add Roy Hibbert to list of back-to-the-basket big men. He’s young too, so it appears to not be a completely lost art.
Brooklyn Bounce, then they can easily use a cheesy 1997 techno song as their new introduction/hype up theme: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJCHIzItFBk
Brooklyn needs a roller derby type name, Bruisers, Bonecrushers, Demolition or if Carlos would sign on, the Brooklyn Boozers
@ J.E., In the playoffs, T-Mac had to guard Dirk and lead the team offensively because of all the injuries. The Rockets still almost won in 7 games.