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Originally Posted by zeleni
I would like just one of you blabbering idiot to say: Rasho is to blame on .4 loss. Then I would die happy and smart.
If your boy Astro-Slovenian did not allow at least 2 layups in his face that game, then the point four shot would not have mattered.
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Originally Posted by Man In Black
Wreck shop like they roll don dubs? Please. Statistically Nazr didn't do that much more that what Rasho did the year before except this past year, Ginobili rose his game to whole nother level. In effect, the Spurs benefitted more from that than any contribution that either Rasho or Nazr provided.
Statisically, if you are talking player averages, those numbers are entirely irrelevant to anything that could be said in any legitimate Spurs thread.
Ginobili rising his game is partially irrelevant.
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Originally Posted by ChumpDumper
And Horry showed up after the first round.
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{all of the following is in reply to dalamar_the_dark..I don't mean to scoff him personally, cuz i respect his screenname}
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Originally Posted by Dalamar_the_Dark
If the opposing point guard or shooting guard is blowing by our perimeter defense, is it Rasho's fault?
No.
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Rasho isnt a blocking stud.
Exactly.
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Nazr only gets ur blood pumping cause he goes up and challenges.
Exactly. If it gets my blood pumping, guess how much it gets THE PLAYERS ON THE FLOOR pumping. Just think.
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Most of the time he gives up the foul.
So does Astro-Slovenian Rasho just by putting his hands up. Would you rather give up a foul by holding your hands up like a little bitch or jumping and challenging? hmmm (stop and think of the number of and-one's rasho gives up...)
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Sometimes he gets lucky and blocks a couple. Does it mean hes better on defense?
Granted, so does rasho. And, yes, I would consider who gets more blocks to be a better defender.
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Shaq also has problems when quick guards get into the lane all his career. Does it mean Shaq's D is sucky?
No...he doesnt...you're thinking of parker too much..
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Oh and I think I remember a play when Rasho blocked the living daylights out of a lousy ass of a shooting guard called Kobe Bryant. Kobe was left so stunned after that block that he didnt know whether to scream at the refs for not calling a foul or find a garbage bag to put over his head.
Yes. A PLAY (as in, ONE play. I have it on video as well.)
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On the offense part. Has it occured to you why Nazr gets garbage points?
Yes. Because he can jump at decent level for his height.
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Cause where would you put him if you were Pop? On the baseline to knock down a short jumper? Nazr doesnt have a jump shot.
Neither does Rasho. (at least not when it matters)
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He aint a threat outside the paint.
And rasho does? rofl
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You gotta put him in the paint to be effective.
ehhhhhh you're trying to defend rasho, right?
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Thats why he gets garbage points.
And the fact is Rasho gets 1 out of 3 or 4 possible garbage points.
Ehhhhhhhhhhhh
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Rasho on the other hand can hit the short mid range jumper and can thus pull the center out of place.
Yes, when we're already up by at least 12 or 14 points. Point out this upcoming season when Rasho hits a clutch jumper. I'll give you credit.
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Lastly, if Duncan were to go down injured, who would you want as your center?
Nazr.
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Rasho who has shown that he can get a double double most nights without Duncan or your super hero Nazr?
Technically this point is moot cuz we don't have enough games of Nazr solo like we do Rasho. But I'd still say Nazr.
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Rasho has hit one clutch shot the entire previous season.
It was the christmas-ish-time Timerwolves game. I took pego, mookie, and I to the game for a christmas gift. Rasho grabbed a lose ball and actually dunked it.
Honestly, I am not bullshitting here: The entire SBC Center got so fucking pumped that Astro-Slovenian actually had the balls to dunk it that they erupted thunderously. This was in the 4th quarter while the game was NECK AND NECK. After this crowd eruption the spurs proceeded to overcome the Twolves.
Why would the entire SBC Center erupt at an all time night-high if Rasho were so good?
They were fucking begging for him to finish all fucking game that's why.
(in a partial counter-point, olowakandi was having a bad ass game, and mostly against duncan, not rasho)