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He doesn't really play great D -- I'm still for signing him though.
think Theo Ratliff......
He doesn't really play great D -- I'm still for signing him though.
he blocks shots and grabs all the boards.....all we need is 10/10 a night and I think that would be easy for him.
If you cheap bas s would start buying tickets and more beer at the games maybe Holt would let me sign him to a ten day.
i like how it would be "easy" for a d-league star to make the switch when it is hardly ever that "easy".
It would be very hard for him to do that.
Clearly your knowledge of basketball rivals your ability to make political points.
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move him on up! what is taking so long? didnt they give those other scrubs from the toros chances with lower numbers than his?
10/10 isn't unrealistic..I mean there are only 10 guys in the NBA that do that..Duncan, Howard, Jefferson, Biedrins, Randolph, Lee, Murphy, Biedrins, Bogut, and Camby..surely Pops is as good as all of those guys..
No D-league big has ever gone on to average 10/10 in the NBA.
I know people are impressed by Pops athleticism and shot-blocking ability, but I've seen him playing at a higher level than the D-League and I can assure you that he's going to be a huge defensive liability for any NBA team.
Success against D-League compe ion is a very good talent and skills indicator. However, rarely does that success translate into automatic or immediate success at the next level. The NBA level is THE best in the world and succeeding there is a different matter entirely.
As for Pops, it does help that he's been at the level before, so he should know what to expect. However, his journey toward success could be a long one.
How so? His 1-1 D blows? His help D? Please explain?
mmm... I'd say the Olympic tournament is THE highest level of basketball in the World... the US needed to play at its best with all their starts to defeat Spain last summer IIRC...
I get your point and you are correct in that vein. However from a pure basketball league standpoint, the NBA has unquestionably, the greatest talent pool in the world.
Keep in mind that was a U.S. team that had only been together for a couple of months playing under a different set of rules than what they were accustomed to. Take any national team that competed in the Olympics (besides the U.S.) and put them through an 82 game season with NBA rules and not one of them would make the playoffs.
Just my opinion, but I think the Argentinian National Team is easily better than the Sixers or Bucks.
I think you're giving the NBA too much props, I think Argentina, Spain, Lithuania, and Greece could make the top 8 of the East, 2 of them if they were all in the West. And keep in mind, Spurs lose the big with the most chem with Timmy, AND Manu, the Lakers/Grizzlies lose a Gasol, Portland lose their poor mans Manu in Rudy, Rockets lose their 2nd best big in Scola, Kings lose Nocioni etc.(probably missed some, but I doubt I missed any worth a crap).
On a given day, yeah the ANT could beat either of them. But over an 82 game season? No way. It takes more than 4 or 5 guys good enough to play in the NBA to make the playoffs.
Find me a national team that has at least 10 guys on NBA rosters and then we might be able to have a discussion. At least 2 or 3 of those guys need to be good enough to get mention as potential all-stars.
Spain would be about as good a team as anyone could field. A starting 5 of the Gasols, Calderon and Fernandez would be NBA caliber. But that team would still have no depth whatsoever and you can't play an entire starting five 40+ minutes a night for 82 games.
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I'm laughing at this exchange because I was just talking to a friend who thought I was crazy for wanting 4 points, 3 rebounds and lots of energy in 15 minutes from Pops. Had he heard of 10 and 10 hopes, there would be no end to the derision.
yeah no ! hahaha.
some people...
His D might really be awful. Perhaps that explains the lack of action of any team calling him up. Still, we need rebounding bad. We gave the ghost of Austin Croshere a 10 day contract. We need to give someone a chance.
What's the point of the Toros if we don't use it bring up promising players that could potentially help the Spurs?
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