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Boobie, yes. West, no.
I'm sitting here wondering how and why Shannon Brown got traded by the Cavs and then waived by the Bulls. I don't know anything about him prior to coming to the Lakers except he was pretty good in the 2005 NCAA tourney for Michigan.
He ain't no Superstar talent but from what I've seen of him, he's more athletic and a better defender than Delonte West. West is the better scorer but that's not too important from the PG position.
Defensively, Brown is a uva lot better than Boobie Gibson/Jordan Farmar.
Athletically/hops, he's probably top 10 in the NBA.
His stats right now suck but that's because he has been playing behind Fisher/Farmar. His minutes are starting to go up now and he looks very good in those minutes.
The Lakers have what seems to be a high-flying, strong, big point guard (6'4 210 lb) to replace Derek Fisher and all it cost was salary filler in the Radmanovic/Morrison trade.
Shannon Brown looks like Starter material....so what am I missing for him to have gotten waived so early in his career?
Boobie, yes. West, no.
Everyone's better than Boobie. Has he done anything important since his flukish shooting a few playoffs ago?
Also, West is a way better defender than Brown is. He's the 2nd best perimeter defender on a top 3 defensive ball club in the league. Brown isn't.
I don't know if you can for sure say he's better/not better than Delonte West since he isn't called upon to fill as big a role as Delonte does in Cleveland. If given the same amount of playing time, who knows if this debate would be in favor either way. However, Shannon is slowly ascending to the 2nd spot at PG and is utilized mostly for his size and defense on the PGs in the west. In Cleveland, West is one of many that fill in the role as the 3rd scorore on any given night. He scores better than Shannon, but Shannon isn't expected to contribute heavily on the offensive end. All I know is this; I'm beginning to like Brown better than Farmar.
isnt that what hes supposed to do when hes playing with the best player in the league? i mean if you cant even pat your stat when Kobe is drawing multiple defenders away i dont think you can do anything else...
Better than Delonte West? llll no. But I love what Shannon has been doing for us lately. Anyone who keeps Farmar off the floor is my best friend.
Luke Walton > LeBron.
Anyone is better than LeBron.
Farmar, Vujacic, and recently Fisher all can't. SB has been a stud lately, he's as athletic as a human being could possible be.
They're both better than Manu that's for sure!
haha try to stay healthy first!
Shannon hasn't proven himself to even be a legitamate backup in the playoffs, yet we want to discuss about if he's better than West or Gibson. He is really unproven. Yes he's showing flashes of brightness, but that's it.
Wait for him to grow and develop, maybe find a consistent jumpshot, and in the years, this would be a good question.
They're both better than Manu that's for sure!
haha try to stay healthy first!Hilarious! Laker Fan is such a witty breed.
Haha, indeed.
It's easy to jump on the Shannon Brown Bandwagon once he proves himself. Much more interesting to talk about it before it happens. I don't care if Farmar's shot is off but his defense is just as bad as it was last year which doesn't make sense for a quick player like Farmar.
I'm not a Farmar hater at all, Shannon's just outplayed him and opposing point guards of late.
I find it odd that a team with a West/Boobie rotation can so easily give up on a guy like Shannon Brown. He's either a steal or scrub. He doesn't look like a scrub who is traded by the Cavs then waived by the Bulls and then signed by the Bobcats and included as filler for Radmanovic.
Like some of the other guys said, he definitely looks better right now than Farmar and if he plays anything like this in the Playoffs, the Lakers might have stumbled into their Starting point guard.
Shannon Brown sucks, sure he can look good dunking, but we demand defense and Shannon never figured out what that was. Gibson only plays to hot down 3s and he was better and is better than Shannon at doing that.
Delonte West> Shannon Brown just on the name alone. Shannon, like Tracy is a girl's name.
Isn't he playing for a new contract?
Has athleticism and that's about it.
Maybe. After all, in this world Shannon Brown played for Michigan - and presumably Lew Alcindor, after his dominant stint at USC and le run in Chicago, went to play for the Warriors alongside Brown's fellow Wolverine Magic Johnson.
And just what the kind of name is "Delonte"?Delonte West> Shannon Brown just on the name alone. Shannon, like Tracy is a girl's name.
It's more manly and "hood" than Shannon.
Delonte West is one of the top defenders (amongst guards) in the league. Shannon Brown is not even close to the level that West plays at.
Shannon Brown is a pine-rider who will play smart for 5 minutes before going full-re for the next 15. There's a reason he didn't play for the other teams.
Laker fan wishes he had Delonte playing PG for his team. After all he was riding the pine for the Sonics behind Luke Ridnour and Earl Watson.
He's a better PG and SG than Brown.
Nah, Delonte to me is a very average point guard, wouldn't want him on the Lakers unless he was dirt cheap.
Delonte could certainly be much better than Shannon Brown, but that's not saying much.
wtf?
I believe the le says Shannon Brown better than Delonte West?
There's a "question mark" in the le.wtf?
I believe the le says Shannon Brown better than Delonte West?
Delonte is better than Brown and Gibson is a better fit in Cleveland than Brown, to answer your question.
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