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It's funny that AHF still can't let go of Baby Hakeem and his 10 and 10 he was going to give the Spurs. He's like the ploto of Nazr.
If Rasho was making like $2M a year, he would be a useful bench player that you could throw on the bigger centers in the league. But reality is he was making four times that, so he had to go.
I want to see how the Spurs handle playing Houston and Miami with Yao and Shaq in the middle before I give this center combo an A+. So far, so good.
It's funny that AHF still can't let go of Baby Hakeem and his 10 and 10 he was going to give the Spurs. He's like the ploto of Nazr.
"The Ploto of Nazr"?
Wasn't that a Ursula K. Le Guin novel?
That's probably the biggest concern with them, but then again:
- Rasho played them pretty well, but it's not like he was their stopper or anything of the sort, and it's not like any current center is utterly incapable of playing against them, at least not with some team help.
- Shaq is progressively slowing down, and when it really matters you could only face him in the finals, which IMO more likely than not won't be the case.
- Yao plays for the Rockets, and bad matchup or not I don't think they have what it takes to run away with a 7 games series because of it.
So at least to me it feels like a reasonable gamble, one worth taking... all in all, I'm still much more worried about other matchups than those two.
From "Perimeter Shooting" by Paul Forrester of SI.com:
4. Big Ben in Chicago: Watch a Pistons game and tell me you aren't waiting for Ben Wallace to check into the game and swat some shots. Yet he never seems to show up. All you get is Nazr Mohammed and a team that looks like it might have trouble winning 50 games.
Well, now that he's getting consistent minutes in Detroit he's at 10 and 8. Not quite there, but I wasn't that far off, was I?
McDeyss will take over in no time.Well, now that he's getting consistent minutes in Detroit he's at 10 and 8. Not quite there, but I wasn't that far off, was I?
The argument wasn't whether Nazr could average 10 and 10 ... he already did that for the Hawks. It was whether he could do it in San Antonio. You said he could and I said no way.
Nazr 9.6p/7.6r
Oberto 9.2p/6.6r for about half the price.
I don't miss either of our assclown tandem 2-headed center from last year, not even a bit.
Yeah I was wrong, how was I supposed to know Pop would develop a fetish for small ball?
... and Oberto is currently leading the NBA in FG% at .880.
Don't think that's a calim Nazr could ever make, even only five games into a season.
I'm not going to "slam" our previous two-headed center monster of Rasho/NAzr. After all, they did help us win a le - especially Nazr. I'll just say I don't recall ever having as much positive banter about them on consecutive weeks.
There's no question the Oberto/Elson tandem have out performed many of our collective expectations so far. While it's still early, they're off to a fantastic start.
As to the question of whether I miss the Rasho/Oberto tandem - NO!
not me
To date equaling the numbers of minutes:
Elberto
MPG - 41.8
PPG - 14.4
FG% - .727
FT% - .975
Rebounds - 11.8
Blocks - 1.4
Steals - .4
Assists - 1.8
Cost - $
Nazho
MPG - 41.8
PPG - 11.5
FG% - .517
FT% - .727
Rebounds - 10.4
Blocks - 2.0
Steals - .3
Assists - 1.0
Cost - $$$$
I think one of the biggest differences is that Elberto does more with their shared time and limited minutes and touches than Nazho ever did.
I don't miss either one, but I do remember fondly the times Rasho was a key cog for stops on the defensive end of the floor.
Rasho should have taken steroids, solely for the rage effect.
minus all of Nazr's screw ups that don't show in the boxscore
plus room for improvement, since unlike Nazr and Rasho who were NBA and Spurs' veterans, Oberto is just recently catching on to the league and Elson to the Spurs, and the momentarily forgotten Butler still has to go through it all.
Of course, everyone realizes our centers aren't going to be shooting a combined 85% for the year, right? Which means, over the long term, we may end up with less scoring from the 5 than we had previously been getting.
Not that the points are what matters from that position.
I think yall are better off with elson and oh boy oberto in there.
Diop-Damp is a better center combo though.But Damps big ass contract hurts.
who???? lol
why would anyone miss rasho and his slow worthless self??
and why would anyone miss nazr and his 18571034875023486702348762038476209348750239487502 34857034987 pump fakes??
I miss Rasho, but then again...I found someone that is making me forget all about that 7ft Slovenian....
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ja.
My Sister miss Rasho (The most beautiful guy in town ...)
Sho le luen.
Or is it "lushen" ?
Either way,
I'll correct youja.
Sho le luen.
Or is it "lushen" ?
Either way,
Sho is lushen. (Šo je lušen)
It's "da" and not "ja" (ja is german)
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