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Ginobili isn't their #3. He's their #2. I don't care whether people say he starts or not, he is their #2 option behind Duncan, and the next guy you want with the ball in his hands behind Duncan when the game is on the line.
Wow, he chooses Odom over his boy, Ginobili??? Unbelievable
Jerry Crowe:
Barkley likes Lakers' third option
He says Odom gives them the league's best No. 3 player.
March 27, 2008
TNT's Charles Barkley says that no other team in the NBA has a third-best player better than the Lakers' versatile Lamar Odom. . . .
Fans of the Boston Celtics and San Antonio Spurs probably would disagree, Odom's stellar productivity in Pau Gasol's absence notwithstanding. . . .
Ray Allen, the Celtics' third-leading scorer, is an eight-time All-Star. . . .
Manu Ginobili, not even a starter, is the Spurs' leading scorer. . . .
http://www.latimes.com/sports/basket...4906318.column
Ginobili isn't their #3. He's their #2. I don't care whether people say he starts or not, he is their #2 option behind Duncan, and the next guy you want with the ball in his hands behind Duncan when the game is on the line.
Talentwise though, Odom is definitely the most talented #3 option out there. He's far more talented than most #2 guys, and even some #1 guys in the league, but mentally, he would rather be a #3, and that holds him back a lot.
Yeah Manu is the #2 guy, Parker is the #3.
And Odom is capable of being a better #3 than Parker.
Dumb comment by Barkley, but a lot of what he says are things for shock value anyways. Odom is the model for inconsistency. Detroit may also have something to say about this.
You could argue this season Manu has been the #1 guy.
Tony Parker, Ray Allen, Caron Butler, Rasheed Wallace, Monta Ellis...
Odom as the best third option in the league is arguable at best.
Good point, in this article they're using Ginobili as the 3rd. I didn't see the comment last night. Were they basing his comments on Gino being the 3rd option as well?
Odom is a better player than Parker, Allen, and Ellis. Caron Butler is not a #3 option in WAS, and everyone knows the Pistons have no #1/2/3 option like most teams do.
Kind of like everyone knows about you being spursdynasty?
Odom is not better than Tony Parker or Ray Allen. And, Monta Ellis is better than you think. Last year, Caron Butler was the #3 option for the Wizards. Butler came into his own this year and showed he could be a #1 type of guy. With Arenas, Butler slides down to the #3 option. Maybe after this year, he's considered the #2. If you claim that, Antawn Jamison is better than Lamar Odom.
Rasheed is the #3 option, period. #1 is Rip Hamilton. #2 is Chauncey. You can see it in field goal attempts and free throw attempts. Rasheed is #3.
Odom a better #3 option than Parker? The same Parker that won a FINALS MVP last season? When has Odom done that or even been a large factor in the playoffs for his team?
Just because Parker has been struggling this season (due to injury and fatigue) fairweather fans seem to so easily forget all he's done in his career and for the Spurs in big moments.
You can bet that Odom is going to choke in the playoffs.
When Odom plays to his potential, I'd say he is. But he rarely does that.
Yeah, I don't buy Odom as better than Parker. Parker is a two-time All-Star in a conference that's been loaded at the guard spots for years. Odom is a career underachiever who's been proclaimed to have a high ceiling that he's rarely come close to. If nothing else, Parker has shown that he can take over and dominate games at playoff time when his team needs it. I'm not really sure that Odom has ever shown that ability.
I might concede to Ray Allen, but only because Ray Allen is having an off year and hasn't played quite as well as previous seasons. But, no way in is Odom better than Tony Parker and I don't even think Parker is that great.
Mentally, Odom is a #12, as shown by how many times he has bricked late game FTs (Dallas and Golden State).
Luckily he has Kobe as his #1 to get offensive rebounds over Brandon Bass and nail FTs near the end of games.
It's hard to compare Parker and Odom, they play completely different positions.
Kind of like how everyone knows the Pacers are the laughing stock of the NBA?
The Miami Heat take great offense to that comment.
Watch ducks go f'n berserk over this thread
ducks thinks LeBron James is the best No. 3 player in the league.
Eh, we may be having a rough year, but at least I don't go flip flopping teams and names on this forum based on who is doing well and who has embarrased themselves.
And to think that it was just last season that Lakers fans were trashing Lamar on forum boards & the LA Times…
Last season??? Try still the first half of this season.
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