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[QUOTE="Crank, post: 3109986, member: 9692"]
Both of those teams had the massive luxury of being able to carry RA as a starter, or for starter minutes, because those teams were, in fact, so incredibly stacked. 
Said differently, when you've got Emeka Okafor and Josh Boone rebounding, and Denham Brown and Ben Gordon bombing from outside, you can carry a guy whose only Top-D-1 skill was 3 point shooting.

It is very likely true that CV could never had started or been a 6th man on 04 or 06.  But that doesn't answer the question, "who is better, CV or RA?"  That answers the question, "which guy was better for that team?"

Does anybody think that, if you put RA as a shooting guard on the last 3 teams that he shoots anywhere near as well as he did with 04 and 06 guys?  Of course not.  If you put RA on the last three teams and you ask him to do what CV did, people would be calling RA a bum, because his 3pt shooting would be lower and he'd be a bigger turnover machine than CV ever was, minus the rebounding and relentless defense.

Not a rip on RA.  Like I said - guy is a legend because he was perfect place, perfect time and had the stones.  That's not we UConn needed the last 3 seasons.

CV has been awesome, given the trash he's had to work with.
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