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champs99and04 said:
@jfuchs91 great stuff, thanks.

Edit: Sort of an an irrelevant side bar but Charlie V would have been a junior on that '06 team, no?
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Yes, he left after his sophomore year in 2005. If he had stayed, he would have been a junior on the 2006 team that would have crushed any teams in its path (such as any from the DC areas or whereabouts). Charlie was pretty dominant late in his sophomore year, so I would guess he would be really good as a junior if he had stayed.
 
Dogbreath2U said:
Yes, he left after his sophomore year in 2005. If he had stayed, he would have been a junior on the 2006 team that would have crushed any teams in its path (such as any from the DC areas or whereabouts). Charlie was pretty dominant late in his sophomore year, so I would guess he would be really good as a junior if he had stayed.
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That team was still plenty talented though, we could have also had Bynum that year. What really killed us was the Price suspension, Marcus Williams was our only ball handler that year.
 
Lucky for us we get to watch AARP Kobe play 5 minutes and throw up 6 bricks in the ASG instead of a guy like Kemba.
 
BUHusky10 said:
Lucky for us we get to watch AARP Kobe play 5 minutes and throw up 6 bricks in the ASG instead of a guy like Kemba.
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As much of a Walker fan that I am, John Wall, Kyle Lowry and Isaiah Thomas are more deserving. The fan vote will select Irving (Ridiculous). And then the coaches will probably select Wall and Lowry. That'll leave Thomas and Walker on the outside looking in. Too bad because if fans weren't ridiculous, he could have a shot at a bench spot.
 
Scoe said:
That team was still plenty talented though, we could have also had Bynum that year. What really killed us was the Price suspension, Marcus Williams was our only ball handler that year.
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iirc Price wasn't even cleared medically til after that season anyway. I don't think he would have been available even without the suspension.
 
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intlzncster said:
iirc Price wasn't even cleared medically til after that season anyway. I don't think he would have been available even without the suspension.
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Probably not nonetheless not having another ball handler hurt us in the end. The way that Uconn team was playing at the end of the year Florida probably destroys us in the FF if we had gotten past the elite 8.
 
I checked outta the game when they were down damn near 20, smh
 
He won with a D-League team. Brian Roberts, Troy Daniels, Marvin Williams, Spencer Hawes out there with him down stretch and in OT.

Olasipo is considered one of the best on ball defenders in the league by some.

 
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Gurleyman said:
He won with a D-League team. Brian Roberts, Troy Daniels, Marvin Williams, Spencer Hawes out there with him down stretch and in OT.

Olasipo is considered one of the best on ball defenders in the league by some.

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Similar to UL (or was it Cuse) assist in the BET (RIP).
 
aceboon said:
I checked outta the game when they were down damn near 20, smh
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Didn't you say Kamba was a below average NBA starting pg? It might not have been you, but anyone who did is looking pretty stupid right now...
 
All of a sudden, Kemba looks like 9 in a row for both titles Kemba.
 
Kemba Walker is averaging 25.4 points per game since Christmas.
 
He's averaging over 20 PPG on the season now and his shooting splits are by far the best they've been his entire career. I guess I shouldn't be surprised, but I wasn't sure he'd ever be this good.

I haven't followed the NBA this season as closely as I usually do, but from afar, what he and Batum have been able to do keeping that club above water - with Jefferson missing so much time and Kidd-Gilchrist not having played yet - is pretty impressive.
 
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champs99and04 said:
He's averaging over 20 PPG on the season now and his shooting splits are by far the best they've been his entire career. I guess I shouldn't be surprised, but I wasn't sure he'd ever be this good.

I haven't followed the NBA this season as closely as I usually do, but from afar, what he and Batum have been able to do keeping that club above water - with Jefferson missing so much time and Kidd-Gilchrist not having played yet - is pretty impressive.
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I was actually surprised that his shooting numbers were kind of bad at first. I thought if any small UCONN guard could adjust to the NBA as he has all the around skills to make it there. Glad at least one recent UCONN guard is representing us well.
 
champs99and04 said:
He's averaging over 20 PPG on the season now and his shooting splits are by far the best they've been his entire career. I guess I shouldn't be surprised, but I wasn't sure he'd ever be this good.

I haven't followed the NBA this season as closely as I usually do, but from afar, what he and Batum have been able to do keeping that club above water - with Jefferson missing so much time and Kidd-Gilchrist not having played yet - is pretty impressive.
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Yeah they have had a rash of injuries this year. They have played 43 games this year and only Kemba and Marvin Williams have played in all 43.

Missed games:
MKG - 43*
Al - 24*
Batum - 6*
Hairston - 3
Lamb - 5
Zeller - 3
Lin - 2

Actually it wouldn't be that bad if not for MKG and Al. But considering coming into the season those were two starters, that means they were starting two bench players and with Batum missing 6 games that's 6 games without 3 starters. It's pretty impressive they are even near .500 ball. Get Batum and MKG back soon and maybe they can go on a run to get into the playoffs. Could actually be a pretty decent team:

Kemba:Lin
Batum:Lamb
MKG:Hairston
Williams:Kaminsky
Zeller:Hawes

Not amazing but 1-3 is solid and the 4-5 are all similar and stretch the floor at all times. They need to resign Batum/Lin and move Jefferson (or move him to the bench).
 
aceboon said:
You have a direct quote of me saying that or nah?
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"Waiters can't shoot and Walker can't shoot and that matters. Walker is a below-average starting NBA point guard, and he might be a below-average NBA player period. Waiters is a laughably below-average starting NBA two-guard, and he is almost assuredly a below-average NBA player. He might be one of the worst NBA players on a guaranteed contract."

He is probably referring to you saying you agreed with most of the article where this language appeared. So it wasn't a direct quote from you at all. You just appeared to agree with the article in general where the quote appeared. Could that be what he means? Thoughts?
 
BLUEDOGHOUSE said:
"Waiters can't shoot and Walker can't shoot and that matters. Walker is a below-average starting NBA point guard, and he might be a below-average NBA player period. Waiters is a laughably below-average starting NBA two-guard, and he is almost assuredly a below-average NBA player. He might be one of the worst NBA players on a guaranteed contract."

He is probably referring to you saying you agreed with most of the article where this language appeared. So it wasn't a direct quote from you at all. You just appeared to agree with the article in general where the quote appeared. Could that be what he means? Thoughts?
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Did he say that? Or is that a quote from an article? I think that's what I was referring to, or something similar.
 
Huskyforlife said:
Did he say that? Or is that a quote from an article? I think that's what I was referring to, or something similar.
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If you can read then you should be able to figure out exactly what I said, I said back in October its time for him to make a leap because his shooting percentages were atrocious given the volume of shots that he takes, and given the evidence so far on the season, a leap is exactly what he's taken.
 
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Having a major clunker tonight (4-18, 3 assists), although the Hornets are up 14 in the third - Lin is carrying the load in this one. Kemba is probably shooting too much for the fourth game in five days with two of them going overtime.
 
Jordan on the end of the hornets bench constantly chatting up injured players will never get old. He usually gets pissed and almost spills his 'coffee' anytime there isn't a trap in that deep corner near him
 
Gurleyman said:
Having a major clunker tonight (4-18, 3 assists), although the Hornets are up 14 in the third - Lin is carrying the load in this one. Kemba is probably shooting too much for the fourth game in five days with two of them going overtime.
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Played all of the second half and OT last night, can't imagine he fully has his legs.
 
caw said:
Played all of the second half and OT last night, can't imagine he fully has his legs.
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And they don't sit him up 21 after 3 today and the Knicks get back into it. His stat line is going to be butt ugly tonight. He might take 30 shots on a night he can't hit anything.
 
Ends with 26-6-5 on a bad day (7-25 shooting) with the team winning. As far as bad days go, that one's not so bad.
 
aceboon said:
If you can read then you should be able to figure out exactly what I said, I said back in October its time for him to make a leap because his shooting percentages were atrocious given the volume of shots that he takes, and given the evidence so far on the season, a leap is exactly what he's taken.
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Or you could admit you said he wasn't very good, but you were wrong. Not that it matters, most of us who watched him knew he was good.
 
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