Post Up: No More New York

hopefully memphis stays alive just long enough to destroy the spurs.

ZBo looked good. Did my heart good to see it. The Clippers seemed surprised that the Grizzlies came to play, similar to how the Grizzlies looked in the previous game. It’s weird when teams don’t expect amazing energy. It’s the playoffs!
Anyway, Mike Conley is showing me something. All year it seemed like he couldn’t hit pull up jumpers, but in this series he’s been great. I don’t know how long Memphis can afford to keep this team together, but man, I love their squad.

Interesting question, who would you rather have on your team, Rudy Gay or Danny Granger?

Neither. I’d take Iguodala. None of them have any idea how to take a game over offensively, Grangers the best shooter, Iguodala the best passer. Rudy is a mix of both.
I’d take Joe Johnson over all of them though. Sigh.

LeBron will get MVP and it might be by a historic margin.

Rudy,is the better allround scorer of the bunch, plus is the most athletic beast being Sf beside Lebron. Plus he is know that take the big shot at the end of the game . He a tough mismatch problem. Granger is Granger a good shooter but that all.

Iguodala has hit his fair share of big/game winning shots in his career. And is a good defender. Can guard 1/4 in certain situations.
Would you rather have Stuckey/Teague/Holiday?

id take Holiday, although Stuckey looks pretty good this year based on his mid-range

I can’t believe that some person thinks there is a large gap between Granger, Iguodala and Gay.
You better than that some person.
I’d take Holiday every day, including Holidays. Buh DumB Chaaa!

Thanks for the back-up Lake. And I 100% agree with you on Holiday. I think he’s the leader of the 3rd tier of point guards. If 1st tier is (no order) Rose, Paul, Parker, Rondo, Deron and 2nd tier is Russ, Lowry, Nash, Wall, and Kyrie, I’d put Holiday right after those guys (maybe ahead of Wall and Lowry at this point).

Gay/Granger/Iggy… which 3rd tier star would you rather have guys? 16.5M next yr for rudy gay, a 6’8 perimeter guy that has to be basically forced to post up guys 4-5 inches smaller than him, 14.7M Iggy, a guy that still can’t hit a consistent jumper to save his life & is currently @ 10.4ppg on 30% shooting from the field & 15% from 3 in the chi series (reg season 12ppg on 45%) or 13M granger, the SOFTEST of the bunch who refuses to drive the paint vs. elite competition regardless of their center (not to mention his elite fight instigating skills… proves the point of “all bark, NO BITE & the loud talkers are usually the weakest)? hmm… decisions decisions.

I think Gay has the most overall upside and room to grow so I’d take him. but honestly they all seem equally flawed. Gay at least doesn’t have gaping holes in his game like the rest do. smh rudy gay is really just an sf-version of mid 2000′s Jason Richardson. also out of stuckey teague and holiday i’d take teague. He’s fast, aggressive and an excellent defender. I understand why people would take Holiday though, but I still wouldn’t put him ahead of wall and lowry.

I should’ve put lawson higher lol. and lmaoooooo @ Nick.. him and lakeshow are the funniest guy’s here

1. Memphis has the potential to be a great team. They have a roster than should compete for a championship.
2. I say pull the number on Gay, Igoudala and Granger and see if they actually compare. I’ve pulled the numbers and watched their games, and it’s not close to me. Gay scores more efficiently and with more variety than Granger. He’s capable of making tougher shots, is more explosive and consistently plays better defense.
He’s inferior as a defender and passer compared to Igoudala, but far superior as a scorer. So far superior it’s not even a fair comparison. Plus, throughout this year he’s shown the ability to be the main scoring option on a winning team, and he’s also shown the ability to blend in with teammates.
3. Marc Gasol is not passive most of the time. Calling him passive shows a lack of basketball knowledge Lakeshow. He is not a great scorer and will likely never be one. His post moves are basic and he pretty much bullies people for buckets. Unfortunately, most fans assume that if you’re not scoring you must be passive, which couldn’t be more wrong. Look at how he passes and rebounds even when he’s not scoring. Check out his help defense and post defense one-on-one. Scoring is the simplest part of the game. All the other stuff is what you need players to do to win.
But hey, you thought it was really close between Bron and KD as far as MVP. And you think Kobe is better than Chris Paul.

@caboose can’t lie… i had 2 google that word lol

Houston should let Dragic walk for anything more than $18M for 3yrs. They still have Lowry, right?

Give me RGay because his ceiling is much higher. Gay has a chance to be the 3rd best SF in basketball.
IND/MIA is going to be an intruging series. Hibbert is the key in that one because of MIA’s lack of size down low. IND has to feed the post on a consistent basis because that is their only real advantage (apart from the bench) in the series. If Hibbert plays well, IND has a chance to take it to 6-7 gms but if he struggles, MIA wins in 5.

Of course Gay is at the top. He’s the youngest. He’s the best scorer. He is a semi-competent defender.
Although, he has shown that he hasn’t improved all that much over the last 3 years.
Granger was better at his peak than Gay has shown thus far at his peak. Main reason: Gay was injured last year and he is still very young. He will have a better season than Granger eventually, but he hasn’t yet.
Iggy has been one of the best defenders in the L over his career. That can’t be undervalued. He is an elite perimeter defenders in the NBA.
Gay does nothing elite. Granger does nothing elite. Iggy does. He is also an elite play maker at the SF position, another thing the other two are completely incapable of. If I was the Lakers I would take Iggy over Gay. If I was the Clippers I would take Gay over Iggy. All depends on what your team needs with these guys. Gay is only better because going forward he will be, not because he is head and shoulders above them today.
Kobe is better than CP3.
KD would have won MVP if his team and himself finished out the year how they were a couple weeks before the end. So check yo self.
Marc Gasol has a penchant for playing non-aggressive. FACT. If you don’t know this…. Do as you say and re-think how much Bball knowledge you think you have.

The advantage AI gives you on the defensive end is totally negated by his lack of offensive skill. That’s is not enough for me to pick him over a guy like RGay, who is by far a better offensive player that plays good defense.

I never understood why the Suns seemed so keen to move Dragic…and I really don’t wanna bring up the Kobe is better than CP thing again, it devolves into one party arguing from facts and the other from gut feeling. It’s like someone trying to tell a scientist the world is 7,000 years old.

What is there that shows Kobe is better than Chris Paul this year? Nothing. We are not comparing careers.

jtaylor – if miami is smart, they’ll play a lot of lebron at the 4 (he can check david west no problem) and turn it into a track meet. roy hibbert won’t be able to hurt them if he’s running from foul line to foul line.

cosign T-money. Roy hibbert looks like he would be relatively fast but he’s really not so the heat can literally just run them into the ground. I don’t honestly think he can provide adequate rim protection against Lebron and wade anyway though. In fact I’m pretty sure Bosh can check hibbert and get him into foul trouble on the other side of the ball.

also Allball… yes. maybe a lot.

Yeah Allen, the knock against Gay could very easily be shot selection. Granger’s isn’t stellar, but he doesn’t take forced shots too often.