hometheaterguy
Knicks Guru
bobs3304 said:Oakley was an amazing rebounder even in his first year at Chicago. JYD, with 30 minutes a game, will only get you 8-9 boards tops. Oak could get you anywhere from 10-15.
And Oak was a man's man. He wouldn't s**t from anyone, and could step it up when the team needed him most. He would do anything and everything to win. JYD is selfless and plays hard, but he is no Oak, plain and simple.
The sad thing is that even if we trade Marbury, we still should and probably need to trade Sweetney, despite the fact that it is really Taylor or JYD that should be the next in line...
I agree that Oak was one of a kind but he averaged about 10 a night and that was a full game. He had years where he averaged 13 or 14 a game but he generally was around 10. If Mason was on the floor at the same time, he averaged, at times, a little less and Mason was up there around 8 a game. I know that JYD can match that rebounding, and maybe more since the NBA is weak compared to when Oak was playing, especially earlier in his career.
But I didn't want to get on an Oakley debate I just reacted to a little dejavu when I read that depiction of JYDs game. But, non-the -less, JYD is very much like the Oakleys and Masons, they have a very specific type of game and usually offense is way on the back burner and is somewhat developed over time.