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Check out this article about the lack of bigs in the league:
If I were a GM I would see this as an opportunity. The search should be on to find lightning in a bottle.
I looked at our roster and I realized we have 6 GUARDS! Plus three more SF's!
Billups, TD, Shump, Fields, Walker, Rautins -plus- Melo, Balkman and Brown
I believe Walker has to be resigned, and they are thinking about Shawn Williams...
So that's 10 f*cking shooters/guards/wing players! TEN!
Add Stat, Jorts, and Turiaf as our bigs possibly with Jordan and (gulp) Jeffries if he's resigned. Garbage!
And we are also considering Anthony Carter... for what I have no clue.
Is this MOA conditioning?
Is this our front office doing what they must, adhering to the "new" NBA direction?
Whatever this is I would suggest taking a little away from the wing positions and adding quality depth and size.
But is it available? Will Turiaf heal well, Jordan materialize, Stat play better D? Can Jort hold his own?
Or will Shawn Williams be our back up 4 while we ponder a cheap contract for Jared Jeffries?
On a side note: Its really not hard to acquire Bigs... on NBA2K that is! I easily get a R. Lopez, J. McGee (a bit more expensive), and even signed Dalembert for 3 years at $2mil and change per.
If only life where so easy. There were times when I've acquired Tyson Chandler (kinda sucks), Roy Hibbert (not bad at all) and even seasons where I got D12 and another with CP3.
I know this is fantasy but IF this game (almost) resembles life, I can say a PG really didn't need to be great. CP3, Billups, Nash, even Shump put up basically the same numbers given this system (mostly assists). They all hit clutch three pointers.
Obviously some things are not accurate (extra picks that the Knicks didn't have, willingness to trade picks and move up based on record) but all in all the defense definitly improved with a legit (semi-legit) big.
Scoure the earth. If you can't get a defensive coach, get one to teach and develop bigs. They are becoming more and more of a valuable commodity- he who owns them wins.
My list if possible:
D12
Bynum (if healthy)
Mcgee
Hibbert
Chandler
Gasol
If not then the tier B guys- Lopez, Dalembert, Przy, etc...
Not really into the 6'10 guys, to me that's a waste unless he's dynamic- I like size (6'11 or >) no homo.
*note, I'm aware NBA2K is a game.
With Shaquille O'Neal & Yao Ming retired, center position is weaker with no stars poised to step up
In the span of only six weeks, the NBA lost two towering figures when Shaquille O'Neal and Yao Ming announced their retirements.
We know what you're thinking: They had so little impact in recent seasons, how could you tell that they weren't already well into their post-NBA careers?
But they're huge losses, and not just in the literal sense, with their jaw-dropping physical stature. As they each hobbled along toward the end of their respective careers, the center position was in critical condition.
Now, it's in even worse shape.
Shaq hardly got on the court for the Celtics when they lost to the Heat in the conference semifinals. After an injury-marred regular-season in which he played only 37 games, he appeared for all of 12 minutes in two playoff games, making the Celtics' midseason trade of Kendrick Perkins look rather stupid. Down in Houston, Yao played only five games in the last two seasons because of foot and ankle injuries.
Shaq went out to much greater fanfare. Regardless that he won only one regular-season MVP award - a crime, if there ever was one - he left as one of the greatest big men in the history of the sport. At least he got to put in a full career lasting 19 seasons. But you really have to feel for Yao, who was forced to bow out when he was still only 30.
"O'Neal didn't get cheated out of anything with the career he had, but there's much more a feeling of loss with Yao because he wasn't able to fulfill all he was capable of," said Jeff Van Gundy, who coached Yao for four seasons, this past week. "I feel bad for him in that way, but not sad for him. Because it's not like, without the NBA, he'll be lost. He has a lot to offer, no matter what he does."
Shaq stopped the Finals in its tracks when he Tweeted his retirement, even when his best days were long behind him, which speaks volumes about his lasting impact on the sport. But Yao's announcement didn't move the needle on the interest meter nearly as much, except back home in China, where he is regarded as a basketball pioneer. He was the first Chinese player to make it big in the NBA, as was noted by Kobe Bryant, who was touring in Shanghai the day that Yao broke the news in a statement carried by Chinese TV.
"In terms of opening up doors for Chinese basketball players to come to the NBA, or for the youth here in China to believe that it's possible to achieve the dream of being an NBA player, all that started from Yao," Bryant said.
After the Rockets, the biggest loser here is the NBA. With his array of low-post moves, Yao was named to the All-NBA team five times from 2004-09. Except for Dwight Howard, who doesn't compare to Yao as a post player, there isn't another dominant center.
If I were a GM I would see this as an opportunity. The search should be on to find lightning in a bottle.
I looked at our roster and I realized we have 6 GUARDS! Plus three more SF's!
Billups, TD, Shump, Fields, Walker, Rautins -plus- Melo, Balkman and Brown
I believe Walker has to be resigned, and they are thinking about Shawn Williams...
So that's 10 f*cking shooters/guards/wing players! TEN!
Add Stat, Jorts, and Turiaf as our bigs possibly with Jordan and (gulp) Jeffries if he's resigned. Garbage!
And we are also considering Anthony Carter... for what I have no clue.
Is this MOA conditioning?
Is this our front office doing what they must, adhering to the "new" NBA direction?
Whatever this is I would suggest taking a little away from the wing positions and adding quality depth and size.
But is it available? Will Turiaf heal well, Jordan materialize, Stat play better D? Can Jort hold his own?
Or will Shawn Williams be our back up 4 while we ponder a cheap contract for Jared Jeffries?
On a side note: Its really not hard to acquire Bigs... on NBA2K that is! I easily get a R. Lopez, J. McGee (a bit more expensive), and even signed Dalembert for 3 years at $2mil and change per.
If only life where so easy. There were times when I've acquired Tyson Chandler (kinda sucks), Roy Hibbert (not bad at all) and even seasons where I got D12 and another with CP3.
I know this is fantasy but IF this game (almost) resembles life, I can say a PG really didn't need to be great. CP3, Billups, Nash, even Shump put up basically the same numbers given this system (mostly assists). They all hit clutch three pointers.
Obviously some things are not accurate (extra picks that the Knicks didn't have, willingness to trade picks and move up based on record) but all in all the defense definitly improved with a legit (semi-legit) big.
Scoure the earth. If you can't get a defensive coach, get one to teach and develop bigs. They are becoming more and more of a valuable commodity- he who owns them wins.
My list if possible:
D12
Bynum (if healthy)
Mcgee
Hibbert
Chandler
Gasol
If not then the tier B guys- Lopez, Dalembert, Przy, etc...
Not really into the 6'10 guys, to me that's a waste unless he's dynamic- I like size (6'11 or >) no homo.
*note, I'm aware NBA2K is a game.
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