I personally want Sean to emulate Marcus Camby. They're similar players (above average defensively, decent offensively, can finish around the basket). If he puts up Camby stats when he was in his prime eventually, I'd love life and this Sean was a complete steal. As long as he doesn't sneeze to hard and sit out a month like Camby did for a few years then I'm fine. That and Sean needs to play with attitude. He looks like he never really cares. I need to see an angry streak go through this kid sometimes. If he learns that, he can be pretty intimidating.
So you want Sean to be nothing more than a weakside shot blocker that doesn't rotate, a player that pushes teammates out of the way to grab rebounds, a player that bitches and moans if he doesn't get enough shot attempts and a player that is almost worthless on back to back games?
I don't see Sean ever becoming a strong 1-on-1 defender, and he really is already a solid weakside shot blocker. His defense is very similar to Marcus's now. He's never gonna be like Tyson and he doesn't show enough killer instinct to be Dennis Rodman. You know how difficult it is to team defense the way those 2 play, especially when you got a guy who's motivation is already being questioned at times? Other than the attitude problems Marcus had WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER, yes I want him to be exactly like Marcus Camby. Honestly, Nene was the ONLY one who ever complained about his rebounding...and come on you're calling him out for NENE HILARIO complaining? That overpaid hunk of junk. You're cutting down a guy who is consistently one of the top defenders in the league for a situation that occurred only a few times and was like 3 years ago. If Sean can at some point in his career average 10-15ppg, 7-12rebs a game, 2-3 blocks a game, and can be one of the above average defensive big man in the league, that is translated into someone similar to Marcus Camby, therefore I'd be absolutely stoked. Again, I'm talking STATS WISE and his defensive presence. You're brining up attitude issues which honestly have NO BEARING in this discussion.
No, Melo also complains about. Quit regularly too since almost every game he was pushed out of the way by Camby. If you listened to the Altitude feed, you could hear Melo bitch at him. Camby is not a top defender. Watched him play and other blocks he contributes noting else on defense. His DPOY award was a true joke. Nope, it happens consistently. No, I'm bringing up the fact that Camby really isn't a good defender.
Ok so you're saying that a panel of over 100 people all decided to give an award to a guy who doesn't play defense whatsoever and you're the only guy who Marcus Camby fooled? Just making sure I got that straight. It's also kind of amusing that as much as Carmelo apparently dislikes him, he also mentioned how disappointed he was in that they let the Defensive Player of the Year go for basically nothing. So as much as he apparently dislikes him and his style, he still didn't want him gone. I wonder why that is? Maybe because, even if you believe Camby doesn't play defense, Melo also knows, nobody else does which will come to focus this season. So is this like Kobe and Shaq then, at least according to your take? Melo can't get along with Camby yet he's already realized he needs him or a guy like him to succeed in this league?
Yes, they gave it a guy with an unearned defensive reputation who puts up pretty stats. The award is meaningless No, the vast majority of informed Nuggets fans are well aware of what Camby is, which is a vastly overrated defender who only blocks shots Where did I say Melo dislikes him? I said he bitches at Marcus for pushing him out of the way on rebound attempts. Where did I say anything about Melo wanting him gone? Melo has had him as a teammate for his entire career. Besides that, like most active players, Melo would be a horrible GM at the moment as they look at the little picture instead of the big picture. Quite the contrary, Melo knows that both Kenyon and Nene are better defenders and that he himself needs to play more defense. Your reading comprehension needs a lot of work. Nothing in my words comes close to the what you have said.
Since everyone goes and compares Yi's stats to Dirk's stats... Sean: 5.6 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 1.5 bpg, 54% fg, 17:30 mpg Tyson: 6.1 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 1.3 bpg, 50% fg, 19:36 mpg Not bad
Camby as DPOY was a joke. I don't think the whole pushing for rebounds issue is as big as cpaw thinks, but Camby is a bad post defender, too stupid to play team defense well and generally makes bonehead plays. He chases weak side blocks just like Sean does right now, which means he leaves his feet often, leaves his man open and instead of rotating gambles on getting blocks. Chances are, for every block Camby has he also has 3 plays in which the defense broke down because of him. As for Melo saying he's sad to see Camby go, what do you expect him to say? "I'm glad he's gone. I hated him"? It's business. Even if you dislike someone you have to be able to work with them and be professional.
That's what i'm sayin'! Nice work pegs. I'm not saying Sean is the next Tyson because he simply doesn't have the height but if he follows the same path Chandler has where he continually works on his strengths and his weaknesses he could be a nice force for us around the basket on both ends.
