What JP are you talking about? I don't think Pendergraph or Przybilla is a shooting guard in a point guard's body. barfo
I assume he made a mistake and was thinking "JB." I don't think, though, that Collison is significantly better than Bayless. More of a traditional point guard, yes.
If you don't think Collison is an upgrade at PG over Jbay why are we even looking to trade? We should just be targeting big men and feel our 1 thru 3 is set. I love J-Bay and IF he improves his 3pt% to 40%+ I think he's fine as Roy's back court mate. I would still prefer Collison. Heck maybe NOH agrees with you and we can swap Bayless for Collison straight across. CP3 Bayless back court is electric to be sure. Roy Collison back court is ice cold killer land.
I don't know, the numbers he put up this season were well beyond anything that JB has done. Guy had a triple-double as a rookie. I don't think I ever saw him play though. barfo
Collison averaged 19/9 as a starter while being very efficient, especially for a PG. Bayless can only dream of that right now. Bayless has nice potential, but Collison is certainly much better than Bayless right now.
I wish I'd watched him a little more too. I think he's like the Hornet's version of Batum--this young guy who has put up some really great numbers upon occasion, but his season averages are low because of circumstance. I like Bayless, but I find Darren Collison vastly more intriguing.
He certainly put up much larger counting stats, but he also played much more due to injury. He's one year older and was only 2 PER ahead of Bayless. Maybe I should rephrase...I don't think Collison is a significantly better talent, and only a slightly better player. Bayless made a huge jump in PER from rookie season to his second season, so by the time he plays next year (at the same age Collison played last season), I think a 2 PER gain is extremely likely.
