Those three are ball dominators, not ball stoppers. Those three could pass as well as any SGs in the game. When the ball went to Melo, the other four players looked to rebound or leak out on defense, because it was unlikely they were getting the ball back.
The Knicks are not an intimidating team, even with Carmelo. Their defense from their frontcourt is butter soft. No shotblocking presence at all. Cole Aldrich looks a lot like Przybilla, ....the Bucks version. Wow he's bad.
Kevin Love set some sort of record for double-doubles during the past week. his teami is 13-46 after tonight. I doubt they'd have 11 wins without Love dominating games.
Przy wasn't a stiff at Minnesota, either. He averaged 14.8 points his sophomore year before going into the draft. Aldrich's high in three years at Kansas was 14.9.
I need to point how fantastic it is that the Knicks lost to the Cavs tonight, and also who Anthony, Stoudemire, and Billups all took turns hogging the ball while never playing defense.
Przybilla got away with being a legit 7 footer in college ball and those Minnesota teams never made the tournament. He didn't have near the offensive arsenal that Aldrich had at the college level. Joel has always been a better defender.
Aldrich played on much better teams than Przy. Aldrich looks like Przy these days, but with worse defense.
I always thought of Aldrich as Pryz with offense. I had high sights for the guy in college and still think he can have the defensive game Pryz had and still be able to post double figures in scoring every game.
....and the Jazz spiral continues. 2 months ago who knew this is how the Northwest division would unravel.
Just saw on the ticker that Perkins suffered a MCL sprain. Out 2-3 weeks. I don't root for injuries, but is this the first injury OKC has ever had?
