I think Wilt would've scored 200 against the Raptors' "defense". What it takes to score a shitload of points is total solipsism and a coach who's willing/weak enough to let you take more shots than all your teammates combined. Remember when David Robinson needed to score a bunch to win scoring leader? He scored OVER 70 against the Clippers. (This was one case where it was the TEAMMATES feeding him the ball. Robinson, being a decent person, was almost embarrassed. But he wasn't the greatest scorer - he was fast but didn't have any real go-to post move - and yet he put up almost as much as the mighty Kobe. Just because his team decided he should.)
Really? Yikes! Remember when LaMarcus was accused of being overpaid? I guess the Pacers crapped out on Nene, then. Supposedly they're going to sign-and-trade McRoberts to Memphis for OJ Mayo. (Which means that the Grizzlies turned Kevin Love into Josh McRoberts. I guess they're both tall white guys.)
Collison-Mayo-Granger-West-Hibbert with Ford, Dahntay Jones, George, Hansborough, Pendy, Foster and Stephenson off the bench. That is one sick roster. Could get HCA in the east if healthy.
Maybe because of: If Gasol goes to Houston, I take back my declaration that MEM was clearly better than us.
well, going on his track record, they'll flame out in 2 years. btw, when did director of player personal get credit for shit?
McRoberts seems to have developed into the player I'd hoped he'd be when the Blazers drafted him. Last year, he put up a PER = 16.0 playing 22 MPG on a play-off team. He's always been a good passing big man (career AST% = 13.9, last season = 15.0) and he posted excellent ORtg = 116 and DRtg = 104 numbers with 0.147 WS/48 and 4.9 Total WS. Those are all excellent numbers for a back-up big man. He also was 28th in the league in total dunks (74, right behind Andrew Bynum at 77) and had more dunks/48 than LaMarcus Aldridge, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and most other people not named Blake Griffin. So much for the white men can't jump theory. But, now that he's decent, the Blazers probably can't afford him. BNM
McBob played well last year. The problem was that he is not a clear starter and Hansbo is not either. West gives my other team that and now there are not many minutes left for him to play. Mayo for McBob makes alot of sense.
Chris Wallace working his magic. Just when Memphis stumbled onto a team that was full with young talent and made some noise in the play-offs, he's going to give away both OJ Mayo and Marc Gasol? Why the fuck is Memphis having a fire sale? Shouldn't they just let it bake? BNM
I can't think of a better thing to post for my 10,000th than this gem: Sam Amico @SamAmicoFSO David West a true throwback. Takes more money to play for Pacers instead of less to team up w/friends and "try to win title." Good for him.
For Indy, yes. But, why is Memphis trading for McRoberts when they already have a very similar player coming off the bench in Darrell Arthur? With ZBo starting an getting most of the minutes at the 4, adding McRoberts seems to create a similar situation in Memphos to what Indy is trying to avoid - two guys of more, or less, equal talent splitting limited back-up minutes at the same position. You could argue that McRoberts is marginally better, in some ways, that Arthur, but is he enough of an upgrade to give up your leading scorer off the bench? The deal make perfect sense for Indy. Not so much for Memphis - until you remember who their GM is. BNM
And then promptly blows it up. Even a blind squirrel occasionally finds an acorn. Only a stupid squirrel throws it back. BNM
I think it has more to do with his salary and Wallace liking the defense of Vasquez, energy of Allen, and knowing there are only so many basketballs to shoot. Wallace seems to really like McBob over Arthur though. Agree that it is a slight upgrade if anything. Indy will probably have to give up a #1 as well since that was the trade agreed to at the deadline. Really do not know why Indy wants to revisit this with picking up George Hill and wanting to give minutes to Lance Stephenson.
