KP uses the media to his advantage, and I think has admitted to using it to putting smokescreens out there. I think there's a trade brewing, but one we haven't even considered yet.
i seriously doubt KP was sitting there on draft day silently expecting roy to become a superstar and ammo a bust. he is a good judge of talent no doubt, but there's also some luck involved in how choices turn out.
reports were that Portland had Adam rated way below that. I'm sure someone can recall the details exactly, but one of the main rating systems they consider had him as a mid-2nd rounder... I think it was developed by the MIT guy who wrote Bringing Down the House STOMP
is there a none of the above option? With their abysmal track records, why should anyone believe any rumor from either source? STOMP
Maybe Ben Mizrich had a hand in it, but Jeff Ma is the guy KP uses for that work. On a tangent, KP said he had the first 15 picks right on, and was pretty sure of them 24 hours before the draft. He could be lying of course (didn't seem that way), but imo he got Bayless because that's when he'd have to pay the least to get him. I don't think Jordan in CHA faked KP out, or anything.
Playing 30 minutes a game. Would he play that for us? Not even close. His numbers are inflated under D'Antoni's offense, everyones numbers get inflated with D'Antoni. He might play 15 minutes a game for us, so what is that 5 and 4? What is Channing Frye averaging in 12 minutes a game for us? 4 and 2. I wouldn't give up anything of substance for David Lee and his 15 minutes a game and expiring contract. Sean Williams played amazingly in the rookie/soph game last year, is he a good player? Ask the Nets fans, I don't think he has done much of anything this year and they are pretty depressed about it. David Lee IS better than channing frye, but that doesn't mean much when he would get 15 minutes a game for us.
correction... the rating system I referred to was developed by the MIT guy who lived the Bringing Down the House story... Jeff Ma. STOMP
How are some people not getting this?!? His numbers are not inflated under D'Antoni if he was showing the same production before he started coaching there. Sure number's are going to change with the number of minutes played, but to say he's only putting up good numbers because of the current system is false. He was getting 30 minutes and putting up the same numbers, so that proves it's not the Coach or his system...Lee is a legit double/double guy..not a great player or anything, but given the opportunity he can put up the same numbers on many teams, not just under D'Antoni So they way you can correct you statment is: Lee is getting his number due to the minutes he's playing. Which says something about his ability, not the system.
