Batum, take notes: LINK I hope one day that Nicolas Batum could become a Shane Battier. He certainly has a very similar skill set. With all the talk about Amare/Jefferson/Carter, do you think KP has inquired about Battier?
Haters. The guy does so much more than what shows up on a stat sheet. Defense and intangibles. I can only hope Batum can develop to be as good as Battier.
He may suck, but I'd take him in exchange for any of our 3s!!! (I'd rather have Rudy Gay than him, though.)
Call me a hater if you want. I have watched when it comes to playoff time, and when push comes to shove, teams make him a shooter every year, and it works, Houston loses.
6 points (38% FGs, 36% 3-pt FGs), 5 rebounds, 2 assists and makes $7 million for another 2 seasons? Oh wait there's all the "intangibles" right? If by intangibles people mean "chronic ankle problems" I agree.
That picture WTF? That's how good Kobe is. You think he's shooting, but sneaky, sneaky, he dribbles and drives.
Really nice article. Thanks for posting it. Imagine if you put a giant stack of statistics about Kobe in front of Outlaw..... Battier is a pretty good player. The guy has a career +/- of 6+, and he seems to be in there year in and year out. He and Bruce Bowen are quintessential examples of guys with limited talent made up for with tenacity and a true thinking-man's game.
Read this paragraph and then think back to how many times LeBron and Kobe have destroyed this team: I'd gladly have a small forward putting up Battier's stats if we could just contain those guys.
