Howard On The Blazers' Guard Depth: "It's A Smorgasbord"

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  1. donkiez

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    I gotta agree with Mixum on this one, at leat for the most part. Webster should and probably will start. He was poised for a breakout season last year before his injury and I see him doing well this year. Batum is great in his own right but there was a reason he only averaged like 20minutes even though he started, he is not complete yet. I do think that in the next two years Batum developes as a scoring threat but he will never be the scorer Wester is/will be, and Webster will never be the defender Batum is. They are 1a and 1b at SF and both have almost completly opposite strenghts and weaknesses, poor Trout.
     
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    I wouldn't feel too bad for Travis. Some team will probably overpay him next summer when LeBron, Wade, and Bosh all stay in their respective cities.
     
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    Average for what?

    There simply haven't been that many players in NBA history that have played as many games as he has by the time he was 21... three full seasons under his belt.

    He hasn't been even average in terms of PER, but he also was much younger than most of his opponents for his career to date.

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    Just pointing out that Webster is all potential as well. I am not saying he can't be a great player......Just that he hasn't been anything but average thus far.
     
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    Exactly. People say he was poised for a breakout season like it's a fact. Give me a break. Sure, I really liked what I saw in that preseason game, but I feel like people are accepting it as fact that he would have broken out had it not been for that injury. I think he has a future on this team, I like him and I am optimistic about his play this upcoming season... I just don't understand half the board gushing over him and saying he should start and is a better overall player than Batum, because they believe their eyes (basically seeing that he has a nice stroke and an NBA body). I was a huge believer in Webster's potential 2-3 years ago. Thank god we have some real all-star talent on the team by now.
     
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    The pre-season game was after he signed his extension(a bargain).
     
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