Right "Laugh all you want but when I think of Pippen's early style of play and his awareness of the total game, only Viktor comes to mind. This trade could end up a worse, but more predictable, one than Bowie/Jordan." Yeah, and the Blazers are really regretting that Tyrus Thomas/Viktor Khryapa for LaMarcus Aldridge trade, aren't they. Nailed that one, didn't you? BNM
HAHA! Everytime I think Maris can't get more offbase and ridiculous, he goes and totally outdoes himself!
Khryapa belongs in the NBA. If he were still in the league you wouldn't make fun of him so much. For us he was a coachable all-around PF/SF who carried himself competently for a rookie. He then got a bad deal in Chicago--deserved some minutes and got none. If he'd gotten several years of patient coaching like Przybilla has, he'd be a tough smart substitute PF by now. Former Blazers are easy to make fun of--Udoka, Dixon, Telfair. But they're good players. Now Monia and Ha, they weren't good even then. That's why they got few minutes as Blazers.
You're defending the wrong guy. No one here is making fun of Viktor. We're making fun of you, errrr.... I mean Maris, for comparing him favorably to a young Scottie Pippen. BNM
I think Vik should still be in the NBA as well. I think he was a pretty solid bench player. It's too bad he didn't stick somewhere.
Yeah, he always struck me as a slightly bigger version of Udoka. Certainly serviceable. I guess the problem is that you want the younger players to have higher upside than that. If you want a Udoka-like role player, you go and get yourself a 30 year old who has been in the trenches.
