They have him ranked ahead of Anthony and Paul. I can't think of the 6 off the top of my head...James, Bryant, Billups, Wade, Pierce, & Ray Allen?
When Roy entered the league he was already a mature player that was very sure of himself. Kobe on the other hand was an immature teen that wanted to be the best right away, thats why im not surprised Roy is getting all the praise he is right now. However, Roy has a smaller window for proving himself in the form of winning stuff (championships, mvps, etc) coz he entered the league when he was 22 (Kobe has 5 yrs over him LOL). Personally i think Roy is lightyears away from what Kobe has accomplished, but he could maybe pull of a "wade" type career and win one early in his career (i hope he does, im a fan of his game).
I like how that writer thinks we don't have anyone else we could go to at the end of the game. I look forward to teams ignoring LaMarcus, Greg and Andre to focus on Brandon.
I wouldn't put him there but thats my opinion just as this list is someone else's. I'd certainly put BG and the 6 that you listed ahead of Derrick Rose. Maybe they've got an oversight going on like that one link from earlier this summer that left Brandon out of the top 10 current SGs? STOMP
I agree, I didn't quite understand this.... Doesn't make sense at all. Aldridge is a phenominal basketball player and is a very good second option. He really is probably a 20 and 9 player. If Oden shows what he has so far this year, he is another HUGE option. Miller is a pretty damn good scorer as well as playmaker. Yet they mention Travis Outlaw? I suppose Outlaw is definitely #2 on our team in clutch shots, which he deserves huge props for. But as a go-to-guy, I think we have 4, honestly. To say Roy is the only one RESEMBLING a go-to guy on our team is silly, IMO. But I suppose i'm just being picky here. It was a nice article that gave Roy huge props. Thanks for the link.
Amazing innit. Didn't Lebronze just hit his first game winner last year? Roy had like 18* his rookie year. *slight exaggeration
I guess substitute him for Ray Allen or Pierce. Honestly, I don't think Pierce or Allen should be up there anymore, but I couldn't think of anybody else. Parker SHOULD be up there.
This has nothing to do with positions, just the "best go-to players." The list is strange anyways. I never thought of Bosh or Diaw as go-to players. 8. Carmelo Anthony 9. Chris Paul 10. Deron Williams 11. Vince Carter 12. Joe Johnson 13. Danny Granger 14. Steve Nash 15. Kevin Durant 16. Gilbert Arenas 17. Derrick Rose 18. Chris Bosh 19. Andre Iguodala 20. Tracy McGrady 21. Baron Davis 22. Michael Redd 23. Devin Harris 24. Kevin Martin 25. Al Jefferson 26. O.J. Mayo 27. Stephen Jackson 28. Nate Robinson 29. Boris Diaw 30. Rip Hamilton
I think the article was heavily dependent on "clutch-time" stats, where LMA scores less than the following (per 48 clutch minutes): Brad Miller Nocioni Andray Blatche Mbah a Moute Derek Fisher Mark Gasol Anthony (no, not Mr. Longoria) Parker and, horror of horrors, Bargnani. He also shot 29% on his 19FGA/48. Outlaw, for comparison, shot 40% on his 23FGA/48. Roy was 47% on his 28FGA/48. I think that qualifies LMA as "not a stellar second option" for the purposes of this article.
Good call Brian. Of course LaMarcus is way down that list...we give Roy the ball every single time in 'clutch time.' I think that may change a bit this year. Roy, LaMarcus, Oden, Miller and Rudy. Guard that!
