Victor Claver

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  1. BBert

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    I think the assumption that Claver is better than Babbitt is a bit premature. Babbitt shoots threes like free throws. He is more athletic than he looks. He can put the ball on the floor and muscle up shots in traffic. He can hit the floater and the bank while moving across the lane. He has good court awareness. He is a good rebounder. He plays hard. I don't have a clue about Claver. I'll wait and see.
     
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    Plus Claver is most likely a whiny Euro, that always has to be taken into account for European players. That goes double for Spaniards.
     
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    If he's just a taller Rudy I may shit myself
     
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    Another difference is that one's a blond and the other's from Spain, so it's an Aryan vs a Mexican.
     
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    You're the guy who's been sending tweets to Batum and his girlfriend, aren't you?

    "Just" a taller Rudy? We should be so lucky! He hasn't got half Rudy's talents. But then, that's true of a lot of NBA players.
     
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    Impying a guy is racist and sexist for no reason? Nice, man.

    Rudy sucked. A taller Rudy would suck.
     
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    His skillset is similar to Rudy but I hope he isn't mentally weak like Judy showed in the NBA.
     
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    Victor doesn't seem to be very impressive, he's more like a body to fill up a roster spot. If he's mostly a tall shooter, why do we need him when we've got Luke Babbit?

    Rudy was one of the worst players in NBA. I can't believe he got so much playing time. The dude couldn't even shoot 33% from 3pt range and that is literally all he knew how to do. Portland has had some god awful shooting over the last few years from the guard position....then Failton and Crawful come along....
     
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    Victor can put the ball on the floor and pass, I think that's what separates the two. Babbitt is pretty one-dimensional right now.
     
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    Victor has a little bit of a post game too.
     
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    I'm the best of both worlds...... I'm Mexican AND Aryan!
     
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    Can't put the ball on the floor? Can't pass?

    [video=youtube;uBVNNEH_N7o]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=uBVNNEH_N7o[/video]
     
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    You should change your handle to:

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    I don't know how it's possible for me to be saying this but Babbitt is underrated by a lot of people. He's an elite shooter and he's pretty athletic too.
     
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    It's because i was speaking ill of his precious Euro players.
     
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    Failing to get the analogy makes you racist and sexist too.

    Sigh. Whatever. Let's purge our roster of floppy-wristed metrosexual non-Americans, call the team the Portland FreedomBlazers.
     
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    Huh? Exactly what was the mental weakness? What the NBA showed was that Rudy didn't have a very good handle (unlike Sergio and Rubio) but that he was an exciting hustle player who got timely steals and hit key threes. But that he wasn't suited to a slow-down game. He also showed that being knocked out of midair by Trevor Ariza can lead to back surgery.
     
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    What would be unbelievable would be if you said he was overrated.
     
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