Why Batum is worth $45 Million

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  1. THE HCP

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    I wasn't saying anybody on here was hating..... just saying when you toss out stuff like this, his naysayers will..... start saying nay.
     
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    I would love a Ruben Patterson with a team mentality plus 3 point shooting minus rape.
     
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    You know, I am a huge fan of that strategy. I always thought we should have sent a scrub in to punch Kobe in the balls during the WCF. Just pay the fines under the table and pat the guy on the back for a job well done.
     
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    Batum's defense is extremely overrated.
     
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    FIFY :grin:
     
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    I think someone like Gerald Wallace does a much better job on Durant than Batum does. Batum's defense is more about bothering someone with his length, and with Durant being about 6'10", Batum's length isn't as effective against him as it would be against smaller players. Being longer than just about anyone he faces, muscling Durant seems like a more effective defense against him.
     
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    Id take a dialed in Lebron defensively over anyone else to stop Durant.
     
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    So we got Lebron, Iggy, and G.Wallace as better KD stoppers, errr slowers. And what do ya know, their all on the east coast.
     
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    Nic playing solid right now against Ginobli.
     
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    Leonard looked decent against Durant.
     
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    Leonard? Leonard who?
     
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    Kawhi?
     
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    Batum is overrated as a defender. Durant has lit him a few times.
     
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    Batum with 21 and 6 with 3 blocks and 2 steals in France's win over Lithuania today. I think he's underpaid.
     
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    Kind of OT here, but I just happened to watch this short Pippen video. His body looks exactly like Batum's, but the grace and aggression is just on a completely different level.

    [video=youtube;-D9Zf6uMdDk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D9Zf6uMdDk&feature=player_embedded#![/video]

    Of course, he doesn't have to be "Scottie Pippen Good" to be worth $45m.
     
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