<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (yankshater213 @ May 6 2007, 08:19 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I love Ricky Davis. Even though he was a dipshit to us and disrespected us after he hit that shot in Minnesota, I still love the guy.</div> Here's the thing, Ricky didn't personally disrespect us. He hit the game winner and he held his hand in the air. If he hit that shot against the Bucks, the Lakers, the Spurs, the Bobcats, etc. he still would have done it. People are making it out like Ricky thought to himself "Haha watch this, I'm gonna make the Celtics mad by holding my hand up!" No, if it was any other team that night he would have done the same thing. Blount's skipping is another story though.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CelticBalla32 @ May 6 2007, 12:21 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>:HAHAHA: at 29/5/3, you need help,</div>Why do I need help? That's what people said about Kobe, T-Mac, J' Oneil, look at em now just because I don't think Gerald will turn into a pompous insult of Ricky Davis, I need help. You need to stop being realistic and be optimistic about this kid. When it's all said and done remember my username. When Gerald is scoring 29 a game remember High54Life. :winkglasses:
Lol...nobody thought they were gonna average those stats when they were in their first two years.You spelled O'Neal wrong so you really don't know much about them I can tell already..didn't you say that you started following basketball in like 2003? You don't know crapJermaine O'Neal was terrible in his first couple years with the Jailblazers..nobody expected him to turn out to be good..he still hasn't lived up to his potential offensively IMOListen Gerald Green is not Kobe Bryant..he's not Tracy McGrady and he's not going to be a superstar as much as you would like to think that..he's not gonna average 29 PPG GET OFF HIS DICK!He's gonna be a "star" at best..only if he really commits himself and works on his confidence and defense.You can't be a star when you look like you're running around like a no-headed chicken out thereHe needs to work on a lot of things and you need to rrealize that he isn't gonna be a supertsar.He has a bad basketball IQ and doesn't understand the game YET but I'm hoping he can continue to improve and be one of the glue players on this team in a few years..just get off him man and stop acting like he's gonna be the next Kobe, Lebron, TMac...jesus christ
Kobe and Tmac....and LeBron especially showed at young ages good passing abilities...GG doesn't have those.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (austingriz @ May 6 2007, 10:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Kobe and Tmac....and LeBron especially showed at young ages good passing abilities...GG doesn't have those.</div> No, the difference is that they could all handle the ball well. Gerald Green's ballhandling skills are well below average and he loses the ball quite a bit. Hell, sometimes he even falls down without even being touched.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>I don't think Gerald will turn into a pompous insult of Ricky Davis, I need help. You need to stop being realistic and be optimistic about this kid.</div>Ricky may be immature but he's a great energy player and can light it up every now and then. His attitude is definately in question sometimes, I don't know if I'd call it pompus....probably arrogant and immature, but he does have an attitude problem. He's going to be one of those good talents that is always on a mediocre basketball team. You also told CelticBalla to stop being realistic. I don't know why he should do that, he consistently has dead on analysis of the Celtics roster right now. You really love Gerald, I respect that, and I respect your opinions but even you have to admit HighLife you go way overboard with some of these. He will have 29/5/3 at his career best, full potential, if everything goes right for him. I doubt that will be in Boston with the talent that is alligning up here and if we get a Durant/Oden along with AL J and Paul Pierce. The only way I would ever see Gerald averaging those numbers is in about 3 years on the Atlanta Hawks.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (playaofthegame @ May 6 2007, 08:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Lol...nobody thought they were gonna average those stats when they were in their first two years.You spelled O'Neal wrong so you really don't know much about them I can tell already..didn't you say that you started following basketball in like 2003? You don't know crapJermaine O'Neal was terrible in his first couple years with the Jailblazers..nobody expected him to turn out to be good..he still hasn't lived up to his potential offensively IMOListen Gerald Green is not Kobe Bryant..he's not Tracy McGrady and he's not going to be a superstar as much as you would like to think that..he's not gonna average 29 PPG GET OFF HIS DICK!He's gonna be a "star" at best..only if he really commits himself and works on his confidence and defense.You can't be a star when you look like you're running around like a no-headed chicken out thereHe needs to work on a lot of things and you need to rrealize that he isn't gonna be a supertsar.He has a bad basketball IQ and doesn't understand the game YET but I'm hoping he can continue to improve and be one of the glue players on this team in a few years..just get off him man and stop acting like he's gonna be the next Kobe, Lebron, TMac...jesus christ</div> :cry2: Are you done crying you You a Gerald Green hater, you don't listen to peoples opinions and you definitely hate Gerald Green. You probably one of them bitches that doubted Al and Tony when they got no burn. That's why some of you Celtic fans are hypocrites.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CelticBalla32 @ May 6 2007, 10:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>No, the difference is that they could all handle the ball well. Gerald Green's ballhandling skills are well below average and he loses the ball quite a bit. Hell, sometimes he even falls down without even being touched.</div>Hell, sometimes Rondo misses lay-ups and airballs.Hell, sometimes Al gets dunked on.Hell, sometimes Pierce gets blown by on defense and chokes the game. Hell, sometimes people are not robots.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CelticBalla32 @ May 6 2007, 09:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>No, the difference is that they could all handle the ball well. Gerald Green's ballhandling skills are well below average and he loses the ball quite a bit. Hell, sometimes he even falls down without even being touched.</div>which doesn't make him a standout passer, which is what im saying.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (austingriz @ May 7 2007, 04:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>which doesn't make him a standout passer, which is what im saying.</div> No, handling the ball and passing the ball are two totally different things. I don't care how good Gerald Green's court vision is, that's not his game. He is a born scorer. In order to be a top notch offensive player in this league, he has to have respectable ball handling skills to create his own shot and take people off the dribble. <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (High54Life @ May 7 2007, 04:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Hell, sometimes Pierce gets blown by on defense and chokes the game.</div> Saying Paul Pierce chokes is funny as hell. He's one of the best clutch performers in the NBA, period.
If you cant handle the ball well, your not a good passer(unless your passing from the post). Thats what im saying, ive never noticed underdeveloped ballhandling skills by GG5, but I havent noticed any above average passing either. But you watch them probably 8 times more than me...
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (austingriz @ May 8 2007, 03:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>If you cant handle the ball well, your not a good passer(unless your passing from the post). Thats what im saying, ive never noticed underdeveloped ballhandling skills by GG5, but I havent noticed any above average passing either. But you watch them probably 8 times more than me...</div> I'm not saying you are wrong about his playmaking ability. He is not a good passer, but like I said - that's not his job at all.
Paul is indeed one of the most clutch players in the league and because he quite often takes the big/important shot, he will miss those shots too. Every clutch player has missed big shots in their career, even Larry. Thing is, the do come through more than other players and deliver when it wouldn't normally be possible.So yeah Paul misses some game winners, but he hits more than most players ever will.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CelticFan @ May 8 2007, 04:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Paul is indeed one of the most clutch players in the league and because he quite often takes the big/important shot, he will miss those shots too. Every clutch player has missed big shots in their career, even Larry. Thing is, the do come through more than other players and deliver when it wouldn't normally be possible.So yeah Paul misses some game winners, but he hits more than most players ever will.</div>I know that. I was contradicting CB32's hate for Gerald Green.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (High54Life @ May 8 2007, 04:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I know that. I was contradicting CB32's hate for Gerald Green.</div> So, because I point out some flaws for Gerald Green... you can say something about Paul Pierce not being clutch? Makes zero sense. I know what you were trying to do, but it was still a terrible analogy. And once again, I don't hate Gerald Green at all. As a matter of fact, I like him a lot. Just because I don't say "OMG Gerald Green is the best player ever! 67 ppg next year! OMG He's better than Kobe!!!" doesn't mean I don't like him. Also, you told me you didn't want to post here anymore. Do us all a favor and please go through with that.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CelticBalla32 @ May 8 2007, 05:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>"OMG Gerald Green is the best player ever! 67 ppg next year! OMG He's better than Kobe!!!" doesn't mean I don't like him.Also, you told me you didn't want to post here anymore. Do us all a favor and please go through with that.</div>I never said anything you mention up top. I never said Gerald is the best player ever, never said he's gonna get 67 a game, and never said he was better than Kobe, I'm just optimistic about my favorite team. Man, F*ck this site, im out
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (High54Life @ May 8 2007, 09:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I never said anything you mention up top. I never said Gerald is the best player ever, never said he's gonna get 67 a game, and never said he was better than Kobe, I'm just optimistic about my favorite team. Man, F*ck this site, im out</div> You did say that Gerald will be on Kobe's level. If you don't recall, ask the Laker fans on this site that saw you post that in a game thread.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Man, F*ck this site, im out</div> :worthy: :worthy: :worthy: Honestly though HighLife, you seem like a dedicated fan, but just because you really like Gerald doesn't mean you have the right to make these insane predictions about him. If I didn't know anything about the NBA, then read your posts, I would predict that Gerald Green is the best player since Michael Jordan or Bill Russell.
Gerald Green is 2 years in adn what do we know about him... nothing.Kobe, T-Mac, J-Oneal were all not very good at that point in their careers.who knows if in the next 2 years it will click for Green or not.it's easy to say how lost he looks and it's safe to assume he's more likely not to put it together and play like his atheletic ability shows he could play like.kid is plain to young and inexperienced to predict what will happen.some drink the kool-aid and think he's a surefire hit, others are more pragmatic and error on the side of caution.both opinions are right, both are wrong.
I would love to see Gerald break out this year and average around 15 PPG (doubtful if Al and PP are gonna average 20+ PPG and who knows about the pick though)..I'd also like his rebounding numbers to go up with that 46 inch vertical jump and athletic ability he should be jumping over everybody to grab those boards like Rajon does as well as his shooting percentage..consistency and confidence are the keys for GG.He has the skills..just needs to put it all together
