Does anyone remember when we had Voshon Lenard?

Do you guys remember when we had Voshon Lenard? I cant believe we didnt resign him, he would have been really cheap, Denver took him a bit later on. He is a really great player, and didnt get resigned, I guess you could credit Grunwald OR Peddie for that. THe years before in the offseason, was K.Clark, Del Curry (ppl forget he was the one that hit the clutch 3 in the raps vs sixers playoff game to give Carter the opportunity for the win)., possibly MoPete soon. Voshon would have been so cheap to get too, thats what bothers me, now hes captain of the Nuggets and such a high scoring total and 3 point champion over Stojakovic.. can you imagine if we still had him?

 

remember? it was last year lol, i hope everyone can remember that

but yea...vochon was asking for more money then we could afford to pay him, but more importantly, he didnt want to stay in toronto so it wasnt a matter of not resigning him, we had to let him go

dell curry wouldnt have found too many minutes in ko's rotation considering hes an absolute siv defensively. he's retired anyways

 

Also because we thought Lammond Murray would be our Voshon Lenard this year, KO probably wouldn't have played Voshon anyways.

 

yeah, one of KO's problem was he didnt use his bench productivly...

 

^Its because he didn't trust anyone past Mo Pete (even trusting Mo Pete was a stretch for KO)

We had a thread like this before about previous players. All you can say is that shit happens to every team. Even to the Raptors.

 

yeah i still remember....i really wanted lenard to come back at the beginning of this season. not many ppl agreed with me but w/e.

too bad he didnt come back. he was the type of player that works hard, scores and plays D.

 

Lenard isn't really much on the defensive end....

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting og15:</div><div class="quote_post">Lenard isn't really much on the defensive end....</div>
hes actually considered one of the best defenders during his prime seasons. thats why he started for the heat under riley's system.

 

i dont think vochon was ever considered "one of the best defenders" he was adaquate, and now hes just a siv defensively.

 

heh, with voshon i think we woulda made the playoffs.

 

^^ we should have made it without him

 

yea we definately should but even with all our bad games and injuries, i think voshon would of made a big difference like last year when everybody was down and injured, he stepped up and played big

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting dj_premium_plus:</div><div class="quote_post">i dont think vochon was ever considered "one of the best defenders" he was adaquate, and now hes just a siv defensively.</div>
now hes old and doesnt moves as quickly but during his best seasons he was considered one of the best defenders at the 2 guard spot in the nba. he was a strong player and had very good quickness laterally.

 

Anyone see Voshon on fire today, he was saying "It's me and you" to Spreewell after he hit 4 or 5 consecutive baskets and Spree hit a few too.

He was never a "great defender", but he was a pretty good one, and now is above average, and better than Lammond Murray, much much better.

The thing is that he's a good defender but he's very slow, he can't keep up with any quicker guards and is also small for a SG. (6'4)

 

^Yeah i was just about to say. Voshon is really lighting it up in this game. 15 points in the 1st quarter. As an ex-rap I guess he deserves an ARE YOU KIDDING ME???

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting og15:</div><div class="quote_post">The thing is that he's a good defender but he's very slow, he can't keep up with any quicker guards and is also small for a SG. (6'4)</div>
yeah hes slow now but he used to be faster....

also, he is short for a guard but not "small". he is a very strong player and even at his short height he likes to post up a lot.

 

Yea he does, he likes the post up and fadeaway but only on the 6'4-6'5 shooting guards, he's doesn't do it on like Tmac or Kobe or VC or any of those guys because it = block or miss.

 

hehe if he had the hops like vince tmac or kobe....damn! this guy would be the best 2guard in the L. lol

 

lol yea if he had their atheleticism or even Ray Allen or Michael Redd's athelticism and ball handling he'd be up their.

 

Yea when Voshon was playing with us i was thinkin he was our Vince carter when Vince was out, but man, having Vince and Voshon together would have been great