Baffled and Confounded by the "Hickson Situation"

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  1. Mediocre Man

    Mediocre Man Mr. SportsTwo

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    Only that all 3 have only a few post moves that they go to.
     
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    hahaha

    thought so.
     
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    Duncan is skilled in every manner of shooting (using the backboard) and foot movement. You should have picked a better comparison.
     
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    Totally disagree.

    It's different when you're in the paint, point-blank range, rather than 10' away.
     
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    I'm not saying he isn't more skilled. I am saying that Duncan uses 1 or 2 go to moves, as does Aldridge. Both shoot about the same %, so why should predictability matter?
     
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    Better than love and Randolph career. Duncan and dirk no.
     
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    Looks like Mags found it for us! :ghoti:
     
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    As in, "Let me put my bullshit hat on, browse basketball-reference, and give you my expert opinion."
     
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    .493 4.2
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    Those are the career FG%'s and FTA per game for the three. Duncan is by far superior, obviously, but Aldridge is in line with Garnett. All I am saying is predictable post moves are great as long as you shoot well, and he does
     
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    Well yeah. He is the best big man of his generation. Some would argue in the history of the game. I guess we can use lebron James to call batum a very inefficient sf.
     
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    WFT are you talking about Mags? MM made the comparison, not I.
     
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    I made the predictable post moves comparison is all
     
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    Some players look more efficient than others simply because they only shoot when they are wide open. Batum has done a lot of this.

    This year is different and you see the difference in his shooting percentages. Shooting percentages are down.
     
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    According to blue9, fez and Hobbes; nic batum is an inefficient sf.
     
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    It's a bad comparison.

    Over half of LMA's FGA are mid-range jumper or fadeaways.

    Seven years in and has any LMA-led team been anything more than an 8th seed? Not even playing with a prime-Roy changed that.
     
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    Speaking of inefficiency or efficiency as we were originally discussing. How is LA efficient in your opinion, Mags?
     
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    And Garnett was a perennial first-and-out until he got teamed up with two HOFers and a Top 3 PG.
    I've said it before and I'll say it again - unless you've got the next Tim Duncan, DO NOT build a team around a PF.
     
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    How about you tell us what makes him inefficient?
     
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    You're not going to win shit with Wally Szczerbiak and Olowokandi as your two best players after Garnett.

    That's on McHale
     
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    According to AdjFG% Nic is the 10th highest rated SF and LMA is the 19th ranked PF.
     
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