That's only because they know that KP hates power forwards and throws teams under public transportation vehicles. What?
strawman the question is whether Ford is right in his contention that Greg is a below average offensive player not whether he is a dominant offensive player. People aren't saying he's dominant, but that overall he's pretty effective and hardly a liability. From your description of his game above, I'd swear that you agree with this yet you've claimed Ford is right. STOMP
I guess I don't understand... if someone has BEEN dominant, how can they not be considered dominant? At what point do they become fully dominant, and not just partially dominant, or remotely dominant? Maybe Greg is just 'nant? He has to work to add the "domi"
I would really like to have this "Oden is an offensive force or not debate" a few more months down the road. I suspect we will be seeing a much more potent offense from Oden. You can see his confidence get higher and higher each and every minute played on the court. 20/12/2 could even be a possibility. I still think 15/13/2 is my goal. I hope he fucking blows it out of the water.
I think Greg could EASILY average 3-4 blocks per game when he figures out how to let the ball come to him and control his fouls.
Well with how he almost blocked a running "tear drop" from the free-throw line, It's not like he doesn't have the skill to block everything. I still want to see both Oden and Pryzbilla on the court a couple minutes a game. I think it would fun to watch people scared as all hell to take a shot inside 10ft from the basket.
It's better than Joel and Juwan, and we treaded that ugly lineup out there for 10+ minutes against the Warriors.
I agree. One game shouldn't change anyone's mind. If you liked Oden before, you should still like him now, and vice versa. Things are rarely as bad, or as good, as this board likes to think they are. I have total confidence in Oden becoming a dominant center but I don't suddenly think it'll be a smooth ride... although that would be nice.
Oden actually has this shot but doesn't use it much. Would you be opposed to Oden facing dudes up from 12 feet while Joel hangs around the rim? I wouldn't. Oden can put the ball on the floor and hit the 10 foot jumper. Why not bust it out every now and again.
He looked good at times last year too. He went for 17/13 and 11/10 last year against the Bulls. That said, he has his explosiveness back. I'm guessing we won't be seeing him rimcheck himself this year on multiple occasions.
