OT: Who's Been Your Most Surprising "Scrub" In The Playoffs Thus Far?

good grief... with the hyperbole

remember just a couple months back when Noah fouled out in 17 flailing minutes looking completely overmatched trying to guard Greg? It looked like the JV vs the Varsity.

http://www.nba.com/games/20081119/CHIPOR/boxscore.html

I've always liked Noah's potential as I like active Bigs who defend/board, but I'm pretty happy with the way things worked out.

STOMP

 

Steve Blake. I wasn't aware he was a scrub until the playoffs.

 

Noah's like the friggin' energizer bunny. Dude's everywhere! His offensive rebounds have been so timely in this series. I'll admit, I had thought he was a scrub. I am wrong, Way wrong. He's been a big key for the Bulls.

BTW, Brad Miller ain't been too bad, either.

 

Any big can look good against a team whose 3rd and 4th bigs are Brian Scalabrine and Mikki Moore.

 

Brad Miller is a very good player. He's always been a good rebounder and perhaps the best passing big man in the league for the last several years. I remember on Sacramento a few years ago, when Miller was leading the team in assists (with like 5.5/pg) for most of the year...more than Bibby, the team's PG. Of course Bonzi Wells was outrebounding him...the year before he turned down a big contract extension and ended up taking far less as a free agent.

Miller can shoot threes and due to his free throw shooting makes him great to be in at the end of the game. I'm honestly surprised that he doesn't start over Noah, although the Bull's rotation is clearly working for him and I'm sure he is a catalyst offensively off the bench.

Miller is no scrub. Considering the fact that he justified me picking him in the 2ND ROUND of my NBA Fantasy draft...3 years ago maybe, show he's no scrub. He was quietly among the best centers in this league for a bit, due to his all-around game. So it's not surprising to see him do well.

Talk about a great trade for the Bulls, getting Miller and Salmons mid-season without losing much.

 

The entire Rockets team.