Why Dosent KP Look at Drew Gooden?

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  1. Road Blocker

    Road Blocker One and Done

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    Come on now.. He is not THAT bad!
     
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    Much better than Frye!

    He'd be an "all else failed" grab for back-up PF. Then, if Pendergraph came into his own....we'd have a vet to package up at the deadline in 2010.
     
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    Honestly Drew is a solid player, and if he gets his minutes can be a double-double threat night in night out. Off the bench it obviously depends on minutes, but your probably looking at something like 7 and 5 or similar. On the face of it that looks like a decent deal, especially for a PF with experience of going to the Finals as a starter. However, when you actually watch him play basketball rather than look at the stats you will see the problem. He acts as though he has no idea what to do on defense. He gets lost on rotation, and will regularly lose his man for easy buckets. I would honestly say that he costs his team at least as many points as he scores, particularly when you factor in that other players may need to step off their man to cover what Drew's supposed to be doing as well. Don't get me wrong, he's a nice player who can do a job for you, but if there's one thing he won't do it's put you over the top (or even necessarily actually improve you).
     
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    maxiep RIP Dr. Jack

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    Great post. Repped.
     

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