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Originally posted by <b>Yyzlin</b>!
Obviously, Stoudamire and Van Exel haven't been very successful this year, but based on their career records, they should get better. None of them are consistent mid-range shooters, but to call Portland entirely devoid of players capable of hitting jumpshots is inaccurate. I mean, the Jazz have Harpring, a career .351 3P% shooter, and Giricek, a career .361% shooter. It's not much better, if at all, than what Portland has three point wise.
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I won't argue at all that Nick and Damon and DA have had great careers shooting jumpshots. that really isn't the point though, is it? we are talking about how they've played SINCE ZACH HAS PLAYED A STARRING ROLE.
the point is that Randolph isn't benefitting much from any kind of decent guard play.
let's try this from a different perspective. you actually seem to like the DA/Damon/Nick combo. please name for me 10 NBA starting guard tandems you think are worse than Portland's.
myself, I can (off the top of my head) cite the Nets, Atlanta and Houston.
btw, nobody has yet to really refute my initial post about the caliber of player Zach is. people are arguing about pereferal players, but nobody is claiming Boozer actually wants the ball in end-of-game situations, or that Boozer is rebounding even close to Zach's rate, or that Boozer could do just as well (if not better) in Portland.