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Originally Posted by seifer0406
I never knew NBA plays 3 on 3 basketball. You have Oden and Aldridge starting at C and PF, and you have Prizbilla as your only backup C/PF. Unless you're implying that the Blazers wanted both Oden and Aldridge to play 40+ min a game, there is a need for a backup pf/c somewhere. Prizbilla also only averaged 1.6 bpg (his supposed purpose in the NBA) and under 4 rebounds in 43 games. They are counting on him as their only option?
Did you say McRoberts? Are you just pulling out random 2nd rounders that haven't proved a thing in the NBA and placing him over Frye? Quite objective analysis skills you're presenting here. It's funny that you mentioned hatred for players, because I'm beginning to think that theres something going on between you and Frye.
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Random second rounder? You do realise that he's Oden's BFF, right? No matter how bad he is he isn't going anywhere till Oden's john hancock is on a five year extension. With a backup center, a starting center, a starting power forward, two backup power forwards, and yet another lottery pick coming, there's going to be a numbers game in Portland. Unless Oden's injury is more serious than we've been told, Frye will be losing the numbers game. Sorry, that's just the way it is.
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Originally Posted by seifer0406
Just because there are rumors about a team wanting to unload a player doesn't mean that you can throw any player in there and say that he would've made a better deal for NY. I mean, why stop there, forget Balkman, why didn't NY get Randolph for Jerome James?
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Maybe because The Texas Double Whopper would have devoured the cash savings in swapping Z-Bo for Francis? (Both literally and figuratively, there's some good eatins on a ben franklin.) The rule of thumb is that when you're trading a troubled player with a hideous contract that the best you can expect is someone with a shorter deal, which is what Portland got. Swapping Z-Bo for Franchise saved the Blazers about $30 million in green. If New York had an expiring deal to trade, they probably could have got a draft pick back for eating Randolph's contract. They didn't
need to send Frye to complete the deal. Much like Portland didn't really need to trade Telfair last year to get Roy. The 'Blazers were just looking to offload a lottery bust in that trade. Just as New York did in the Randolph deal.
And this remains irrelevant to alphaorange's claim.
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Originally Posted by seifer0406
Looks like somebody doesn't know what the hell he's typing. It's alright though, it didn't start here.
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No, you started several posts back. Why, no one knows. But at this point you've typed about 108,000 words in defense of alphaorange and have yet to actually defend any of his laughers or give your alternate theory as to why he keeps comping players with zilch in common except his like/dislike? Since you're obviously going to subject us to another quarter million words before this is over, could you please tell us whether during those quarter million words you're going to make
any attempt to justify his rather laughable claims?
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Originally Posted by seifer0406
It's not really my point, but do provide some concrete proof about Richardson being a better player in NY than he was in Phoenix and LA. He's still shooting about the same FG% the past few seasons, about the same FT attempts, and pretty much the same stats across the board.
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So, wait, two posts ago he was outstanding in LA and Phoenix and collapsed in New York, because of Isiah and Stephon, but most decidedly not because of all the injuries, but now he has "the same stats across the board"? So if his stats are exactly the same (which they aren't), what has made him a washout in new York? Oh yeah, that'd be the injuries that have him hobbling around the court. During his "breakout" year in LA, his aFG% was .454 and his PP/FGA number .968, in Phoenix that went up to .498/1.044 and in the "atmosphere of New York" last season it was up to .507/1.064. So, um, yeah, in the three ring circus he shot better and scored more efficiently, just like I told you. His stats were also
down across the board as he was firing up fewer shots than he did in Phoenix.
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