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I think so knowing we have 2 super-soldiers of our own.

Dude we just got on, stop acting like such a [expletive]ing douchebag and just make your pick.

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That's actually a good point...but we also have a war vet (Phil) and a guy specialized in defeating super-soldiers (Artest). Feels good. Gonna be even more wicked if Drew plays a full healthy season, because he's a 20/10 player any given night.

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I think one of the bigger reasons for the lack of popularity for the WNBA is because of the lack of familiarity with it's players. So in an attempt to help change that, I'm starting a WNBA vs NBA series of write ups where I compare WNBA players of particular teams with similar NBA players. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to make any statements about these players regarding their level of play, nor am I trying to say one is better than the other. I'm just comparing a player of one league that is similar to a player of another. BTW, the "adjusted stat" is the statistic I added which shows the numbers these players would produce if they played 12 minute quarters in the NBA instead of the 10 minute quarters of the WNBA. So anyway, on with the comparisons. The following is comparing the best players of the Seattle Storm with various NBA players. I might also add Camille Little and Tanisha Wright sometime later. Sue Bird NBA Comparison: Steve Nash http://i667.photobucket.com/albums/vv40/The_Poe/Picture22.png 2010 Statline: 12.0 points, 2.7 rebounds, 5.6 assists, and 1.8 steals in 32.2 minutes Adjusted: 14.4 points, 3.3 rebounds, 6.7 assists, and 2.2 steals in 38.7 minutes Sue Bird is currently the league leader in assists this season, and is 2nd in all time assists. She is a 7 time All Star, and is one of only seven women to win an Olympic Gold Medal, an NCAA Championship, and a WNBA Championship. Along with her terrific passing ability, she has the versatility to make shots from anywhere on the court, on or off balance. Though she is not quite as incredible of a shooter that Steve Nash is, nor does she have the ability to manipulate defenses at the same level, her overall skillset plus the killer instinct to make big plays happen when her team needs it the most, makes this a worthy comparison. But unlike Nash, she affects the game at both ends of the court, with the cunning ability to read offenses as they develop and get her hands in the passing lanes. Lauren Jackson NBA Comparison: Dirk Nowtizki http://i667.photobucket.com/albums/vv40/The_Poe/Picture21.png 2010 Statline: 22.3 points, 9.3 rebounds, 1.1 assists, 0.9 steal, and 1.4 blocks in 32.7 minutes Adjusted: 26.8 points, 11.1 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 1.08 steals, and 1.7 blocks in 39.3 minutes Lauren Jackson is a 6’5’’ big woman born in Australia, and has the widest arsenal of moves the WNBA has ever seen for a player of her position. To go along with her 2 MVP awards (2003, 2007) and a DPOY (2007), she is also 4th all time in scoring, 5th all time in rebounds, and 3rd all time in blocked shots. She is a seven time all star, and also won a WNBA championship with her teammate Sue Bird in 2004. Offensively she can create damage from all areas on the court. She can score with her back to the basket with a variety of post moves, penetrating to the rim, flaring on pick and rolls, and crashing the offensive rebounds. What compares her game the most with Dirk Nowtizki’s however, is not just her scoring ability, but also her very impressive range that extends up to the NBA three-point line. She doesn’t have a reputation for banging down low as much as her finesse, but she does grab her fair share of rebounds. Something that sets her apart from Dirk though, is her defensive play with great positioning and a high number of blocks throughout her career. Swin Cash NBA Comparison: Caron Butler http://i667.photobucket.com/albums/vv40/The_Poe/Picture23.png 2010 Statline: 14.7 points, 6.9 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 0.6 steals, and 0.5 blocks in 33.5 minutes Adjusted: 17.6 points, 8.3 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 0.72 steals, and 0.6 blocks in 40.2 minutes Topping off the ‘big three’ of the Seattle Storm is Swin Cash, who was the All Star Game MVP in 2009. Along with her teammate Sue Bird, she is also one of several women to have won a Gold Medal, an NCAA Title, and a WNBA Championship throughout her career, with her two WNBA championships (in 2003 and 2006) being with the Detroit Shock. While her teammates Sue Bird and Lauren Jackson spread the floor with their shooting game, she compliments their abilities with her driving game, where she’ll find ways to get to the rim at the slightest opening. She can also score in the post, and can step out to the three-point line to drain her silky smooth jumper. She is a hard worker on both ends of the floor, constantly moving without the ball offensively and grabbing boards at every opportunity. Though her defense can easily be overlooked by her numbers, she is actually a very good defender as well, where she is often times seen guarding the best opposing offensive player. She does a great job cutting off drives with her quickness and forcing her opposition into more difficult shots.

Check it out: http://www.getpersonas.com/en-US/gallery/Designer/OTRBasketball Hope you guys approve.

you arent allowed to be here til you fixed your last comment.

Kerry Wood may be going to the Yankees.

Oh Fishy...

You clearly don't get it. I'd much rather have a Kevin Martin than Viktor Khryapa. David Lee over Antione Wright. The list goes on and on and clearly a better player makes a team better, no? We haven't had one rookie since Jason Collins and Richard Jefferson last past their rookie contract. That sums up our drafting. Laugh my [expletive] off. Edit: You put Sean Williams as a good draft pick which pretty much sums up your arguement.

Between 18th and the the last pick of the first round: 2001 - Zach Randolph, Gerald Wallace, Tony Parker. 2002 - Tayshaun Prince, John Salmons 2003 - David West, Kendrick Perkins, Josh Howard. 2004 - Delonte West, Kevin Martin. 2005 - Jarret Jack, Jason Maxiell, David Lee. 2006 - Jordan Farmer, Shannon Brown. And you don't have your facts right. Kiki was brought in to remove the large contracts as he did in Denver. Also, you know what else would have kept us always fighting for the Atlantic Division? Drafting better, haha.

I'm not going to make that big of a post about it, but here's where we stand: Kyle (STAT) doesn't want back in. I understand why. Doesn't matter if the picks seem irrelevant, so do 6th round draft picks (in real life) until they make something of themselves. Plus, if you're running something, a league or even forums, you have to stick to what you produce as far as guidelines go, and by what I understand, there was a 12-hour grace period that did not expire on Kyle. For what was said, Kyle is going to be suspended for three days...would be seven days, but he had a legit reason to be upset, just not furious. Previous irrelevant posts (truly irrelevant, of course) will be deleted, the topic will be unlocked, and the league will continue without Kyle, upon his request. Let's not do this again, and from this point on, in this topic, everything that happened is in the past.

"welllllllllllllll we obviousy have uh a rapist, in lincoln park, he climbin in ya windows, snatching ppl up, trying to rape em. So you need to hide ya kids, hide ya wife, hide ya husband, cause they raping everyone out here" "we got your t-shirt, we got your fingerprints, you are so dumb!" If he was discussing it in more serious manner than it wouldn't be funny, but this colorful character was obviously enjoying the spot light with a camera in his face. I think you are taking this way to seriously.

Wow really mature! you think its funny a girl almost gets raped and her brother tries to help?! Then again no male is a victim of rape so thats why its funny to yall.. Im proud of the brother for sticking up for her trying to help... proves theres one less shameless rapist bastard in the world

How credible is this source? I haven't heard reports about us signing Delonte anywhere else. It's also contingent on us moving Sasha, which I wouldn't hold my breath on. I wouldn't get my hopes up. I question where Delonte is at mentally and if he is even suited to play a whole year of NBA basketball.

''This move would certainly give the Lakers a way to match up with the Miami Heat and stop LeBron in the case that the two teams do actually end up meeting in the Finals next season.'' Give LeBron James a distraction in other words I believe, ha.

It's an example of how tough defenses were in Jordan's era. I just do not understand how one can say defenses are better than they were in the 90's..or even the 80's. Here's another point I want to make... I think lesser defenders were more prevalent in Jordan's era because there was more need for pure, real basketball players. There wasn't a need for "specialist" defenders, that pretty much have no other gifts, because of the lack of hand check rules. Players didn't need to be as savvy as Battier and Artest, who DO position themselves masterfully in front of the leagues best offensive juggernauts. Guys could simply keep a hand on an opponents jersey, and shadow them physically all over the court, and everytime a player ran around and through screens, opponents teammates could physically impede them in a way that is NOW called a foul. The league today is a lot tougher on defenders than it was back then, but I'm truly not certain if it means either era had more talented defenders, relative to what they were allowed to do. The pros of having defensive specialists is that they are elite at that skill and it doesn't matter what the rules are. The cons of it are that with a guy like that on the floor, there is only so much your opponent has to do to defend them, allowing team defenses to focus elsewhere. Part of the reason that league PPG went down for awhile after the hand check rules were in place was because teams added these guys with defensive only skills, to the detriment of their own offense. Back in MJ's days, a guy like Dumars had Bruce-Bowen-equivalent defensive skills (relative to being able to hand check) but he could also drop 40 on you, so you had to make sure you could match him with a scorer/defender option. Thats what made the Bulls so great in the 90's. In one year, they had THREE players on the all-defensive 1st team. And they finished in the top 5 in BOTH scoring and defense almost every single title year, including finishing 1st in BOTH categories in their dominant 1996 season, when they set almost every team record in history. Had the league in the early 90's had the same rules as today, I'm sure that we would have seen some different, 'failed' players make it in the league as the same types of specialists. And this is also why I think the competition in the league back then was greater.

Sasha from the Los Angeles Lakers, came out late in the game in Game 7 being put on the line. If he made those two free-throws he would put L.A. as world champions and that is what had happen. So Sasha should be number 1 of course.