His Greatness

A bigger Delonte West. Solid pickup.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4312837 This presents a heap of problems for those teams on the 2010 plan.

In the hypothetical situation that you were forced to pick between these two, for LA, which player would you rather have?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c048_ji1H1E I want to see it.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AroOjeA.9SV5i5nkKr_eQjK8vLYF?slug=aw-bulls070809&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

Good that they locked him up longterm. I think he's overpaid now, but I really like the kid's upside. He'll have a breakthrough season in one or two years.

For Boston's sake, they better hope it's neither. Bring him off the bench.

I think that's a dumb reason not to, especially when they're a team that's looking to take the next step. As limited a shooter as Miller is, he would no doubt propel them.

Where are you guys watching the games?

^And it's more of a look into your future than a nightmare. At least Britney has money.

wth Yama, I didn't hack OTR.

Getting to the line is more efficient. If you take 30 shots and you net at least half, that's still an outstanding shooting performance, but free throws are the pillars of efficiency. They're just easier shots. Of course the raw free throws numbers alone don't ascertain a player's efficiency for that game, but it's generally pretty telling. It shouldn't, but that wasn't being debated.

They probably all have stronger throwing power than Pennington, though. Favre should make our cast of QBs look respectable. Hopefully.

Chris Paul, he's the premier playmaker in the league, with a perfect blend of scoring touch. Deron has a better jumper and his crossover is pretty, but Paul surpasses him in almost every facet of the game.

By whose perspective? There is no disagreement here. I just think that less shots and more free throws generally equates to more efficiency — is that even disputable?

Brandon, please post when you've found out who it is.

For most of Manning's career, they were average to below average.

This isn't a big deal, but I miss having the option of switching between the ST Editor and the RT Editor while posting. Is there any way of bringing that back?

The same motif I've been expressing the entire topic. I actually don't think that's a bad comparison: is it more realistic for you to become dominant defensively, or to develop a Kobe-like offensive repertoire? You might say the defense for whatever strange reason that's inhibiting it (maybe you just have to work harder), but I guarantee most would say offense.

On that subject, which Kobe was better, #8 or #24?

And if I worked hard, but not quite as hard as you do defensively, I should be well on my way to becoming the next Kobe Bryant. Best closer on the planet, inside, outside, you can't stop me.

Great post Frankie. I'd like to highlight one thing: Yes. That's the crux of what I've been saying all along.

Because there is no chance. It's great that he's been able to plug his points in limited minutes, but Wafer is not a 20 PPG scorer. Not the conventional way, at least. Nice list, but this isn't extending on your point at all, mainly because I never said that it was impossible to improve your offense — I said that it was easier to improve your defense. I'd participate in the name-dropping game, but I figure it's a waste of time. If those same players invested the same amount of time on their defense as they did their offense, they would be seeing more results on that side of the ball. Players just tend to work on offense because it's the more glamorous side of basketball.

The average FT% for the NBA hovers around 75%. I'm not saying a 12-20 performance is poor. I'm saying that, at any rate, getting to the stripe, is generally more efficient.

That's because I've already given my reasons. It is always going to be easier for anyone to play and improve at defense as opposed to offense. One is just more natural talent, the other being more work ethic, motivation and effort. In 4th quarter and overtime of Game 2, Turkoglu played very solid defense on Bryant, that recovery block was just one example. In overtime, he stayed with Bryant step-for-step, denied the ball very good, and even forced a few passes. Redick began seeing more time in SVG's rotation, and that can be attributed to his sudden effort on defense. He won't be winning any awards, but his activity on that side of the ball has revived his career. Haha, you won't see them ever average that much because they can't and never will be able to. They're just limited on that side of the ball. Whereas I expect someone like Jefferson to improve on defense as he gets older and more experienced, and if he doesn't, it's still an infinite times more believable than Gortat or Ivey averaging 20 points. That's the right answer. If Jefferson was asked to focus all his energy on defense, I would not be surprised if he becomes a solid defender. Gortat can train all he wants, but he'll never be the dynamic post player that Jefferson is. No way.