Lopez will never be anything close to Duncan, but that comparison was always silly. Even if Lopez never become more than a Big Z caliber player; that's a tremendously valuable piece for any team. There aren't many quality centers in this league and most teams would kill to have a center who...
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rory @ Jul 23 2008, 04:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Yeah, Net Income is correct - character was stressed from Day 1 this offseason. I guarantee you that Dooling was on their radar immediately as the free agent signing period started - Frank...
Boone was our best big last year. There is no reason to trade him when we don't have any other proven playoffs upfront. Even if Lopez and Sean meet expectations Boone would still have a place on this team. At the very least Boone is cheap and effective depth for the next few years.
These announcers make me wish for Mark Jackson, thats how bad they are.
Since they aren't talking about the game at all, I can safely mute them without missing anything.
I just hope he can score with efficiency closer to what he had in Dallas rather than what he had last with the Nets last year. I'd rather have him score 16 ppg at 48% shooting than 20 at 43%.
The Magic would have been better off throwing that money at Vince than Ra$hard. Orlando has given some pretty bad contracts to Lewis and Nelson. And its really going to hurt their attempts to build around Howard. They'll probably be stuck in mediocrity for some years because of it.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (NetIncome @ Jul 5 2008, 06:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>When you have a 7'5" wing span and a 38" vertical leap, it hardly matters if you are 6'8" or 6'10".</div>
Exactly. Wingspan is more important than height. If Sean is undersized its not...