<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (J_Ray @ Aug 9 2008, 06:07 AM)
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<{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Im not saying that the Cavs do have a pure point gaurd, but (through my limited knowledge) Eric Gordon is a shooter, who shoots first, and his primary position is a Shooting Gaurd.
Delonte is not a pure point gaurd, but at the same time he isnt a shooting gaurd, he does average 4.5 assits in cleveland. In addition Eric Gordon is a rookie, and now he has to adjust to being a PG, he needs to setup the offense.
I do understand that Lebron can play Point Gaurd, but it will be hell easier if he had a pure pg who could pass him the ball so that he doesnt need to play so much ISO. Rather than depending on lebron to pass the ball whenever he is doubled, Lebron should be able to recieve a pass via a play.
The problem with JO is more his health than his performace I guess. You are right, by saying he is still capapble of putting up numbers, but his health is still a great concern, despite that he is still a great peice along side LBJ.</div>
First off, Delonte West isn't their starting PG when Daniel Gibson was healthy, and Gibson was never a PG in college either. Gibson was a bonafide undersized SG, while Eric Gordon has much more size and talent than Gibson. Another comparison is Randy Foye to Eric Gordon, both were SG's in college but they obviously have PG skills. Eric Gordon also wasn't playing guys like LeBron or Mike Miller, who could finish consistently off kickouts or dishes under the hoop. Eric Gordon is also a good offensive talent player, so why on earth do you not think he would be able to create for himself? Of course LeBron won't be having ISO's all the time when he has Gordon, Mike Miller, and JO. Mike Miller is also good at finding open players and has shown he can be a good compliment player the last few years.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (syc514 @ Aug 8 2008, 02:29 AM)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>you make me laugh comparing JO to Oden and Bynum. Oden and Bynum have a lot less wear and tear that they've gone through as they've only been in the league for a couple seasons (or in oden's case, zero). JO has had knee problems since 2002 and while his production has been steady for a couple years, his production in the last couple years hardly warrants him being tagged "a good secondary player". He hasn't played in more than 70 games since the 03-04 season and as I mentioned before, his offense is hardly one that can be called 'effective' (shooting 43% as a PF/C). I'd say he's a pretty good defensive player at best - but that as well will be better suited for his real-life scenario playing next to Bosh as JO is much more effective as a help weak-side defender in the post - plus, it's not like Wilcox is a great defender that can help much so JO on his gimpy knee is gonna have to battle the likes of Amare and Elton.
and in regards to how the Cavs in real-life don't have anyone in terms of a playmaker for Bron, look at where that gets them - i wouldn't put the Cavs in the top 8 teams in the league. So i guess if your aspirations are around that, I guess your team is fine.</div>
Are you kidding me? The only player that has comeback from arthroscopic knee surgery and been the same player was Amare Stoudemire. It doesn't matter how much wear and tear you've had, that is a serious surgery, especially if you don't know how to use your body yet and depend on athleticism. Oden has been having injury problems the last few years now too with his wrist problems and knee problems and he also has back problems. JO has been able to perform when he has played, and always would be ready for the playoffs. Last year his stats were horrible because he wanted to help his team win and tried to comeback too soon. When he realized he was hurting his team, he shut it down to get healthy. Everyone is a risk to injury, so pointing out one player is unfair because I know Yao, T-Mac, Artest, etc. all have missed quite a few games the last few years too and no one is concerned about them.
Comparing my team to the real life Cavs is just silly. The Cavs haven't given LeBron anything around him except an aging Big Z and King James still got them to the finals. Of course the Cavs aren't a top 8 team because they don't have any other real scorer outside of LeBron. That's the reason he does so much ISO is because they don't have another scorer around LeBron, let alone have several options for him to pass too.
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Honestly, I dont watch college basketball, so I dont know much about Eric Gordon, but people compared him to a rich man's ben gordon, and also through the clips i saw of him, he did look like a primary shooter rather than a distributor.
I think we would both need to see him play at a nba level before we can judge how he would compliment LBJ.
With that said, I would pick Derek Fisher a proven winner, over Eric Gordon.
BUT. by no means am I saying your team sucks, I do acctually think your team has the talent to win big.
