CelticsFan Trashing Oden Pick

[KingSpeed]

I don't think this post was called for.

Masbee does not approve.

I agree.

 

[The Sebastian Express]

I don't think this post was called for.

Masbee does not approve.

I think that was maxiep's way of saying he does not approve of the lack of perception on reality when comparing 6'11 guys in the 50s and 60s to 7' guys in 2009.

 

[KingSpeed]

I think that was maxiep's way of saying he does not approve of the lack of perception on reality when comparing 6'11 guys in the 50s and 60s to 7' guys in 2009.

But he was the one who made the comparison to begin with.

 

[The Sebastian Express]

But he was the one who made the comparison to begin with.

He made the comparisons in playing styles. You made the comparison in statistics. This is not surprising but still very irritating.

 

[KingSpeed]

He made the comparisons in playing styles. You made the comparison in statistics. This is not surprising but still very irritating.

I just think such a comparison is going too far. I hope Oden will become dominant and lead us to many titles. But that doesn't put him on the level of Bill Russell.

 

[HailBlazers]

I'm glad you think the stats of a healthy rookie playing in 1956 who played four years in college is the same of a guy recovering from microfracture who played one year of college ball and who has to face 2009 competition.

Bingo. Repped.

Yep, Durant is a wonderful offensive player. However, I'm reminded of another draft--in 1956. Two players stood out from that draft--Elgin Baylor and Bill Russell. Elgin got all the individual awards, Bill got all the rings.

And this has been the Blazers plan from the beginning. People seem to forget how often a specimen like Oden comes around, let alone garnering a less than five percent chance of picking him.

The comparison is legit. Why do you think Bill Russel and the other great centers were so quick to give Oden advice and do interviews with him. The potential is there, and if those guys can see it I'll bank on it.

 

[andalusian]

Greg will probably never average 19 rpg no matter how many years it takes him to recover from the surgery.

Nobody will. Teams used to take 100+ FGA every game back in Russell's era.

Rodman averaged 18 rpg in the modern NBA

So - you agree with him - Good - Even Rodman, who had the greatest one-season modern-era rebounding year did not get 19RPG.