If kobe and lebron couldn't stop pierce in the playoffs how is Jackson going to stop him? Artest has slipped a little at defense, hes still good but so is Wallace. Wallace is 26 and entering his prime.
How does he have a better bench? Chris anderson played in 5 games last year. Etan Thomas is 30 and is coming back from career threatening heart surgery. Hes not going to be the same player either. Jason Williams is garbage at least he is no where near as good as my back up Telfair. Stackhouse had his worst scoring year of his career last year, hes no where near as good as Mccants or Willie Green.
About his starting lineup, Stucky is a shooting guard. He does not pass first he looks to shoot.
Jackson is the most overated player in the league. One good year he scores over 20 in that run and shoot offense. It was his first year above 20 in his career. He takes 20 shots a game. He shot only 40%. Hes also overated defensively as a guy who just takes chances. His name should be Jamal Crawford JR.
Artest and Jackson playing together? That'll be a mess. But Artest has slipped defensively, he brings bad influence to the locker room and Wallace is just entering his prime while Artest is leaving it. Wallace should win this matchup.
Amare and Kg, this is a good matchup but KG can't dominate offensively like he used to anymore.
Foster vs Curry, I'll take Foster anyday and so would everybody else. Foster plays defense. Curry is a turnover machine. And you have no depth behind Curry. BTW Diaw can't play the four effectively.
Artest is way better defensively than Wallace. Wallace is an average man to man defender. Artest hasn't lost anything defensively.
Willie Green is trash. He shouldn't even be on an NBA roster. Stackhouse is reliable and has plenty of playoff experience. Telfair and McCants have no playoff experience. Saying Stack is nowhere near as good as them, especially at this stage in the playoffs where experience matters, is "nowhere near" accurate.
Stuckey is a fine point guard.
http://www.82games.com/0708/07DET4C.HTM
He played much more point guard than shooting guard. Second year improvements are usually huge, and Stuckey looks like he'll make a big one after showing up big time as a rookie in the playoffs. Michael Cooper even said Stuckey is his "6th starter".
Wallace can't stay healthy. HE is one of the more overrated players in the league, not SJax.
Saying SJax is overrated is laughable. He's underrated. He's a premier perimeter defender and his size allows him not to be bullied. Why do you think his name was in MVP consideration for most of last year? He made that GS team tick. 20 shots a game? Watch the hyperbole.
How would Wallace win a matchup with Artest. Artest would absolutely physically dominate Wallace. I don't see Wallace scoring much on a defender like Artest, and Artest would just bully the fragile Wallace around.
Diaw CAN play the four effectively. He's predominantly been playing the four for the Suns. I guess you don't remember when he filled in at the 4 for a full year when Amare went down for the season and had a pretty damn good year? Or last year when he played most of his minutes at the 4?
http://www.82games.com/0708/07PHO12C.HTM
Foster rebounds. He's nothing special as a defender. Curry doesn't play defense, but wouldn't have to, guarding Foster.
I like when talking about his bench you chose to attack his 11th round pick in Chris Andersen as an example. Antoine Wright sucks too ya know. Jason Williams is a perfectly capable backup PG, he gives experience and veteran savvy that Stucky would lack.
James Jones is also a great bench player.
Your bench is filled with me-first players.
Tim Thomas, McCants, Telfair, Green. Bleh. Like aforementioned, Antoine Wright flat out just sucks.
At least try to substantiate your claims.
