Hickson is a shade under 6'8"

[Fez Hammersticks]

Apparently the team measured him at 6'7 5/8" w/o shoes, does he really deserve to get this much hate when he's trying to guard centers every night at his height?

Neil is waiting too long to deal him. His 'D' at the center position is really hurting his value both on the trade market and his next contract.

 

[hypnosmurf]

Considering that few players are at their list height w/o shoes he's still giving up 2 or 3 inches.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Hickson gets no hate. He has sucked at defense his entire career. It makes no difference which position he plays

 

[BlazerCaravan]

He also isn't all that great on offense; sure he can score a bit, but he's not good at running plays (getting into position, moving out of a shooter's way, running the pick and pop/pick and roll, etc.).

Maybe other GMs aren't interested in what Neil is selling because there isn't a whole ton to be interested in.

 

[HomerLovesKoolAid]

He also isn't all that great on offense; sure he can score a bit, but he's not good at running plays (getting into position, moving out of a shooter's way, running the pick and pop/pick and roll, etc.).

Maybe other GMs aren't interested in what Neil is selling because there isn't a whole ton to be interested in.

Uh-huh.

 

[jlprk]

He has great hands. He doesn't bobble the ball every time he touches it like Aldridge.

He makes contested layups, while Aldridge and Batum shrink in fear. Then someone here says that those two are so much better than Hickson at passing the ball out from the middle. In other words, they're better at being shrinking violets.

 

[Nikolokolus]

Uh-huh.

Yes.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

He has great hands.

Now I know you're just trollin'.

 

[HomerLovesKoolAid]

Yes.

(That was an agreeing uh-huh not a sarcastic one.)

 

[Mediocre Man]

Now I know you're just trollin'.

Now you know?

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Now you know?

And knowing is half the battle.

 

[MickZagger]

Chuck Hayes wants to know what Hickson's excuse is again. Its has nothing to do with being undersized and everything to do with watching the ball and not putting forth effort.

 

[jlprk]

In comparison to Aldridge, Hickson has great hands. But then, who doesn't.

 

[HomerLovesKoolAid]

In comparison to Aldridge, Hickson has great hands. But then, who doesn't.

Chris Dudley?

 

[Mediocre Man]

Chris Dudley?

Buck Williams had bad hands.

 

[HomerLovesKoolAid]

Buck Williams had bad hands.

I remember him dropping a few passes, but he sure could get the handle on rebounds.

 

[Mediocre Man]

I remember him dropping a few passes, but he sure could get the handle on rebounds.

I wasn't bagging on him.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I'm 6' 3.3/4" w/o shoes but my penis length is equivalent to that of an 8ft tall man.

 

[Mediocre Man]

I'm 6' 3.3/4" w/o shoes but my penis length is equivalent to that of an 8ft tall man.

It is all about reach

 

[RR7]

I'm 6' 3.3/4" w/o shoes but my penis length is equivalent to that of an 8ft tall man.

An 8 foot asian with small hands maybe

 

[HomerLovesKoolAid]

I'm 6' 3.3/4" w/o shoes but my penis length is equivalent to that of an 8ft tall man.

You must be a helluva twatblocker.

 

[jlprk]

I have only one thing to say: Hakeem Olajuwon.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

An 8 foot asian with small hands maybe

My Asian penis love you long time.

 

[HomerLovesKoolAid]

I wasn't bagging on him.

Oh I know......I wish we had a Buck clone now, especially the post D and overall team D knowledge.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I have only one thing to say: Hakeem Olajuwon.

You with only one thing to say?!?

 

[jlprk]

Oh I know......I wish we had a Buck clone now, especially the post D and overall team D knowledge.

The guy who got McMillan fired?

 

[BrianFromWA]

I've got another one:
"Who wants to sex Mutombo!?!"

 

[Rastapopoulos]

How about this trade: Hickson and Nolan for Ridnour and Stiemsma?

I'm getting really sick of not having a half-decent backup PG. I'd prefer one who could play a lick of defense, but you take what you can. And Stiemsma is pretty much the mirror-image of Hickson. He's decent-sized and a very good defender, even if he's a complete scrub on offense. And, while Hickson has one of the worst +/- on his team, Stiemsma has one of the few positive +/-s on the 'Wolves.

We would suddenly be a lot more pasty, though. Our bench would be very vanilla. Copiously Caucasian.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

How about this trade: Hickson and Nolan for Ridnour and Stiemsma?

I'm getting really sick of not having a half-decent backup PG. I'd prefer one who could play a lick of defense, but you take what you can. And Stiemsma is pretty much the mirror-image of Hickson. He's decent-sized and a very good defender, even if he's a complete scrub on offense. And, while Hickson has one of the worst +/- on his team, Stiemsma has one of the few positive +/-s on the 'Wolves.

We would suddenly be a lot more pasty, though. Our bench would be very vanilla. Copiously Caucasian.

http://www.basketball-reference.com...m=0&p1=hicksjj01&y1=2013&p2=stiemgr01&y2=2013



Stiemsma is god awful.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Stiemsma is god awful.

Think of him as Przybilla: his value is not so much in stats as knowing where to go on defense, spacing and so on. Hickson's real problem is that he just doesn't really seem to be able to understand what he's supposed to be doing. He's a great athlete and he really tries hard, but he's totally spacey. Check out our +/- stats:

Player 1 	Team 		+ 	- 	+/- 	Min 	 	G
V. Claver 	Trail Blazers 	693 	-681 	12 	344:18 		27
L. Aldridge 	Trail Blazers 	3,813 	-3,802 	11 	1872:17 	49
S. Pavlovic 	Trail Blazers 	751 	-752 	-1 	378:28 		30
D. Lillard 	Trail Blazers 	4,015 	-4,017 	-2 	1963:15 	51
W. Matthews 	Trail Blazers 	3,192 	-3,205 	-13 	1563:27 	44
J. Jeffries 	Trail Blazers 	577 	-591 	-14 	302:53 		34
L. Babbitt 	Trail Blazers 	1,067 	-1,085 	-18 	536:05 		43
J. Freeland 	Trail Blazers 	483 	-512 	-29 	265:05 		29
N. Smith 	Trail Blazers 	418 	-449 	-31 	228:28 		28
R. Price 	Trail Blazers 	905 	-973 	-68 	487:04 		37
M. Leonard 	Trail Blazers 	1,109 	-1,196 	-87 	589:19 		40
W. Barton 	Trail Blazers 	848 	-942 	-94 	460:52 		44
N. Batum 	Trail Blazers 	3,942 	-4,039 	-97 	1941:50 	50
J. Hickson 	Trail Blazers 	2,952 	-3,071 	-119 	1481:32 	50

Of these, Batum's are the most alarming. But I think you can argue that a lot of that comes from playing with the bench. At least, I hope you can, because otherwise...
Meanwhile, Hickson has worse +/- totals in fewer minutes, and he plays with the starters mostly. Hickson's effort and string of double-doubles seems to be obscuring the fact that the team is sucking with him on the floor, and it's not just because of him bobbling the ball so often.

If you like, think of the main trade as Ridnour for Hickson (same contract, almost) and the value of Ridnour being that we never have to see Price or Smith "play PG" again. Plus Ridnour would mean that Lillard isn't totally worn down by too many minutes.