Why Does Boone Start?

[Joey FistPump]

Dude is 23 years old in his second season averaging 9.9 points and 8.3 rebounds as a starter...he's a very solid defensive player who is more physical defensively than any big man on the team...he makes opposing players work offensively. While not a shotblocker, he still manages to get one a game while altering shots with his length. He is a superb rebounder especially on the offensive glass. Offensively he sets screens and looks to cut to the basket...he's an underrated finisher. He doesn't have a great jumper but it's improving...and he is a solid passer.

The kid has the talent and abilty to get better...and he seems to have found the hunger to work and improve. He's a starter.

He's also a center...which is the only downside.

 

[Answer_AI03]

the points and rebounds are pretty stats. the double teams he draws and the blocks he gets also help teams win. not to mention, he does play post D better than anyone the nets currently have. Before the pacers became a modern day jailblazer team, they were the second best team in the east after detroit. however, now the pacers are in a rebuilding stage, and JO is being shopped. they aren't in a position to win no matter what all star post player they have.

 

[GMJ]

JON cannot average 20/10 at this point. Hell, I don't think he can average anything unless he starts playing in the league (injury reference).

 

[dino33]

remember the talks about VC for JO... ?

damn tht wasnt a good trade at all... carter can average.. (now, with injury) around 20.9 5.9 5
JO is averaging (with injury) 16 7 ???

and the trade was CARTER and MARCUS for JO.... thts not a fair trade...

 

[Answer_AI03]

Don't say he CANT average 20 and 10 because he probably will next year, especially in the east. Carter is not helping this team at all. Sure he gets stats, but he plays with no heart and no motivation. I admit JO might not be the best replacement but i would honestly take a gamble on JO then have VC on a losing team.

 

[pegs]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Answer_AI03 @ Mar 28 2008, 02:09 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><s>Carter</s> Jermaine O'Neal is not helping this team at all. Sure he gets stats, but he plays with no heart and no motivation.</div>

Fixed it for you. Really, insert O'Neal like that, and that statement would become 100% true. (While, I believe it's only 60ish% true for Carter.)

Also, I do believe that right now, Carter is playing with the most heart on the Nets. He wants this team to make the playoffs, and right now, he's putting this team on his back and attempting to carry this team the rest of the season.

 

[GMJ]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Answer_AI03 @ Mar 28 2008, 01:09 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Don't say he CANT average 20 and 10 because he probably will next year, especially in the east. Carter is not helping this team at all. Sure he gets stats, but he plays with no heart and no motivation. I admit JO might not be the best replacement but i would honestly take a gamble on JO then have VC on a losing team.</div>

True if you said it at the beginning of the year. Since then two things have happened

1) Carter is leading this team (not just in scoring, well, maybe Boone is now?

) with heart, motivation, intensity, and excellent effort on the defensive end.

2) When was the last time Jermaine played without serious concerns about his injuries? Plus we've got enough big men. I'll give you this though, Jermaine is more cap-friendly, since his contract is with less years. But if you want to talk money then lets also talk about who sells more tickets; now, and in Brooklyn.

 

[Answer_AI03]

Like i said, it would really be a gamble, but do you really see the nets winning anything with Carter?? ya, neither do I. Also, JO isn't the only big out there that they could trade for, hes just the first player that came to mind thats on the trading block, plus i really think that after he gets healthy he'll be motivated, and physically back to where he was a couple years ago.

 

[pegs]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Answer_AI03 @ Mar 28 2008, 02:20 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Like i said, it would really be a gamble, but do you really see the nets winning anything with Carter?? ya, neither do I. Also, JO isn't the only big out there that they could trade for, hes just the first player that came to mind thats on the trading block, plus i really think that after he gets healthy he'll be motivated, and physically back to where he was a couple years ago.</div>

The only person that could get JO motivated was Reggie. And I don't see a player like him on the Nets.

I'm not sure about the future of the Nets with Carter. I mean, we could be a winning team....this IS the East, after all.

On the other hand, I definitely do not see the Nets winning with JO. Hell, I'm not even sure I could see JO playing with the Nets. Is he ever not injured?

Oh, and you talk about him not being the only big we could trade for. What other players come to mind that are on the trading block?

 

[Joey FistPump]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (dino33 @ Mar 28 2008, 12:43 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>remember the talks about VC for JO... ?

damn tht wasnt a good trade at all... carter can average.. (now, with injury) around 20.9 5.9 5
JO is averaging (with injury) 16 7 ???

and the trade was CARTER and MARCUS for JO.... thts not a fair trade...</div>
Carter for O'neal is a fair trade...problem is that the Pacers would want Carter, Marcus and Boone...that sucks.

 

[Joey FistPump]

Another solid night from Boone...15pts and 16 rebounds.

 

[Jizzy]

good boy, boone, for some reason, owns the pacers

 

[Boomdog]

We need a soild scoring big man to play next to him.....losing all faith in Krstic.

 

[Universe]

More offense should have went to Boone. Like Jizzy said, he owns the Pacers so why not feed him more balls?

 

[SportsTicker]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (J-HoAgZ @ Mar 27 2008, 09:53 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I'm not trying to come down hard on Boone what I don't understand exactly why he starts. I mean he just had like 26 points last night but it didn't even seem like it. He's a pretty good rebounder but that's about all I see out of him. IMO he doesn't go strong to the hoop, he's not a presence in the paint, he's not a shot blocker, he's not athletic, he's not a big time dunker, he's a joke from the free throw line, he might have the worst hands I've ever seen although he's getting a little better at catching the ball, and he doesn't have any post moves. I really don't get why he even plays. Statistically he's a pretty good player, but watching the games to me it just seems that somebody else should be in. Sorry especially to that guy in here who know's Boone I'm not trying to knock him I just really don't see why he's out there.</div>

A better question would be "why would you post this?"

Here's the answer: A lot of foolish Nets fans spent a lot of their time early in the season trashing Boone, saying he wouldn't make it, etc., etc.. Now that he is developing into one of the league's better young power forwards (give me a list of PF's 23 and under who are better), desperate man do desperate things like post this intellectually dishonest item.

We are also witnessing this same phenomenon with those who criticized Frank for not developing young talent. They are now looking for ways to get around Boone's development and Harris' development, desperately looking to find some poor "rationale" to get around the more simple, more elegant explanation: they were wrong.

Boone, 23, is averaging a near double double since he began starting for the team 49 games ago. He has more double-doubles than any player chosen in the 2006 draft, more than Aldridge, Thomas, Milsap, Armstrong, Bargnani, etc., etc.

If you're a Net fan, you should be thrilled the team was able to draft and develop a player of his caliber at #23.

 

[Claud]

I agree with everything that was said above^ , but in order for our frontcourt to REALLY do some damge we need a legitimate post scorer who demands double teams, that would open alot of space for boone to do even better and the rest of the players.

 

[#1_War_Poet_ForLife]

I'd love to get to the point where Boone is coming off the bench, with Williams and Krstic are starting. But that's not happening this season, and probably not next. At this moment, he is our best big man.

 

[Claud]

Krstic shouldnt be in the NBA. hes be better off in europe.
Trade him i know we can get a good deal back for him.
I know he can shoot ( sometimes) but he is wayyyyyyyyyyyyyy too soft for the nba and gets outmuscled outhustled every time and its so sad and annoying. And cant even finish strong at the rim, he misses layups and gets blocked by smaller players all the time (stack)
I lost hope, its time to move on. Trade him or deal wit his situation, i dont want him starting next year not even off the bench.

 

[Boomdog]

Boone is good BUT he's never going to control a game. He's like a taller more athletic version of David Lee. I'd absolutly love to see him develope some moves but at teh same time im content with him being a solid double double machine that plays good Def. if we can get a low post scorer to play next to him

 

[StroShow4]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Boomdog @ Mar 29 2008, 03:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Boone is good BUT he's never going to control a game. He's like a taller more athletic version of David Lee. I'd absolutly love to see him develope some moves but at teh same time im content with him being a solid double double machine that plays good Def. if we can get a low post scorer to play next to him</div>

boone is nowhere near as athletic as david lee. not sure if you recall, but lee won the all american dunk contest in high school, he's a damn good athlete.

 

[Joey FistPump]

I find it amazing that people think that Boone isn't a starter in this league...
Realistically he may never be a dominant scorer...that being said he still could be an extremely dominant big man.

It's his second year, but it's more of a rookie season considering his lack of PT due to injury and coaches decisions last season. He is 23 years old and is averaging 10.25 pts and 8.43 rebounds in his 49 starts thus far and has continued to show flashes of further potential development.

Lets say he decides to model his game after Ben Wallace...he works harder on his defensive game and focuses even harder on rebounding while just maintaining his scoring numbers...would you consider him to be a player that is dominant then?

So what if he'll never average more than 14 points a game in in career? That's not a big deal...I'll take 12 points 11 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game from him for the next 9 years...

Also for the record...Ben Wallace never averaged over 6 points a game until his 5th season when he went to the Pistons and he never averaged over 9 rebounds until his 5th season as well.