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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
You're either drunk, retarded (or both)
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If after 9 EST, almost certainly at least one of these.
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if you think Billups could ever put up those numbers. I don't care what team he's on. McGrady is the team because he has to be. Billups doesn't even have the option.
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This started with my saying picking Chauncey over McGrady wasn't a bad enough choice as to brand the GM a failure. Shit, the team that's got McGrady is a failure, isn't it?
I admit McGrady is a much better player in the sense of marquee appeal, but guess what, that kind of thinking is why there aren't too many newer banners hanging in the Garden. This is a team sport.
McGrady is averaging 25.7 ppg. Billups 19.5. But Billups' backcourt mate, Rip Hamilton is also averaging 19. If Hamilton's out, Billips could go up 6, easy. Now, I think McGrady may be shooting less this year, and probably could kick it up, but ppg isn't the point.
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And let me reiterate, McGrady averages more assists than your precious point guard. Assists are how we judge the performance of point guards.
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Its not that simple. Billups is the highest ranked point in the East this season, its not just assists. As to assists, Billups team circulates the ball through lots of hands every play. Anyone on the court could have made the last pass before a shot. Its not the same as a running team. The Piston build on Defense, and that cuts down running, and high stats for the point.
McGrady touches the ball and shoots or dishes for the shot a very high %.
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Just answer this, and I'll know whether you're worth wasting my time on in future sports discussions: If you could trade Billups for McGrady, straight up, would you?
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What does my team look like?
A team with a legit shot to make the finals (not win, make)?
A team with 2 guys who aren't McGrady, but certainly fill the position solidily (Hamilton and Prince)?
A team trying to build to win a championship, not just score lots of points, where the trade would take a solid piece of the puzzle (Billups) out for someone that really only adds a little to a spot you've got covered?
I really don't know what Joe Dumars would do. I know he passed on Rashid Wallace's Stats.
Again, McGrady is great, and you don't even mention his best quality. I think he's the most focused on D of the really high scorer, maybe since Jordan.
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You're right. I'd rather have John Stockton than Michael Jordan any day. Hell, BJ Armstrong, John Paxson, Bill Cartwright and Stacy King carried those Bulls team all those years.
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This is the equivalent of calling me Hitler on Politics, but I'll bite. No. Keep Jordan.
Can I play? you're GM of the Nets. You gotta get rid of one guy. Who, Kidd or Richard Jefferson?
Tons of guys can score in the NBA, especially if the team isn't good otherwise. Ultimately, Billups is a solid piece of a very good team. He was not a bad choice.
