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6th MTC Fantasy NBA


hoopburners

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oh... that TX... hehehe...

btw, oden sucks...

 

2 things...

 

1) it's practically a given that Durant will have a better rookie season as he doesn't really have anyone to share the ball with...so yeah, he is a great #1 pick for the dynasty league and there's no point arguing against it. Thinking long-term, as the Blazers were, is a different matter altogether. Besides, Rip City is far more likely to find a wing-player of the same calibre than a building-block big man.

 

2) the only reason why Oden sucks is `coz he's got health issues. that aside, I think he'd be more than ready to bust out with 2 full seasons under his belt (think Dwight Howard). The curve is much steeper for bigs, moreso for bigs who didn't put in at least 3 years of college ball. But he's got a lot of the skills bundled up with that lanky, athletic frame so he's much farther along the curve than the average 1 and done varsity standout.

 

Of course the ugly thing here is that GO (or O.G. `coz he looks ancient anyway) follows a long list of Blazers big men who came in blasting out of the college game like huge fireballs of promise (after Walton and Bowie)---only to burn out and spend the bulk of their careers down with an injury. To be fair, both bigs lived up to the hype when they were healthy anyway---Big Red led the Blazers to upset the ballyhooed Sixers in `77. And for all the hits Bowie has been taking for getting picked ahead of the Great One he normed decent numbers as a quality big.

 

Maybe we could even add Sabonis to the list of snake-bitten NBA bigs. Man, if that dude played in the league in his prime with Drexler, there's no telling how many rings the Blazers franchise would be boasting of right now.

Edited by gift_of_game
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