Posted by bigbeast:
Chi (contract yr) 16pts, 5.4rbs, 0.9 blks, 54% fgs, 28 minspg
NY (this yr) 19.5 pts, 7.1 mins, 0.5blks, 58% fgs, 35minspg
Explain to me how this yr isn't better than the yr he had in Chi. He's much more polished offensively, has shown much more stamina to finish games, doesn't foul as much, is the focal point of this offensive and is putting up more shots at a better fg%. His rebounds are up and he even has his number called at the end of games here whereas in Chi, more times then not, he was hardly on the floor down the stretch of games.
I think Bonn did just explain to why you he thinks Curry had a better year that year and I agree. While Curry's offensive numbers are great, his Points Per Minute rate is barely up from his contract year, he has a worse Rebound per Minute rate and a much worse shotblock per Minute rate. Which gives creedance to the argument that Curry is just playing more minutes(which is a good thing, I'm glad to see his stamina has improved) but he's not doing more with those extra minutes, he's actually doing less. I think these facts are alarming and I don't agree with this sentiment that it's a forgone conclusion that Eddy's defense is going to improve next year, I see no reason as to why it's going to improve, he has shown nothing to make anyone think it will. He just could care less about playing defense, let alone some help defense.
Now if Isiah can find a way to surround Eddy with guys that can totally hide these flaws then he might be onto something, but I think that is a VERY hard way to try and build a championship caliber team.
[Edited by - nyk4ever on 04-08-2007 11:41 AM]
4/8/2007 1:03 AM
