Posted by nyk4ever:

Wow, now we're going to talk about Isiah letting Demarr Johnson go? Talk about really letting some bigtime talent go there. I think we all saw Demarr Johnson last year and he did NOTHING to prove his case with the playing time that was given too him. Joel Pryzbilla will NEVER be anything more then a end of the bench player in this league. Anyone can put up numbers on a bad team, heck look at Nazr Mohammed this year and Erick Dampier last year. I'd rather Isiah take a chance on a 19 year old kid who was supposed to be a first round pick coming straight out of highschool then taking a chance on Joel Pryz who has yet to show anyone anything near the reason he was made the 9th pick in the draft 5 years ago.

[Edited by - nyk4ever on 03/23/2005 17:15:19]

Posted by VDesai:

Posted by Bonn1997:

Pryz is an unathletic tall slow player. I think he's reached his potential at 6 PPG and 7 RPG (unless he gets huge minutes on an awful team). He's been in the league many years and never shown that he's capable of being more than a mediocre role player. Butler, in contrast, is a very athletic 19 year old. You really think the high end of his upside is to become a Pryzbilla type player?
I think I also said that Butler and Ariza combined have more upside than Pryzbilla

Thats nice. Conveniently ignore actual facts showing that Pryz is averaging 8.6 pts, 10.2 rebs and 2.4 pts in a starting role for 35 games. Yet somehow his potential is 6 ppg and 7 rpg. Maybe Portland is not a good team, but you can't deny that they have a talented roster, and several good players up front (notice he was starting before Randolph got hurt). And as BRIGGS mentioned earlier in this thread, its not like people just stand around waiting for you to get a rebound or block a shot, whether its a bad team or not. Yet somehow his potential is 6 ppg and 7 rpg.

Combining Butler's upside and Ariza's upside really have nothing to do with discussion anyway. Getting someone like Pryzbilla would've been nice at the start of the season, when we had no real backup center, and none that could block shots. He showed enough rebounding/shotblocking potential in his late year stint in Atlanta to merit a look. This was a guy available for the LLE.

Posted by Bonn1997:

Pryz is an unathletic tall slow player.

Butler, in contrast, is a very athletic 19 year old.

Posted by MX25:

Posted by Bonn1997:

Pryz is an unathletic tall slow player.

Butler, in contrast, is a very athletic 19 year old.

Przybilla is more atheltic than you think.

How is Butler Atheltic? You have seen him play for more than 1 min? The guy is extremely overweight but wait..Butler is black so he has to be atheltic.

Well after watching tonights game where Butler ran the floor albeit it was only for 2 minutes, he ran the floor very nicely. I'd say he's got some more athleticism then Joel and he doesnt look overweight at all out there. Now Mike Sweetney on the other hand..

Posted by BRIGGS:

how did this thread morph from Joel Pry had a good game, he has been playing real well, into a slugfest about stupidity?