Posted by islesfan:

Posted by tkf:

Posted by islesfan:

Posted by tkf:

Posted by islesfan:

Posted by tkf:

Posted by islesfan:

Yeah seriously, Curry guards?

I'm pretty sure that you'd be able to find somebody in the draft who could sit there in the paint and wait for the guards to set him up for easy buckets, commit stupid offensive fouls because they have no offensive moves, stand there like a statue on defense and make stupid proclamations about how all they need is one summer to start fulfilling their promise when he's already had 5 summers under his team's supervision.

curry does a good job guarding the opposing center, can morrison and gay guard the centers in this league? forget all your other drivel, can they guard centers?

Nazr Mohammed guards centers. Would you take him over Morrison, Gay or Aldridge (who can probably guard centers better than Curry can?

neither does nazr command double teams, nazr is not a space eater, nazr is not a threat to score. curry is. So again I don't see your point, also nazr is 28, curry is 23 the room for growth is greater with curry. you are reaching man...

Question, nazr guards centers and needs help, curry guards with no help.... NEXT.....

Are you really being this obtuse? You're the one bringing up the ability to guard centers as to why you'd prefer Curry over Morrison or Gay, as if Morrison and Gay don't bring anything else to the table.

I'm not bringing up Nazr because I prefer him, rather I brought him up because he fills your asinine "Does he guard centers?" requirement. And please, Curry needs as much help guarding centers as Nazr does but I guess by definition, they both guard centers which according to you means that they're preferable over Morrison or Gay because they can't.

islefan, the point is that people will say, I prefer morrison or gay, so threfore the curry trade is bad, this is the assinine thinking that I am arguing against. The point is we needed a center, we got one, we don't need more swingman, that is the point, therefore curry's value to me is higher. Now you and others have come back with the assinine well anyone can do what curry does, even nazr, Nazr does not fill my requirement of guarding centers, because nazr is not as effective IMO, we have been down that road, nazr will often be outscorred and will need help guarding real centers in this league, not the 6'8 wannabe centers. Curry guards big men without help, holds his own at times even dominates. KT never dominated at center for us, neither has nazr. Also there is no one I see in this draft that commands double teams from the center position and say what you want about curry, he does, that is just the facts.. stop with the smoke screening!!!

I guess you would have picked Sam Bowie over Michael Jordan. How did that one work out?

of course not, but maybe I would have taken Hakeem. I could live with those two rings and HOF play Hakeem gave the rockets? again you are smokescreening..

BTW: do you see a Jordan in this draft?

Posted by islesfan:

Posted by rvhoss:

the sam bowie/jordan go to is kind of played, don't ya think?

Dude, stick with your unsubstantiated "Things are great!", "Ya Gotta Believe!", "We're going to contend next year!" and "We're definitely headed in the right direction!" drivel.

Posted by McK1:

Curry 23 & 7 in a 15 point loss at home.

you could've gotten Mike Sweetney to put up 15 & 6 nightly, draw doubles, and guard opposing centers 1 - on -1. I recall him shutting EC down and doing a very good job on Shaq.

with EC's 6' 11 frame, the theory is his length wil be more of a factor defensively than Mikes. Yet instill, the paint is as wide open as ever.

MCK, You just won't act right will you? I am going to have to give you some "act right"

in two losses to the magic, curry numbers are.

29/9
23/6
in the last win vs the magic:

27/10 and 53% from the field.

Stop with the smoke screening man.. just stop and act right!!!

against the magic and the Great Dwight Howard we all love, espcially myself, curry is averaging. 26/8 Hell that is pretty damn good...

Posted by Marv:

Posted by tkf:

of course not, but maybe I would have taken Hakeem. I could live with those two rings and HOF play Hakeem gave the rockets?

Hakeem was pure greatness, but just to keep it real, do you think he would have won either of those rings if Michael hadn't "retired" for those 2 years??

Posted by fishmike:

Curry has a good shot to be special. A lot of bigs take this long to really mature. The big difference however between late bloomers like Ben Wallace and Brad Miller are that Curry was a top pick and touted to be an impact player. Those guys became allstars through hardwork and effort. Curry is catered too because of upside and "talent."

At some point Curry is responsible for his own greatness or demise. I will give him this year. Lets see how he shows up, what he does this offseason, what he learns, who he works out with. If he's slimmer and quicker and starts next year somewere reasonable.. 260-270 then I believe the guy's a beast in the making. If he's the 300ish he is now tractor trailor part deux here we are.

Posted by fishmike:

but TFK.. that being said I'm not expecting it to happen. So far watching every game I've seen a guy with a pretty low IQ, make the same mistakes and try the same moves every single game with the same results. When he has his big games its because our guards are doing a superior job of attacking the rim, which leaves Eddie to do what he does best: clean the offensive glass and dunk putbacks. I've seen ZERO maturation in his game over the entire year.

I hope he proves me wrong and starts by getting in shape, but guys usually lose weight as the NBA season goes on. EC seems to be gaining it