I know I am late to this argument, but when did Ricky Davis become a better player than Wally?
This is the first year that such an argument could even be attempted, and I would say that Wally is still a better player this year. Wally was all rookie, an all-star in his second or third year, and has been steady his entire career except for his injury year. Davis only started to emerge as a truly good player last year. Outside of that he has been talent and attitude.
Defense? I see no evidence that Davis is significantly better than Wally on defense.
Wally will fit in well with Pierce. Pierce will go to the hole 20 times a game and when he is triple teamed, he kicks the ball to lights-out Wally. Similar to Grant Hill and Allan Houston.
This is a good trade for the Celtics. They traded Davis, who is likely at his peak value, Banks, who seems like a good player but could never crack the rotation, Blount who is decent (Minnesota gets a real center so that's good for them.), and I don't know much about Reed. (Maybe he is the x-factor?)
The downside for Boston, and the upside for Minnesota is Kandi-ass. Dwayne Jones is a throw-in.
Yes, and Boston gets a white guy. In Boston, that is priceless.
Player comparison:
Wally Szczerbiak
YEAR TEAM G GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% OFF DEF RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG
99-00 MIN 73 53 29.7 .511 .359 .826 1.2 2.5 3.7 2.8 .79 .32 1.14 2.40 11.6
00-01 MIN 82 82 34.8 .510 .338 .870 1.6 3.8 5.5 3.2 .72 .40 1.68 2.80 14.0
01-02 MIN 82 82 38.0 .508 .455 .831 1.5 3.3 4.8 3.1 .80 .26 2.21 2.30 18.7
02-03 MIN 52 42 35.3 .481 .421 .867 1.0 3.6 4.6 2.6 .85 .42 1.67 2.40 17.6
03-04 MIN 28 0 22.2 .449 .435 .828 .9 2.3 3.1 1.2 .43 .04 1.00 1.50 10.2
04-05 MIN 81 37 31.6 .506 .373 .855 1.0 2.7 3.7 2.4 .49 .20 1.63 2.20 15.5
05-06 MIN 40 40 38.9 .495 .406 .896 .9 3.9 4.8 2.8 .53 .38 2.15 2.30 20.1
Career 438 336 33.6 .500 .404 .855 1.2 3.2 4.4 2.7 .68 .30 1.68 2.30 15.5
Playoff 29 17 31.7 .447 .268 .877 1.0 3.0 4.0 1.8 .76 .24 2.17 2.40 12.7
All-Star 1 0 12.0 .667 .667 .000 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 1.00 .00 .00 .00 10.0
Ricky Davis:
YEAR TEAM G GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% OFF DEF RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG
98-99 CHA 46 1 12.1 .405 .167 .763 .9 1.0 1.8 1.3 .65 .15 1.17 1.00 4.5
99-00 CHA 48 4 11.9 .503 .000 .765 .6 1.1 1.7 1.3 .63 .17 .96 .80 4.7
00-01 MIA 7 0 10.0 .414 1.000 .875 .1 .9 1.0 1.6 .71 .29 .71 1.00 4.6
01-02 CLE 82 8 23.8 .481 .314 .790 .8 2.2 3.0 2.2 .84 .28 1.80 1.80 11.7
02-03 CLE 79 76 39.6 .410 .363 .748 1.2 3.7 4.9 5.5 1.58 .46 3.51 2.30 20.6
03-04 CLE 22 22 36.2 .431 .354 .680 .8 4.7 5.5 5.0 1.14 .36 3.09 2.30 15.3
03-04 BOS 57 5 29.4 .488 .380 .732 1.0 3.1 4.2 2.6 1.25 .25 2.12 2.10 14.1
03-04 -- 79 27 31.3 .469 .371 .718 1.0 3.6 4.5 3.3 1.22 .28 2.39 2.20 14.4
04-05 BOS 82 11 32.9 .462 .339 .815 .8 2.2 3.0 3.0 1.09 .33 2.50 2.10 16.0
05-06 BOS 42 42 41.6 .464 .320 .787 1.0 3.5 4.5 5.3 1.17 .21 2.74 2.20 19.7
05-06 -- 42 42 41.6 .464 .320 .787 1.0 3.5 4.5 5.3 1.17 .21 2.74 2.20 19.7
Career 465 169 28.4 .451 .344 .770 .9 2.6 3.4 3.2 1.06 .20 2.23 1.80 13.6
Playoff 11 2 33.0 .421 .368 .738 .7 2.6 3.4 2.5 1.00 .18 3.00 2.70
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