Posted by TrueBlue:

Posted by crzymdups:

Posted by TrueBlue:

Posted by BigSm00th:

Posted by TrueBlue:

Posted by GKFv2:

LOl at calling Rose another Marbury.

Powerul drive right, predominantly offensive point guard. Anyway your boy lost don't fret too much. He'll be drafted very high if he declares. I just hope we don't draft him to be our point guard of the future.

i like how you discount his rebounding, defense, and ability. marbury never lost in a championship game. trueblue you are a pathetic miser man what would impress you? rose is a 19 year old freshman who played the best out of anyone on the floor. did you watch minutes 8 to 2 of the second half. rose scored 8 points in a row and brought memphis from down 4 to up 4. to say he's a "marbury clone" is embarassing and a beacon of not understanding basketball or holding some bizarre grudge against marbury. get over yourself.

Comparing him to Marbury isn't a bad thing in terms of talent. If a Marbury talent enters the draft this yr where does he go? Probably top 5 right? He's really an undersized 2 guard who needs clear outs and screens set for him to go right so he can do damage. His style of play is what I don't care for, from a point but the kid can ball and so can CDR and plenty of other players who appear to be entering the draft. Dozier was impressive also with his role play.

[Edited by - TrueBlue on 04-07-2008 11:10 PM]

I used to think this assessment was crazy, but the more I watch Rose, he does play a lot like Marbury - they have a similar skill set (at least before Marbury started going downhill). The question is, can he carry himself like more of a professional and be more of a leader than Sourbury? He is bigger than Marbury, too, and a better rebounder. But he does a lot of the driving into traffic and leaving his feet that Marbury does, has the same suspect jumper. Anyway, I still like him better than most prospects in the draft. It's hard to project qualities like character and leadership from watching a game on TV - the real things that have kept Steph from making himself a great player. I hope Donnie can make the right call.

Now that makes about 4-5 posters in the recent week I've seen agree with this assessment. If you look at Rose's game Marbury's is the closest of current NBA point guards. Even if Marbury had his head on straight was he an NBA championship caliber point guard?

missing clutch FT's down the stretch definitely reminds me of Marbury, i'll give u that