bulletsforever.com - 5/9/2009
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One of the common arguments I've heard from people who advocate taking Ricky Rubio is that the NBA is becoming more and more of a point guard driven league so it makes sense to get the best floor general available.
Certainly the level of talent at point guard has risen in recent years thanks ...
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What is it? It's an A-Bomb! From A-Rod! (J/K.. Just Bullets from Around the Blogosphere)
Ridiculous Upside —
... ) from over at BulletsForever put up a post today wondering if the NBA is really, as they say, a point guard-oriented league. He concludes that big men are more vital. He lays his argument out that big men are more vital, and as of now, I'm going to agree to disagree. However, it made me wonder, what position dominates the D-League? Eddie Gill vs. Kevin Kruger certainly wasn't an amazing matchup in the D-League Finals. Just off the top of my head, I'm going to say the wings. What do you ...
Wednesday Bolts - 5.13.09
Daily Thunder.com —
... I thought this was an interesting post from Bullets Forever in regards to the whole Rubio-Griffin debate: “The point guards on that list certainly aren’t terrible, but Tony Parker is the only PG on that list who made it to the All-Star Game in the same year that he also won the championship, and that was only in the 2007 season. On the other hand, every big man on that list played in the All-Star Game with the exception of Duncan in ‘99, since there was no game because of the lockout. Furthermore, the top 3 big men of the decade (Shaq, Duncan, and Garnett) ...
Thursday Bolts - 5.14.09
Daily Thunder.com —
... to find. For that reason, I would be thrilled if the Thunder lucked into the #2 position just like the year they drafted Kevin Durant (and Greg Oden was the “safe pick” at #1).” Should I form a rebuttal, or not? Hmm… I will say this: Everybody is making the “Derrick Rose almost beat Boston!” argument, but why was that series even close to start with? Because Kevin Garnett was out for the Celtics. And what is Kevin Garnett? A dominant big man. Again, this article from yesterday. Next question. ...
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