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What the **** is going on in here?

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GS can't admit to the fact that the Spurs had a lucky run and nothing more.

Spurs were absolutely lucky to land Duncan with the 3rd worst record.

And benching a healthy Robinson didn't hurt either

Well this thread certainly went in a different direction...

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And benching a healthy Robinson didn't hurt either

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Only that never happened.

Sure buddy, whatever makes you sleep at night.

bush league move by DRob. the Dream never woulda done something like that!



edit: I'm a dumb and forgot the forum codes.

[This message has been edited by Dan 07 (edited 7/1/2012 10:17p).]

wow 25 mil for asik? lmao

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Sure buddy, whatever makes you sleep at night.

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You saying it multiple times doesn't make it true. Robinson couldn't have played because of major back and foot problems. And he was never the same again after that season.

Rushing back from major foot surgery is a smart thing. Look at how it turn Grant Hill into a HOF player.

What about Yao? Rushing back to play on his ****ty feet for the China Olympics sure did work wonders for his career.

Your ignorant ramblings only serve to make you look stupid.

[This message has been edited by Guitarsoup (edited 7/2/2012 1:40a).]

Yao

http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/story/_/page/asik_120701/nba-how-houston-used-loopholes-woo-omer-asik

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On to the next question: Is he worth it?

That's a bit of an eye-of-the-beholder question. Asik's advanced stats support the subjective viewpoint that he's one of the five or 10 best defensive players in basketball, and defense in general tends to be wildly underrated in the free-agent market (although weirdly, not in the draft). He is also, objectively, a monstrous rebounder, with his 20.1 rebound rate ranking sixth in the NBA last season.

Asik is a terrible offensive player, however, with bad hands, poor touch and a proclivity for illegal screens. Advanced stats seem to indicate that he takes away almost as much with his offense as he does with his defense -- but that overall he's a plus, even compared to the league average.

And that, in the big picture, makes him a second-tier starting center. And you know how much those are worth? About $8 million a year. Houston should know; they just paid nearly the same amount to the departed Samuel Dalembert.

Houston will hope Asik can improve on that prognosis by upping his offensive production to slightly less pathetic levels, with the tutelage of Kevin McHale, but even so his defense justifies the contract.

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http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/story/_/page/asik_120701/nba-how-houston-used-loopholes-woo-omer-asik

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCLBAho0THo

Looks pretty athletic for a giant white man.

That's because he isn't white. Don't worry, Kooch, y'all can keep chris kaman

If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, quacks like a duck, it must be a Turk.

If Omar Asik isn't white, it's because there is something whiter than white.

THE TURKISH HAMMER