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Originally Posted by cmorioles
You don't think Blake Griffin was helped immensely by adding Chris Paul? Come on. He is great in transition. In the half court he is a liability, and he can't shoot free throws. That is HUGE against good teams when it counts.
He also is only an average rebounder at best. One of the Memphis games he had 0 or 1 rebounds while playing 40 minutes. How is that even possible for a power forward? He is probably above average on the offensive glass, but on the other end not so much. As a power forward I wouldn't even take him over a healthy A'mare right now.
If you think Curry could replace Harden you are sadly mistaken. He can't guard anyone and is much shorter. He doesn't really do anything better than Harden. Johnson, you can have him. What does he do better? Atlanta will regret that contract for a long time.
Jefferson is good on the block, but that is all he is. He can't guard anyone and doesn't shoot very well outside about 10 feet. I'm not a big Chris Bosh fan, but you wouldn't find 5 GMs in the league that would take Jefferson over him. He may fit better with the Heat, but that isn't what we were talking about.
Back to Harden, I watch the games. That guy is an all star. If he left, his numbers will go up, and you can book that. He isn't just a scorer, he gets lots of assists too. Guys like Steve Kerr and Bruce Bowen were system guys, Harden is not. He can flat out play.
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Griffin's numbers were roughly the same with and without Paul. He cant rebound? He was 6th in the NBA in rebounding and 7th in defensive rebounds. The Amare thing is laughable if you watched him at all this season. 1st he will never be healthy again and even when he was at the top of his game he was hardly a great rebounder never averaging 10 a game and never played defense. Plus Griffin is a sneaky good passer averaging 3.5 assists a game. I understand people like to be contrary but Griffin is a true star.
I think that you are being a homer if you dont think that Harden is very similar to Johnson and has plays similar to Curry. These are compliments but the point was that Bynum is a pretty uniquely talented player who is clearly the 2nd best center in the game.
I never said that he was a system player but he surely benefits from the team and system that he plays in. Put him on the floor with a non passing ball stopper like Carmelo or Kobe and his game would suffer. As a matter of fact I see so many similarities with Johnson that it is uncanny. If Johnson played on the Heat or Knicks he would be All NBA 2nd or 3rd team every year.