Re: SHAWN KEMP ASKS FOR TRADE!

["JLyell" <jlyell@concentric.net>]

We must remember basketball is a team game, and teams with so called young
stars Miami, Washington, Seattle, Indiana, etc, always seem to get spanked
by the teams with the mature team oriented veteran teams. Until they start
playing a team oriented style of basketball they won't win the big one. 
That is why I would taker Malone over Kemp. Kemp is definitely more
athletic, but Malone the type of player that makes everyone better.



> So?  That doesn't prove anything about Malone or Kemp as individuals.
Show me their head-to-head statistics over the last few seasons if you want
to make that point.  Also, head-to-head matchups don't determine who is the
better player.  Even if Kemp plays Malone better than Malone plays Kemp
(which I doubt), as long as Malone plays most other
> PFs better than Kemp plays most other PFs (which he does), then Malone
> is better overall.
> 
> >			Besides Kemp is quicker and a better shot blocker. 
> 
> Yeah, Kemp blocks more shots, but he also commits a *lot* more fouls
> and often has to sit on the bench early - then he has a tendency to
> pick up another foul right after going back in.  Plus Malone plays
> better one-on-one defense overall.  
> 
> Malone gets to the line more, has a better outside shot (Kemp can
> shoot from outside when he's open; Malone doesn't have to be open),
> is *significantly* better in the clutch, and is a *much* better passer
> out of the post.
> 
> I'd love to have Shawn Kemp on the Celtics (as long as we don't have
> to mortgage the franchise to get him, which we probably would).  Shawn
> Kemp is one of the best, and I don't think we've seen the best of him
> yet, but at this point there's no way he's as good as Karl Malone, let
> alone better.
>