Re: PG's

[Josh Ozersky <josh_ozersky@yahoo.com>]

This whole discussion only brings light on how few
great point guards there are in the game.  We happen
to have one of them -- the mystery being, why he has
played as if allergic to assists all year.  I think
the bottom line, whether we want to admit it or not,
is that our best chance is to get Kenny Anderson to
play like he is capable of and cover for him on
defense.  Otherwise, I don't know what to say.  We
missed out on Marbury.  We might have an outside
chance at acquiring Payton.  Who else is there,
realistically?  Derek Harper, Terry Porter, guys like
that -- they're not going to run your team for you. 
They're role players you bring in for defensive stops
or to overpower smaller players.

--- j.hironaka@unesco.org wrote:
> I agree with you on Terry Porter. He was a complete
> guard and a clutch player
> who arguably may deserve as much HOF consideration
> as the Dream Teamer Joe
> Dumars (my favorite non-Celtic of all time). Porter
> was like a young Dennis
> Johnson (circa 1979) when it came to stepping up on
> both ends when it mattered.
> Too bad he plays for the Mucho Greasy One.
> 
> Go Celts!
> 
> Joe
> 
> p.s. Congratulations Greg on that Blazers blowout
> win over the Fakers. I
> absolutely love it :-)
> 
> p.p.s. As I recall, the Celtics came awfully close
> to drafting Joe Dumars but
> ended up instead with the consolation/booby prize
> (Sam Vincent). Both players
> were graded as solid defender/scorers who were too
> short for NBA 2-guard and too
> inexperienced to project as a point guard, much like
> Dee Brown.
> 
> ****
> 
> "Odegaard, Greg M." wrote:
> 
> > Stockton is not a 10 anymore for sure, but he was
> a 10+ because he truly
> > could do it, in fact made Magic look bad 100's of
> times late in his career,
> > when Stock couldn't be stopped on both ends.  His
> defense is grossly
> > underrated (steals leader and all).
> > I have always thought the world of Terry Porter
> (playing in Portland for
> > years) who was also a great all around PG.  His
> duels with Stockton were
> > enough to make your eyes water, those and Kevin
> Johnson in the early 90's as
> > well.  Give Riley credit for picking Porter up. 
> Just think what value he
> > could have brought to our team this year and next?
> KJ is still home mowing
> > the lawn.
> > I feel with respect to the PG, we should draft
> here and let the right
> > project develop (project being a pure PG who can
> defend), without a likely
> > pick this year this becomes a challenge, though I
> am still high on Alvin
> > Williams, who like Yogi hasn't gotten much of a
> shake in Toronto to develop.
> > He has a near complete game and could be had this
> summer out of his one year
> > exemption deal.
> >
> > Have a nice spring day folks,
> > Greg
> 
> 
> 
> 

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