Re: Baker, Fortson, or just a good slap?

[Shailendra Mishra <shailendra_mishra@yahoo.com>]

Alex,

Very well put, couldn't have done better. - Mishra

--- Alex Wang <awang@mit.edu> wrote:
> Josh,
> 
> If you are going to support Fortson with rebounding
> statistics,
> you shouldn't dismiss Baker too quickly. Remember
> that this guy,
> as soft and fat as he is, was once the 6th best
> rebounder in 
> the league, as well as a twenty point scorer and a
> fair shotblocker.
> Just about any criticism you can make about Baker's
> teams not winning
> (and he was on a 61 win Sonics team) you can make
> about Fortson more
> strongly. Baker had a pathetic season but I think
> you'll see that many
> athletes who had subpar seasons last year will
> perform more like 
> their pre-lockout selves than what you saw.
> 
> Personally, I have a hard time believing that Baker
> is really such
> a worthless, fat slob who just happens his way into
> 20 points and
> ten rebounds season after season, though I haven't
> seen him play
> much. Do people just come away with the impression
> after watching
> him play that, "He got 20 points and 10 rebounds and
> shot a high 
> percentage, but it was just in such a soft, fat way
> that it disgusted
> me"? Does he give up a ton of points and rebounds to
> the guy he's
> covering or something?
> 
> Alex

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