Walker/Garnett?

[Steve and Michelle Ouellette <redsox@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I would definitely take Antoine Walker over Jalen Rose ... but you're 
not seriously arguing that Antoine is better than Garnett are you? 
Because if you were doing that, we'd have to start bringing in the stats 
that aren't flattering to Antoine, like an unGodly 39.4 % shooting 
percentage, compared to Garnett's 47.0%.

I am not going to bash Antoine, and he showed maturity and improvement 
last year, but he is no Garnett, and I frankly can't remember the last 
power forward to shoot 39.4% and make the All-Star team.

STEVE


> In the past two years, there have been only two forwards 
> you can put in Antoine's class in guard/forward Jalen 
> Rose (5.1 assists) and "Mr 20,10 and 5" Kevin Garnett 
> (5.08). 
> During that time, Antoine Walker has averaged 5.26 
> assists (852 total), leading all NBA forwards. (Stats 
> compiled using NBA.COM).
>
> Even turnovers (your next question) are surprisingly 
> heading in the same range...Rose averaged 3.2 TOs in 
> Chicago, Garnett averaged 2.83 and Walker 3.1 all last 
> year. 
> As for steals over the last two seasons, Rose is 0.98, 
> Garnett is 1.28 and Walker is 1.61 (among the league 
> leaders).