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By: cmoney

cmoney — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:17:06 +0000

you’re right, his ORB% are solid (what’s league avg? Can’t find it. I’d guess somewhere around 8%), but they took a massive drop between his rookie and sophomore year, thanks to his propensity to take crappy jumpers.

His jumper improved, but it’s still not lights out. Maybe my beef is with the coaches on this one. Taking your best offensive rebounders and pulling them away from the basket for mediocre mid range jumpers has a detrimental impact on the team.

By: Zach Lowe

Zach Lowe — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:57:34 +0000

@cmoney: We disagree. You have your points, I have mine, though I was with you on Leon last year until BBD’s jumper came around (and it did). Also: Baby’s ORB numbers are well above league average for PFs. You’re right on his DRB #s being pretty bad, though.

By: cmoney

cmoney — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:42:56 +0000

I’m laughing at you. Baby isn’t clearly the better player. I can’t believe how overrated this guy is. All evidence posts to really poor defense. His jumper is garbage. His rebound rate on both ends is abysmal. Kid just isn’t a player.

Previous 2 years I laughed (cried) about Baby playing over Leon.

Shelden fills a very specific need for this team whereas Baby is sort of like a way worse version of Rasheed.

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By: dmcgarve

dmcgarve — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:56:43 +0000

Its most definitely enough to warrant competition. Baby is the better player, but Sheldon is doin hard ass work for his minutes. So when baby gets back, those two competing for minutes can only be good for us.