BiggieSmalls wrote:I have come to the conclusion that the blazers need to pursue hedo turkoglu, he would be a great fit for the blazers at small forward, he is a smart play maker and one of the better shooters in the league, consistantly hits 3's, and he is 6'10" which would make our frontline somewhat of a nightmare for opposing teams.
It would if he ever actually played defense, which he doesn't. At least, he hasn't since his Sacramento days.
i know orlando probably is goin to try to hold on to turkoglu becuz he is playing next to dwight howard which would essentially be like playing along side greg oden which is why hedo had such a good year, he was on a team that had a big man to ease up the defense on the perimeter allowing him to get open looks or drive to the hoop and create plays, which is why orlando has been putting him at the point in the 4th quarter cuz he plays like brandon roy but hes 6'10" so he's a matchup nightmare!
He also turns the ball over like Jarrett Jack, so you have to be careful about seeing too much benefit in the matchups--he would have his pocket picked at point in the West.
I also wouldn't characterize him as "playing like Brandon Roy" because he's essentially a spot up shooter while Roy uses the three to get defenses to play up on him so he can drive by them. This shows up in the stats--Hedo takes as many shots from three point range as he does close in, while Brandon shoots three times as many shots at the rim as he does from outside. That's because Brandon has handles, while Hedo does not. Ergo, their games are not even remotely like each other.
Now that said, Hedo is a very good spot-up shooter and I wouldn't mind having him cheap. That's not going to happen, though. I wouldn't give a lot to get him as he really isn't all that much better than the combination of Martell and James Jones, both of which are better defenders than Hedo.
thats why he isnt on the bench.
