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Post#1 » by cdel00 » Wed Jan 23, 2008 6:46 pm

Remember, people, Moon was a near cut in Toronto during training camp and wasn't expected by anyone outside of maybe his mom and dad to come in and play as well as he's played this year. With that in mind, I've given up all his other nicknames (Super Jamario, Moon Man, Jamario Speedwagon, etc.) and am going to start calling him Odysseus Moon exclusively. It's classy, it's edgy, it's apropos and it reminds me of Bethlehem Shoals. You can't go wrong with a nickname that conjures up thoughts of FreeDarko's creator.

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Post#2 » by RapsVC15 » Wed Jan 23, 2008 6:51 pm

Durant shouldn't be number 1.

People are too awed by the '19 ppg' number. Horford's the clear cut number 1.
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Post#3 » by Silk Wilkes » Wed Jan 23, 2008 6:53 pm

Al Horford should be ROY if the season ended today.
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Post#4 » by no_hops_23 » Wed Jan 23, 2008 6:58 pm

Wow there could be only two retuning players to the rookie/sophomore game. I wonder if that is common to have such a discrepancy between the top 9 players in a draft in their rookie year versus their sophomore year.
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Post#5 » by Jimmy The Greek » Wed Jan 23, 2008 7:05 pm

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Post#6 » by rapstarr » Wed Jan 23, 2008 7:07 pm

horford should be number one. on a side note, the net's got a player with sean williams.
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Post#8 » by The_Hater » Wed Jan 23, 2008 7:23 pm

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Post#9 » by chuckerz » Wed Jan 23, 2008 7:23 pm

The thing with Durant is that he is the franchise for Seattle not the mention the go to scorer. Horford on the other hand is just a defensive presence that rebounds. He doesn't really have that much of a scoring role since Johnson and Smith dominate the Hawk's offense.
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Post#10 » by Turnpikebandit » Wed Jan 23, 2008 7:26 pm

I'm betting on Conley to start rising pretty rapidly.
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Post#11 » by execoftheyear » Wed Jan 23, 2008 7:46 pm

Turnpikebandit wrote:I'm betting on Conley to start rising pretty rapidly.


+1 but he definitely doesn't have a shot at the award
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Post#12 » by Joker » Wed Jan 23, 2008 7:55 pm

I think it would be less absurd for Swirsky to vote for Moon this year than it was to vote for Bargnani last year. Too bad that Swirsky would get killed in the media if he voted for another Raptor again this year.
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Post#13 » by Maximillion » Wed Jan 23, 2008 8:15 pm

Joker wrote:I think it would be less absurd for Swirsky to vote for Moon this year than it was to vote for Bargnani last year. Too bad that Swirsky would get killed in the media if he voted for another Raptor again this year.


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Post#14 » by CreaM » Wed Jan 23, 2008 8:17 pm

Anyone that thinks Horford should be #1 needs to watch more basketball, Im sorry.
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Post#15 » by bakafool » Wed Jan 23, 2008 8:37 pm

Is it me or is this draft class pretty bad? Sure Oden isn't there but even so, this draft hasn't really impressed this year.
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