Basketball_Jones wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
Gay is better, and would be a better fit on this team than Bargnani. Of course fans will bring his name up and trash Bargnani. Unless Bargs shows some drastic improvement over the next 1.5 years, it will continue to happen. Until then we all just have to deal with it.
I disagree Gay is merely an average player on a bad team who has failed to make the Grizzlies better while having a decent starting five on paper. If you put bargnani on a losing team he to would be putting up points being given the green light to develop at all costs. We also would of never aquired Moon if we had drafted Gay who in my opinion is a better defender, a better rebounder, a better blocker, better at steals and is pretty much equal in my mind at scoring the ball (inconsistent J). Gay has done nothing in this league but lose, his rookie season was not as good as bargnani's, and this year while he is scoring more his defense and other aspects of his game has regressed. As I said above over his last six games he is an embarrassing -88 yet some fans continue to droll on him, if bargnani ever had -88 over a six game stretch even I would be asking for his head.
Guys like these are a dime a dozen, they make a big block or a big dunk and on the very next play they make a dumb turn over, make a lazy half effort pass, caught out of position, let there man blow by them, fail to make teammates better and never are there when the game is on the line not only to keep their team in it but lift them to victory.
Its amazing to me how a fan watches Dalembert and he makes say five freakish blocks during a game and afterwards they say "wow what a stud, he would be great here". Mean while they totally ignore the other 50 posessions where he was abused and scored on at will while making poor decisions on the other end as well which often result in his teams loss.
Neither of these guys are a difference maker in the outcome of games and there is many more like them in the NBA.