Bynum vs Roy. Which would you want as the team foundation?
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Bynum does two things that Roy simply can't, through no fault of his own, and that is:
1) Anchor a defense. Bynum is superb at this and it's a big reason why he'll get a near MAX contract. Roy, for obvious reasons, simply cannot.
2) Score low block. Roy obviously doesn't have this ability though perhaps could morph his game a little the way Payton was able to in the post. Either way, Bynum's ability to create in the post is huge. He was a 17 ppg scorer in the two weeks right before his injury. He was clearly breaking out into the player we all know he's going to become (barring further injury, which is certainly possible).
No matter how good of a jump shooter or passer Roy becomes (unless he becomes Chris Paul or something), he'll never be able to make up for his inability to achieve #'s 1 and 2. But he's a superb player.
1) Anchor a defense. Bynum is superb at this and it's a big reason why he'll get a near MAX contract. Roy, for obvious reasons, simply cannot.
2) Score low block. Roy obviously doesn't have this ability though perhaps could morph his game a little the way Payton was able to in the post. Either way, Bynum's ability to create in the post is huge. He was a 17 ppg scorer in the two weeks right before his injury. He was clearly breaking out into the player we all know he's going to become (barring further injury, which is certainly possible).
No matter how good of a jump shooter or passer Roy becomes (unless he becomes Chris Paul or something), he'll never be able to make up for his inability to achieve #'s 1 and 2. But he's a superb player.
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EHL wrote:Bynum does two things that Roy simply can't, through no fault of his own, and that is:
1) Anchor a defense. Bynum is superb at this and it's a big reason why he'll get a near MAX contract. Roy, for obvious reasons, simply cannot.
2) Score low block. Roy obviously doesn't have this ability though perhaps could morph his game a little the way Payton was able to in the post. Either way, Bynum's ability to create in the post is huge. He was a 17 ppg scorer in the two weeks right before his injury. He was clearly breaking out into the player we all know he's going to become (barring further injury, which is certainly possible).
No matter how good of a jump shooter or passer Roy becomes (unless he becomes Chris Paul or something), he'll never be able to make up for his inability to achieve #'s 1 and 2. But he's a superb player.
I'm sorry, but you have obviously not watched extended minutes of Brandon Roy. Roy's post game is where he gets half of his points. Whenever he posts he demands a double team and quickly or else it's two points.
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J~Rush wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
I'm sorry, but you have obviously not watched extended minutes of Brandon Roy. Roy's post game is where he gets half of his points. Whenever he posts he demands a double team and quickly or else it's two points.
I was speaking in relative terms, not absolute. Absolutely Roy can play in the post, but he gets no where near 9-10 points per game, that's just pure asininity. Nor is it likely he'll ever be as good a post player as Bynum. Freaking kids these days.
