Prime Keith Van Horn vs. Hedo Turkoglu

Joseph17 · Post #1 » by **Joseph17** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:52 pm

Who is better and why?

MagicFan3 · Post #2 » by **MagicFan3** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:57 pm

Hedo. Van Horn was never very good, and never really a clutch player.

AgEnT50 · Post #3 » by **AgEnT50** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 12:28 am

MagicFan3 wrote:Hedo. Van Horn was never very good, and never really a clutch player.

x2

risktaker91 · Post #4 » by **risktaker91** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 3:07 am

I'll take Hedo.

Post #5 » by **tsherkin** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 6:47 am

I'd take Hedo.

KVH was a solid player but his peak consisted of his first three years and that was before he developed a 3pt shot. He was an average to mediocre rebounder, a poor defender and an uninspiring player on bad teams for the most part, really nothing special.

Hedo is more dynamic.

RondoGreen9 · Post #6 » by **RondoGreen9** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 7:48 am

Hedo, I wish I had that clip of him against the Celtics when he made the game winning shot. It was an amazing shot and I say this as a Celtics fan.

I always thought Ketih Van Horn was overrated and in truth he was just a tall player with a decent shot who was a bench player his whole career.

hermes · Post #7 » by **hermes** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 5:36 pm

Post #8 » by **Luv those Knicks** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 2:36 am

RondoGreen9 wrote:Hedo, I wish I had that clip of him against the Celtics when he made the game winning shot. It was an amazing shot and I say this as a Celtics fan.

I always thought Ketih Van Horn was overrated and in truth he was just a tall player with a decent shot who was a bench player his whole career.

That's an overstatement if I've ever heard one. KVH was a #2 pick and a very respectible player his first several years in the league. He didn't become a bench player until 2004-2005 and I believe he had injury problems that year. He was unquestionably a starter his first 7 seasons, and he was a player who was considered for, (but never made) the allstar team several times. He's also a much better rebounder than Turk and KVH can do a solid pick & role and his defense wasn't as bad as his reputation.

Turk's having a nice season and if you go by one season, Turk's better. this year than KVH was overall, and obviously, Turk's a better 3 pt shooter. But for Career, I'd take KVH, flaws and all and it's not even that close. Even if you compare their best seasons, Turk this year or KVH his 2nd season in the league, y'know, I think I still take KVH, but that's close, I don't object to anyone taking Turk.

But Career, KVH wins and I don't really see how anyone can dispute this. He's one of those guys who's reputation is worse than his game.

RapsVC15 · Post #9 » by **RapsVC15** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 4:01 am

Hedo's having a good year, but let's not start going overboard here.

It Van Horn pretty easily.

Hairy Midget · Post #10 » by **Hairy Midget** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 5:41 am

I usually make it a rule to agree with tsherkin.