Jason Richardson vs. Rashard Lewis

magicfan4life05 · Post #1 » by **magicfan4life05** » Sat May 10, 2008 1:59 pm

Who is better right now?

Rashard Lewis
Orlando Magic
Position: F
Height: 6-10 Weight: 230
High School: Alief Elsik HS (TX)
Player file | Team stats
2007-08 Statistics
PPG 18.2
RPG 5.4
APG 2.4
SPG 1.2
BPG 0.5
FG% 0.455
FT% 0.838
3P% 0.409
MPG 38.0

VS

Jason Richardson
Charlotte Bobcats
Position: G-F
Height: 6-6 Weight: 225
College: Michigan State
Player file | Team stats
2007-08 Statistics
PPG 21.8
RPG 5.4
APG 3.1
SPG 1.4
BPG 0.7
FG% 0.441
FT% 0.752
3P% 0.406
MPG 38.4

Cammo101 · Post #2 » by **Cammo101** » Sat May 10, 2008 3:46 pm

It's Shard and it ain't close.

Post #3 » by **NO-KG-AI** » Sat May 10, 2008 3:57 pm

I think it's J-Rich.

His 3 pt percentage was really impressive considering the attempts, and the supporting cast.

BROWN · Post #4 » by **BROWN** » Sat May 10, 2008 4:27 pm

Jrich, he's improved on his 3 pt shot, and hes one of the best rebounding guards.

LiquidFire · Post #5 » by **LiquidFire** » Sat May 10, 2008 4:31 pm

Cammo101 wrote:It's Shard and it ain't close.

you know your soft when you have a guard outrebounding a PF!

A.J. · Post #6 » by **A.J.** » Sat May 10, 2008 4:41 pm

Rashard Lewis

The Diesel · Post #7 » by **The Diesel** » Sat May 10, 2008 4:48 pm

Tough question; but I would pick Rashard.

ronnymac2 · Post #8 » by **ronnymac2** » Sat May 10, 2008 5:04 pm

j-rich...His stats are relatively equal or better. And he doesn't get to play with Dwight Howard.

CaptainFanchini · Post #9 » by **CaptainFanchini** » Sat May 10, 2008 5:13 pm

They are quite different: JR is more a SG-SF, while RL is more a SF-PF

On my personal team they would be a very good SF and PF duo.

I vote for both.

TAI8 · Post #10 » by **TAI8** » Sat May 10, 2008 6:09 pm

Shard

Cammo101 · Post #11 » by **Cammo101** » Sat May 10, 2008 7:33 pm

LiquidFire wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

you know your soft when you have a guard outrebounding a PF!

Let JRich play next to Dwight and we will see how low that rebounding number goes. Shard would have a lot more rebounds playing in the no big man land of Charlotte. It seems like people are punishing Shard here for not being on a terrible team with no help. Shard has taken a backseat to Dwight and to some degree Hedo in order to win games. That does not mean he should be judged specifically on his numbers.

Like I said, the answer is easily Shard and pretty much any NBA GM would agree.

Kosta · Post #12 » by **Kosta** » Sat May 10, 2008 7:37 pm

Cammo101 wrote:It's Shard and it ain't close.

The Magic would be far better off with J-Rich on their team...

Half the money, can play S.G, let's Hedo stay at SF and gives the Magic a shot at finding a real PF to play alongside Dwight with all the extra cash leftover...

The numbers are close, these guys are in the same class to me..

Wade2k6 · Post #13 » by **Wade2k6** » Sat May 10, 2008 7:49 pm

Kosta wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

The Magic would be far better off with J-Rich on their team...

Half the money, can play S.G, let's Hedo stay at SF and gives the Magic a shot at finding a real PF to play alongside Dwight with all the extra cash leftover...

The numbers are close, these guys are in the same class to me..

Can't help but agree here.

halfHAVOC · Post #14 » by **halfHAVOC** » Sun May 11, 2008 12:07 am

jrich

ISB · Post #15 » by **ISB** » Sun May 11, 2008 12:12 am

Rashard is a slightly better player IMO, but that contract really is bad.

Patterns · Post #16 » by **Patterns** » Sun May 11, 2008 12:17 am

Shard is the better player and it's obvious.

Post #17 » by **NO-KG-AI** » Sun May 11, 2008 2:34 am

Rashard:

PPG 18.2
RPG 5.4
APG 2.4
SPG 1.2
BPG 0.5
TO's 1.75
FG% 0.455
FT% 0.838
3P% 0.409
MPG 38.0
PER: 16.7
TS%: 59%

J-Rich:

PPG 21.8
RPG 5.4
APG 3.1
SPG 1.4
[b]TO's 2.02
BPG 0.7[/b]
FG% 0.441
FT% 0.752
3P% 0.406

MPG 38.4
PER: 18.4
TS% 55%

I don't see how it's Rashard really, the only thing he has going for him is his TS%, but I would bet J-Rich would get a nice boost playing next to Dwight Howard.

I think Rashard is one of the most underrated players on this board, but so is J-Rich, I like both of these guys.

T-Spot · Post #18 » by **T-Spot** » Sun May 11, 2008 2:59 am

Cammo101 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Let JRich play next to Dwight and we will see how low that rebounding number goes. Shard would have a lot more rebounds playing in the no big man land of Charlotte. It seems like people are punishing Shard here for not being on a terrible team with no help. Shard has taken a backseat to Dwight and to some degree Hedo in order to win games. That does not mean he should be judged specifically on his numbers.

Like I said, the answer is easily Shard and pretty much any NBA GM would agree.

Errr...11 RPG, Okafor and 7 RPG, Nazr [in 24 MPG] says hello?

Cammo101 · Post #19 » by **Cammo101** » Sun May 11, 2008 5:26 am

T-Spot wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Errr...11 RPG, Okafor and 7 RPG, Nazr [in 24 MPG] says hello?

Like I said. No big men. These 2 guys play in different situations. JRich is the go to player offensively on a bad team, while Shard is part of an ensemble on a good team. This skews both players numbers in opposite directions. Then again, if you go by pure numbers then Zach Randolph is a top 15 player in the league.

Post #20 » by **NO-KG-AI** » Sun May 11, 2008 5:28 am

LOL, yea, that's nobodies as rebounders.

Playing on a bad team might increase numbers, but efficiency will drop as the first option.