Dedicated_76ers_fan wrote:Alyosha12 wrote:Rasho Brezec wrote:He's 6'11 and would do fine as a PF. Think of him as a poor man's Tim Duncan without the defense.
This.
Tim Duncan is a Hall of Fame Big man, whose in a class of purely his own.
Stop comparing these international players to hall of famers.
To compare Ricky Rubio to Pete Mavarich is comparing Pepe Sanchez to Jason Kidd.
Get it? It's not even close.
Why do you base the Euroleague on the HYPE of Spanish homers and the hype machine of ESPN? I follow both leagues the NBA and the Euroleague. Rubio is no Maravich and is overrated. He's an average point guard for the Euroleague to be honest about it. Sanchez was a good player in his day in his own way certainly brilliant on defense and at running the pick, but he was never even a star in Europe.
He was a role player in the Euroleague, much like Rubio is now. So please stop making statements that you have no knowledge of or basing your opinions on totally subjective things like what ESPN, Draftexpress, or some Spanish homer said. The reality is that Lorbek is a DAMN GOOD offensive PF. I am telling you damn good. He would be a handful for any NBA defender on the block.
This thread is fully an example of how distorted the US version of the Euroleague is. People talk about Rubio (a role player and a fairly average level point guard in the Euroleague) and talk about him like he is the Jordan of the Euroleague. There is a lot of ignorance about the Euroleague in the US and that's a simple fact.
