January 13, 200521 yr QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jan 13, 2005 -> 07:52 PM) I'm going to rain on this parade and say because Okafor deserves it. Ben Gordon being a smallish guard just gets owned in the blocks on a nightly basis by much bigger guards. He also doesn't do too much to get him teammates involved. Ben has incredible scoring skills, but I honestly don't think he is rookie of the year right now, let alone on his own team. I would say Deng has made a bigger overall contribution with his play on both ends of the floor, his scoring, his defense, his scoring, his hustle etc. No question about it. Not to mention the fact that Okafor leads the league in offensive rebounding as a rookie.
January 13, 200521 yr QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jan 13, 2005 -> 01:52 PM) I'm going to rain on this parade and say because Okafor deserves it. Ben Gordon being a smallish guard just gets owned in the blocks on a nightly basis by much bigger guards. He also doesn't do too much to get him teammates involved. Ben has incredible scoring skills, but I honestly don't think he is rookie of the year right now, let alone on his own team. I would say Deng has made a bigger overall contribution with his play on both ends of the floor, his scoring, his defense, his scoring, his hustle etc. Yea, as well as Gordon has played, I to think I would give Deng my vote for ROTY before Gordon.
January 13, 200521 yr Gordon also got owned by Iverson... No Iverson didnt have a good night but he dribbled circles aroung gordon lol... Duhon at least stayed with Iverson and Kirk did too and both when they got beat fouled him instead of giving the easy layup.
January 13, 200521 yr I’m very happy that the Bulls have a 5 game winning streak, but I still wouldn’t say playoffs. They need to get above .500 in order for me to start believing. Though I do admit that I’ve enjoyed watching the Bulls play... just as much as watching Illini win all the time. Gordon-31pts. Curry-24pts. Hinrich-16pts. Awesome...
January 13, 200521 yr It was so weird today at lunch when I talked about the Bulls my friends actually knew what I was talking about. So many people are getting back on the bandwagon. It's incredible that they started 0-9 and not even halfway through the year, they are the 8th seed in the playoffs.
January 13, 200521 yr QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Jan 13, 2005 -> 02:22 PM) Gordon also got owned by Iverson... No Iverson didnt have a good night but he dribbled circles aroung gordon lol... Duhon at least stayed with Iverson and Kirk did too and both when they got beat fouled him instead of giving the easy layup. Yeah, it's pretty easy to shutdown AI, it happens on a nightly basis.
January 13, 200521 yr Author QUOTE(WHarris1 @ Jan 13, 2005 -> 03:57 PM) Yeah, it's pretty easy to shutdown AI, it happens on a nightly basis.
January 13, 200521 yr QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Jan 13, 2005 -> 02:22 PM) Gordon also got owned by Iverson... No Iverson didnt have a good night but he dribbled circles aroung gordon lol... Duhon at least stayed with Iverson and Kirk did too and both when they got beat fouled him instead of giving the easy layup. You were watching a different game right? Grdon was playing fine defense on him. Hinrich on the other hand was getting burned every time you looked.
January 13, 200521 yr QUOTE(qwerty @ Jan 13, 2005 -> 04:44 PM) You were watching a different game right? Grdon was playing fine defense on him. Hinrich on the other hand was getting burned every time you looked. You got to be kidding me Aj. Me and WHarris1 can tell you ourselves that AI was ownin Gordon esp. early in the quarters. (Iverson had some mean crossovers on Gordon, he just couldn't be stopped early then sucked it up around the 3rd quarter.) But like Mike said, AI does it every night on a nightly basis. I was very happy of Gordon somewhat containing him and this is a rookie. He'll be a fine defender in a couple years.
January 13, 200521 yr Although, I will say Gordon did step his D up later on. He was getting beat in the early minutes.
January 13, 200521 yr QUOTE(SoxAce @ Jan 13, 2005 -> 05:11 PM) You got to be kidding me Aj. Me and WHarris1 can tell you ourselves that AI was ownin Gordon esp. early in the quarters. (Iverson had some mean crossovers on Gordon, he just couldn't be stopped early then sucked it up around the 3rd quarter.) But like Mike said, AI does it every night on a nightly basis. I was very happy of Gordon somewhat containing him and this is a rookie. He'll be a fine defender in a couple years. Early on, yes. Whole game? No. More like the first quarter. Hinrich on the other hand...
January 13, 200521 yr QUOTE(qwerty @ Jan 13, 2005 -> 05:14 PM) Early on, yes. Whole game? No. More like the first quarter. Hinrich on the other hand... First and early on in the second but later on Hinrich and Gordon were on fire (esp. Gordon) from three point range so it all offsets basically. This team has a good chance to go 17-18 against the Knickerbockers.
January 13, 200521 yr Author QUOTE(SoxAce @ Jan 13, 2005 -> 05:17 PM) First and early on in the second but later on Hinrich and Gordon were on fire (esp. Gordon) from three point range so it all offsets basically. This team has a good chance to go 17-18 against the Knickerbockers. i hope so, i heard crawford may be out for that game which will help, but we need to stop the knicks and their outside shooting, and nazr mohammed
January 14, 200521 yr QUOTE(chi-guy2 @ Jan 13, 2005 -> 05:31 PM) i hope so, i heard crawford may be out for that game which will help, but we need to stop the knicks and their outside shooting, and nazr mohammed Supposedly he is out both of the games we have against them back to back. Which is perfectly fine by me.
January 14, 200521 yr "I had that date circled on my calendar as soon as the schedule came out," Crawford said. "I want to be out there but I haven't even started running yet. I can't sit much longer." http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketba...7p-231860c.html This is very good news.
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