I still look at it as a TA vs MD.....that is who it seems management thought we could keep instead...If that is the case, we got screwed. MD is very average. TA's D was outstanding..MD does nothing...great, TA was on and off on offense, but D, he was not only great, he took the assignments that otherwise we would have had to make Ray or PP do....his value will be more clear when our guys get constant tired legs, as they will by later in January, then the nagging injuries will pile up, and maybe some bad ones.
West might help, but MD or Wafer do not. For the small price TA wanted, one more year, same money, instead of MD or Wafer...easy decision, keep TA.
As for overpaying a player, well, lets start with SCAL, paid him for nothing = 5 yrs. TA's help was evident, but non players forget how much help a defender is, some here only remember the scorers (you don't like rebounders either)
BBD isn't much of a rebounder..if he was, he would get 1/2 of those shots that PP, KG, and Ray miss. They are great shooters...great shooters leave soft rebounds. Every time KG missed that one from the corner, you knew it was going long...a rebounder would know. It takes extra hustle and energy to get those, also desire....they call bbbd the energy here....energy in a geriatric unit maybe. (The guy who gets the remote..?)
BBD's shot has improved, but he still isn't a hustler or a rebounder.
I think you're undervaluing Marquis, which I can understand after the second half of last season. 'Quis has a higher ceiling than TA in my opinion. TA was a really clutch defender, and had wildly inconsistent offense. He also made really dumb mistakes. Quis is a good defender and a better sub for Pierce, and if he can stay on the floor this year, I think he will end up contributing more on both ends of the floor than TA ever did.
i appreciate your point of view, but just in last nights game was the perfect mirror images, TA turned it over, then MD got the ball and turned it over..then TA got ray to foul him. TA DID all this great D, which many others undervalue (of course not Miami, cleve, orl, mil) last night he was slashing, dunking, stealing....md did..? What. He is the teams new scal...everyone is making up things they think they saw or might happen...if things are just right. He hasn't really done much on D, and is average on O, with many missed passes, that go right through his hands...where are all the guys calling TA "cement hands" Now...same results..
When you like a guy...well fine. md has scored some, and defended some...but nothing like...WOW...TA did a lot of WOW plays...so, until he DOES them.....he hasn't done anything....sure he COULD...that is why i am on him..WHAT is he waiting for....his time is now. TA vs MD..TA is the better player all around....our only hope is now West to fill the spot.
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