sliccat wrote:Compared to the other great shooting guards in the league(except Ray Allen)
Really?, you don't think Ray is all-round, I know he might not be the best defender but he can hold own on the defensive end. Also he put up some nice number in the transition to Seattle 24.5ppg 5.6rpg 5.9 apg, I think being with Cassell never made him feel the need to be a playmaker.
He already is arguably and will definately be a better all-around player than Allen, but good point about the others holding him back. I don't agree, because he could never be double teamed with a good-great PG and SF waiting. And Seattle has a lot more weapons than Philly does, especially with all of the injuries this year.
Rashard is actually one of my fav players, but he isn't better, why? He isn't any better than Allen on the defensive end, and he's not a playmaker at all.
I meant a game winning free throw, and I definately wouldn't pick Houston over Pierce, Allen, or Kobe in the clutch. And Iverson is a very good shooter, but he's too unpredictable. I've seen him make threes from half court getting double teamed(twice), only to come back and miss a wide open layup. Or, more relevent, to make an incredible game winning shot over Baron Davis, only to blow game 2 against Detroit by missing two free throws.
I really wouldn't care if it was Pierce, Kobe, Houston, Carter or Allen.(Tmac and Ivy I dunno, don't trust them as much).
And as for making the plays, I've lost count of the times I've seen him get doubled in the last few seconds, only to make a great pass to Eric Snow or Aaron McKie for the game winner. And on defense, he has gotten much better at picking the ball off the dribble, and it doesn't matter what he'd do if the person was driving, if he steals the pass, and he's done that a lot in the fourth quarter.
Yup for sure Ivy has made some nice plays. This is not a thing he has over the other guys though, because, they can all make that pass to the open man to win the game. They also can all steal, not as well as Ivy, but Carter and Tmac have made a lot of clutch blocks to also seal a game. I remember against Atlanta Carter had the block on Terry, recovered the ball and called the timeout. Then he hit the game tying shot.