Rudy Gay to Sacramento!!!
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Adrian Wojnarowski @WojYahooNBA9m
Rudy Gay will fly to Sacramento on Monday morning and expected to make his Kings debut on Wednesday against Utah, league source tells Yahoo.
Rudy Gay will fly to Sacramento on Monday morning and expected to make his Kings debut on Wednesday against Utah, league source tells Yahoo.
If you look at Gay's numbers, ignoring his shooting % for a moment, he fills the stat sheet from the SF psition...rebounds very well, gets to the foul line, has 1.3 blocks per game, 1.6 stls per game, hits 38% of his 3s....clear upgrade in these departments. If Malone controls his shot selection and Gay is more efficient shooting, then we are clearly better....if not and he continues to chuck shots asking 38% from the field, then we are not better.
Minutes wise, he's going to eat up PPats time and some of Salmons.....he's jst better than those 2 in all of the above listed categories
Minutes wise, he's going to eat up PPats time and some of Salmons.....he's jst better than those 2 in all of the above listed categories
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Cousins will control his shot selection more than anyone since the offence is ran through him, Gay is no longer playing with very average talent like Jonas he's got Cousins who will take a world of pressure off him and Gay will take pressure off Cousins. The coaching staff will take over if he gets wild and tell him he needs to give the ball to Cuz.
The question was, what qualifies Haralabos Voulgaris and "netw3rk" to be recognized as the media? I didn't ask what their basketball acumen was, I asked what their media credentials were? Amick and Wojnarowski are actual journalists. Journalists are part of the media. Twitter is not the media; it is a tool that is often used by the media, among other people, who are not the media. Voulgaris is a professional gambler. If I take your word for it, he's a very smart gambler. But, just because he's smart, doesn't make him the media.
You were asked for examples of where the trade was getting criticized in the media, and you cited him. And I want to know what makes him the media?
You were asked for examples of where the trade was getting criticized in the media, and you cited him. And I want to know what makes him the media?
The prospect of seeing how a lineup of Cousins, Gay, McLemore, IT works sounds lightyears more interesting than another season of Salmons, Hayes, Patterson and Vasquez. Its also much different than Cousins, Evans, IT, Thornton.
2013-14 IT > 2012-2013 IT
Gay>Evans(and is a all around scorer rather than ball dominant rim attacker)
Current Mclemore=2012 Thornton (imo with a much higher ceiling and a way better team player, and is clearly a long term starter while Thornton's future was clearly as a bench scorer)
2013-14 IT > 2012-2013 IT
Gay>Evans(and is a all around scorer rather than ball dominant rim attacker)
Current Mclemore=2012 Thornton (imo with a much higher ceiling and a way better team player, and is clearly a long term starter while Thornton's future was clearly as a bench scorer)
I was merely pointing out that the media he referred to aren't the only national sports media. I am incredibly well aware of how little they know a lot of the time. 
You'll get no disagreement from me. Twitter is creating a whole generation of people whose idea of in-depth commentary is limited to 140 characters of pithy remarks with questionable sourcing. Good old-fashioned reporters (the word used disdainfully by macadocious) are a dying breed and it's a shame.
Another thing this trade does is make our rotations tighter because it is clear now who our best players are, rather than having platoons at 3 positions (PG, SF, PF). Only question mark becomes how Malone handles PF now and when Landry comes back.
Cousins 35+ mpg, when possible/JT 12mpg/Gray
Williams?/JT?/Acy
Gay 36mpg/Williams 12 mpg
Mclemore 30 mpg/ Thornton 18 mpg
IT 36 mpg/ Mcallum or Jimmer 12 mpg
Cousins 35+ mpg, when possible/JT 12mpg/Gray
Williams?/JT?/Acy
Gay 36mpg/Williams 12 mpg
Mclemore 30 mpg/ Thornton 18 mpg
IT 36 mpg/ Mcallum or Jimmer 12 mpg
I would think they would be higher regarded than reporters since they actually know about the game. Do they have to be paid by a magazine to be considered media? They have written blogs, articles, twitter, etc. All of that is media. So just because you don't believe that qualifies doesn't make it so.
Actual sports media, as you refer to them, are the talking heads who just say stuff to get reactions. Like Stephen A Smith. Wojo, Amick, etc. are more reporting on the happenings in sports vs. the actual ramification of those happenings. I've never seen Wojo break down player and all the things he can give and cannot give to a team with stats to back up his findings.
Actual sports media, as you refer to them, are the talking heads who just say stuff to get reactions. Like Stephen A Smith. Wojo, Amick, etc. are more reporting on the happenings in sports vs. the actual ramification of those happenings. I've never seen Wojo break down player and all the things he can give and cannot give to a team with stats to back up his findings.