Psst Peja?

[piksi]

While no doubt true to a certain degree, that just does not cut it. We don't pay Peja Stojakovic for the honor of him being Peja Stojakovic and gracing us with his presence standing in the corner picking his butt. We also don't pay him to get outscored 4 to 1 by his counterpart on the other side of the court. While we may have been playing with 4 guys on offense, the Blazers were not. 5 scorers vs. 4 scorers = tough game for us.

Peja doesn't do enough else to justify him not shooting. Shooting is his reason d' etat, not just his defining trait, but the only thing he does which even makes him an NBA player, let alone a star. If he's not shooting, he's not helping. Or at least not at any appreciable level that we couldn't get from any number of players. Jason Kidd can shoot 3-10 and still make an impact with the rest of his game. Peja cannot. And more relevantly, DID not. We had an All-Star SF, they had a scrub, and we came out of the matchup having to make up 17pts amongst our other players. 2pts 0reb 0ast in the final 41 minutes of the game. Think about that. He's going to have his off games. But off or not, he has to try. It is the entire reason he is on the court. He can't just decide that today I don't feel like shooting anymore.

I am also thinking about Przybilla, NVE and Stoudamire. same goes for their counterparts which all of them are payed more than Pedja since it is the direction that You are taking.

 

[mcsluggo]

You need to check your stat's a little better (or memory) Peja has shot over 20 shots a game a couple of times this year and he has alway's shot a very high % when he did so..................I think his goal should be 20 per game.............

Every person Martha Kisses is pretty, therefore Martha should kiss more people, and make more people pretty. If she kissed everyone, then EVERYONE could be pretty.

 

[VF21]

I am very sorry for not coming on the board last night.

I am shocked to see some of the comments. Kingsfans.com has NEVER been about racism of any kind. I honestly don't know what action to take at this point because most of the truly offensive posts are from last night.

I can only hope, as a long-time moderator of this board, that I do not have to read that kind of garbage on here again. We are better than that.

Because there is still some discussion going on that is related to basketball, I'm not closing the thread...yet.

If any of the other stuff reoccurs, the thread will be closed.

VF21
Moderator

 

[HndsmCelt]

On a lighter note, I'll stand by my "Im not worried about Pedja" position and given his play so far toinght, I expcet more than a few folks to start posting admisions that I was right.

 

[Heuge]

On a lighter note, I'll stand by my "Im not worroed about Pedja position and given his paly so far toinght, I expcet more than a few folks to start posting admisions that I was right.

Of course you were right