pro7070
BJ "The Prodigy" Penn
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Inman, SC | reply to eX_NihiLo
Re: Lakers get the Cherry on Top: Artest!
Shit Ariza played pretty well in the playoffs and is young. Artest is a loose cannon. Plays great defense though. Why change something that worked? |
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Eagles LoveR
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Trenton, NJ | How do you know it'll change... whos it to say that they won't keep Ariza and have Artest on the same team |
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Solid_Snake
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said by pro7070  :Shit Ariza played pretty well in the playoffs and is young. Artest is a loose cannon. Plays great defense though. Why change something that worked? ariza was like a 7ppg guy until the playoffs.. he is fools gold in my opinion
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pro7070
BJ "The Prodigy" Penn
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| said by Solid_Snake :said by pro7070 :Shit Ariza played pretty well in the playoffs and is young. Artest is a loose cannon. Plays great defense though. Why change something that worked? ariza was like a 7ppg guy until the playoffs.. he is fools gold in my opinion Ariza averaged 7 ppg @ 20.0 minutes/game in his 5 years as a pro.
This year in the playoffs his MPG went up to 31.4 and his PPG went up to 11.3.
Artest career average is 16.1 @ 34.8 MPG. This year in the Playoffs he averaged 15.6 @ 37.5 MPG.
Artest's first 5 years he averaged 13.2 PPG @ 31.2 MPG.
I don't think it's fair to compare PPG between a guy that averages 14 more minutes a game in the regular season for his career. You can see by the numbers the more minutes Ariza has gotten his production has went up. And this is playing with one of the biggest ball hogs (deservedly so) in the league.
Now Artest plays hands down better defense and may fit like a glove in this system like Pippen did in Chicago. But damn he's a loose canon that could cause some problems. |
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ariesguy
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| said by pro7070 : But damn he's a loose canon that could cause some problems. When was the last time he lost it? I'm not keeping tabs, but it seems like he's been pretty mellow of late.. Maybe he's grown up? I was very different at 25 (when the brawl happened) and 30 (his current age). Look at Kobe, very different than he was 5 years ago.. |
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Mats
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join:2002-03-16 | Ya but once a dick always a dick. Just like Kobe. |
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tao
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Lansing, MI | reply to ariesguy
For what Ron Artest did when he was 25, he should still be in jail. A couple of other then-Pacers too. |
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Eagles LoveR
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said by Mats :Ya but once a dick always a dick. Just like Kobe. Once a hater always a hater |
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Eagles LoveR
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said by tao :For what Ron Artest did when he was 25, he should still be in jail. A couple of other then-Pacers too. 5 years for a brawl? Stallworth has 30 days for killing a person... and Artest deserves 5 years for a brawl?
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Mats
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said by Eagles LoveR :said by Mats :Ya but once a dick always a dick. Just like Kobe. Once a hater always a hater True enough. |
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The Dv8or
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said by ariesguy :said by pro7070 : But damn he's a loose canon that could cause some problems. When was the last time he lost it? I'm not keeping tabs, but it seems like he's been pretty mellow of late.. Maybe he's grown up? I was very different at 25 (when the brawl happened) and 30 (his current age). Look at Kobe, very different than he was 5 years ago.. He was arrested 2 years ago for domestic abuse and did time for it.
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ariesguy
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said by tao :For what Ron Artest did when he was 25, he should still be in jail. A couple of other then-Pacers too. That's just crazy talk. People spend like one night in jail for getting into fights.. And I know the Detroit fans were all just angels too... |
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