Comments on: Who’s Better: Hedo Turkoglu or Rashard Lewis?

By: GURU

GURU — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:59:11 +0000

Players like Turkoglu will never go to the all-star (this is a bussines after all) CKAMAN / Gasol Brothers / OKUR are very effective cause they can score 20 pts with only 2 shoots missed, but all you can see is RGAY and BDavis who got also 20 PTS but missed 20 shoots…

Last year when Lewis went to the all-star ( i said to myself he`s going cause he is an american player)…
2008 HEDO averaged 19.5 PTS / 5.7 REB / 5 ASS he was their best player, the go to guy the one who made those last second shots…
Last season he was still their best player in the playoffs, stil making last second shots and taking over the team, averaging almost a triple double in some series…

But he isnt a (NBA market player*).

*eg: If you go to the NBA all-star ballot you will see that they tend to change the players positions according to their needs…

*eg:CKAMAM LA CLIPPERS BEST PLAYER SO FAR THIS SEASON (CENTER) its not even in the ballot and Camby is…

D.LEE (C or a PF)(Bargnani C or a PF) Vince and TMAC have been SF and SG…

PS:TIM duncan isnt a PF, not even in the Admiral years…

By: sentinel

sentinel — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:04:54 +0000

You seriously have no “Real Basketball i.Q”.

“W/no true ball handeler, he’d bring it up the court (making him look versatile) AND making the decision whether Dwight/Lewis was gonna get more shots than himself”

Are you dumb? He was playing PG, your job’s to bring it up-court and create.

Just go watch last year again, looks like it will take a few times for you to understand.

As much as I love Lewis and am looking forward to VC, Hedo is a much more talented player than Rashard. Give him the credit he deserves, ’cause he delivered in those playoffs. (watch the Sixers, Celtics and Cavs series again if you still have doubts)

By: Real Basketball i.Q.

Real Basketball i.Q. — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:04:21 +0000

Hedo Turk is a guy who needs the ball (ball hog) to make himself look good and Orlando needed that before last season, however something happened, a true PG emerged in Jameer Nelson and the ‘ball hog’ Hedo didnt have the ball in his hands as much and subsequently, his numbers went down b/c of this as he averaged about 12pts,4asts,2-3rebs. That emergence of Nelson allowed more people to touch the rock getting LEwis and Nelson into the Allstar game w/Howard… all this was before the Jameer Nelson injury.
Afterwards, Hedo was needed again. W/no true ball handeler, he’d bring it up the court (making him look versatile) AND making the decision whether Dwight/Lewis was gonna get more shots than himself. This (ballhog) decision making boosted his stats and everyone elses went down. W/that said, are we making the right comparison here? Turk fronted as a PG and Orlando came to the decision letting him go (in my eyes) when Boston took them 7games w/o KG…
One game, Dwight had 7shots…7shots?!!!! That is ball hogging at its best.
Meanwhile, Lewis averaged more points&rebs w/o touching the rock as much. Did anyone notice where Lewis would start his offensive attack vs Hedo?
Lewis knows he has a height advantage and Hedo doesnt as he’d be trying to race around PG’s at the top of the key… I guess he doesnt know he’s slow as a snail either.
Rashard wont ball hog and wont take food outta Dwight’s mouth, thats why he’s still there and Turk’s gone.
7shots…WOW. get the hell outta here.

By: doc

doc — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:58:57 +0000

I feel you snyde.

By: snyde

snyde — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:23:03 +0000

and to the people that say “hedo seems to hit way more big shots.” wtf games are you guys watching? hedo made probably 3-4 gamewinners this year and missed at least 10. shard hit 2 in the cleveland series alone. im completely dumbfounded by how overrated hedo has become since he had that 1 amazing game against boston. people seem to think hedo was the reason the magic beat cleveland. um…let me spell it out for you guys…D-W-I-G-H-T H-O-W-A-R-D. Shit, I could’ve tossed the P&R pass to dwight he was flying by big Z so easily. i really wish people wouldve watched more magic games this year bc everyone bases their opinion of how the Magic were run last year off of 2 freaking playoff games. Turk makes terrible decisions all season long, yet has 2 great games and suddenly hes this amazing player. Toronto is in for a rude awakening.

By: snyde

snyde — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:16:01 +0000

and nigel, the fact that you said Turk is a better shooter is unbelievable. you obviously havent watched many magic games. shard is a waaaaaaaay better shooter than turk.

By: snyde

snyde — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:14:29 +0000

anyone that takes turk in this situation is f’n crazy. its shard by a longshot. turk is the most overrated player maybe league-wide. as a magic fan, for the entire regular season i wanted us to drop hedo and re-sign gortat. he was downright terrible this year. he was even terrible in the philly series minus that great 3-ball he drained to win it. the guy had 4 good games in the playoffs and everyone thinks he’s the straw that stirs the drink. NEWSFLASH! Shard gets to the magic and they go from 40 wins to 52 then 52 to 59. Not a coincidence. not to mention shard’s post-game (the turnaround fadeaway from the baseline) is one of the nastiest moves in the NBA today. AND his defense is 100x better than Turk’s. This isn’t even a debate to me or most other Magic fans.

By: Diego

Diego — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:06:33 +0000

Yup, I do believe DJ had a little redhead tinge thing going (as does Delonte, I also believe–hey, another former Celtic)–and DJ had loads of freckles to go with it.

By: EN FUEGO

EN FUEGO — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:24:39 +0000

Diego@post 43

Whoa?! D.J., Dennis Johnson was redhead???

By: Dial up

Dial up — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:27:58 +0000

Obviously if the Raptor’s kick the Magic’s arse when they meet we will know who’s better. Who know’s until then.