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Shelf life on uber athletic guards...

The Fresh Prince

The Fresh Prince

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Shelf life on uber athletic point guards...

Seems like with Westbrook and Rose, they burn out before even playing 7 years in the L.

Discuss.
 
Small sample size. (How many guards have ever been as athletic as rose and westbrook)
 
ElRoach0 said:
Brandon Roy seems to fit here as well.

That just happened.
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No he doesn't.
Roy was not even close to the athleticism of rose and westbrook
 
fishonjazz said:
No he doesn't.
Roy was not even close to the athleticism of rose and westbrook
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Maybe not, but everything else fits.

Star guard hailed as franchise savior only to be medically retired before he can finish his first big money contract.
 
Another guy with a jerk knee is Eric Gordon. Kyrie Irving and John Wall entered the discussion as well.
And it's like a wonder that a guy like Jamal Crawford still doesn't have crossover knees(That's how I'll call these from now on)
Back in the day guards found out that a change of speed might put a defender out of position and freeze them. Then some guys found out change of direction does that as well. Now they're finding out that it doesn't work after ruining your knees.
Why has no one mentioned Dwyane Wade?
 
BTP said:
Another guy with a jerk knee is Eric Gordon. Kyrie Irving and John Wall entered the discussion as well.
And it's like a wonder that a guy like Jamal Crawford still doesn't have crossover knees(That's how I'll call these from now on)
Back in the day guards found out that a change of speed might put a defender out of position and freeze them. Then some guys found out change of direction does that as well. Now they're finding out that it doesn't work after ruining your knees.
Why has no one mentioned Dwyane Wade?
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Weeeeeell lets just say he still has a career in David Sterns league. He's also a shooting guard, which is what I meant to put in the main title. Uber athletic point guards.
 
The Fresh Prince said:
Weeeeeell lets just say he still has a career in David Sterns league. He's also a shooting guard, which is what I meant to put in the main title. Uber athletic point guards.
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I don't make a difference between guards in that regard. It's the playstyle not the position that makes them susceptible to knee problems. And Gordon fits that category. Wade too. He has changed his game but If he didn't get ultra conservative precautious treatment and wasn't allowed to take plays off on D he would have hit the knife more often IMO.
 
BTP said:
I don't make a difference between guards in that regard. It's the playstyle not the position that makes them susceptible to knee problems. And Gordon fits that category. Wade too. He has changed his game but If he didn't get ultra conservative precautious treatment and wasn't allowed to take plays off on D he would have hit the knife more often IMO.
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OP makes the rules in his own thread bub
 
I think the title of this thread is extremely "racist!" "Urban Athletic?" It would have been much safer to have said "Hip Hop Guards!" That would have at least included white guys playing the position! Speaking of guards who have endured the position with both a high basketball IQ and extreme athleticism.....I guess John Stockton would be at the top of the list, huh?!!!
 
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