Re: All-Stars

In alt.s****ts.basketball.nba.denver-nuggets on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 08:30:14
-0700 Howard Brazee wrote:

>Tell me if Yao Ming has been a better player this year than Marcus
>Camby has.

Yao Ming has been a better player this year than Marcus Camby.

>    Tell me that Tracy McGrady has played better this year
>than Allen Iverson has.

Tracy McGrady has played better this year than Allen Iverson

Camby has had an excellent season, no question. And Iverson has been a
nice
addition to the Nuggets. But lets not go overboard.

Yao is among the most efficient players in the league, and is also the
first
option on his offense. He plays on the best defense in the league. He has
been the best center in the league over the last two seasons. Camby is at
best a secondary scoring option and plays on the 10th ranked defense. 

With Yao out now, McGrady has played a similar role for the Rockets,
running
the offense and contributing to what remains the best defense in the
league.
Like McGrady, Iverson's scoring has been below average, but has
contributed
to an overall above average offense with his passing and driving. Needless
to say, there is no match between these players defensively. Not even
including all the time missed by AI and the reasons for it, it would be
hard
to justify choosing him over McGrady.