Brandon Rush traded to Golden State for Lou Amundson
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Re: rush traded to Warriors for lou amundson
Brandon was a victim (rightly or wrongly) of expectations. In his rookie year he had a stretch where he avg. almost 16 points a game, played a high level of defense & was very active on the floor.
This started to get everybody thinking that we had found Danny's sidekick.
It never happened. For whatever reason, be it Brandon, be it the system, be it JOB, whatever it just never happened.
I hate to break this term out but frankly often times Brandon was irrelevent to the team. In other words if he played, fine. If he didn't play that night, well that was fine to as most people didn't miss him. In fact you could say a lot of people did miss him when he was on the court as often times you would forget he was there.
I know some will argue that was by design of the old coach. Maybe, I don't know though.
At best he was going to be the 9th or 10th man this season.
Maybe a fresh start for him will help as well. He can go to a system where he won't need to score so there won't be the pressure from the fans and front office for this.
personally, I think he's not as good as people thought he could be. And he's been getting bad advice. (Drive to the basket more...he's not a good ball handler..and he doesn't like to get hit...not exactly a great combo to be encouraging to drive to the basket..especially when he's such a good shooter.)Comment
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Re: rush traded to Warriors for lou amundson? Maybe?
Just so you know, Dale Davis was a better free throw shooter that this guy.... let the adventure begin."He wanted to get to that money time. Time when the hardware was on the table. That's when Roger was going to show up. So all we needed to do was stay close"
Darnell Hillman (Speaking of former teammate Roger Brown)Comment
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Re: rush traded to Warriors for lou amundson
Not at all.Comment
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Re: rush traded to Warriors for lou amundson? Maybe?
Maybe this trade is best for both parties. Rush clearly was not doing too well on the Pacers - maybe he needs a change in scenery. Perhaps Indy will benefit more from Amundson's presence.
I do hope this means we sign Redd to a small contract.Peck is basically omniscient when it comes to understanding how the minds of Herb Simon and Kevin Pritchard work. I was a fool to ever question him and now feel deep shame for not understanding that this team believes in continuity above talent.Comment
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Re: rush traded to Warriors for lou amundson? Maybe?
Good deal. Nobodys asking Amundson to play big minutes, but he's there if you need him.
Best for both parties. I trust Larry will shore up that backup 3 spot as wellStop quoting people I have on ignore!Comment
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Re: rush traded to Warriors for lou amundson? Maybe?
It'll be a big relief for Foster. Allows him to rest up on the 2nd night of back-to-backs. Allows him to be more fresh come playoff time.Comment
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Re: rush traded to Warriors for lou amundson? Maybe?
I loved Amundson when he was with the Suns. I don't know where his game has gone since then, but he will contribute more to the team than rush.Comment
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Re: rush traded to Warriors for lou amundson
Hill, Jones & hell even Price can fill in at the backup 2.
Up front we have Roy, the 50 year old Jeff Foster & who?
I've seen Lou play many times and he is more than capable of playing the backup center spot.
Remember guys backup centers in the NBA aren't all 7' 280lb monsters, most of them are either lanky power forwards or as in Lou's shorter but stronger players.
He is not going to make or break our team, but then again neither was Brandon and obviously the front office has been doing everything in their power over the past two seasons to all but give this guy away.Comment
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Re: rush traded to Warriors for lou amundson
Yea, but lets be honest, fan support isn't why you trade a guy. especially when, as you said, he's more irrelevant than "hated"
personally, I think he's not as good as people thought he could be. And he's been getting bad advice. (Drive to the basket more...he's not a good ball handler..and he doesn't like to get hit...not exactly a great combo to be encouraging to drive to the basket..especially when he's such a good shooter.)
I can tell you one thing come playoff time we are gonna miss him. If we have to face the Heat or really any team with decent perimeter players we are gonna suffer from not having an extra body to throw at them in Rush. Micheal Redd will have to do instead : puke: or maybe Lance would have to guard Rip Hamilton Or better yet Danaty who will be a black hole on offense (and thats just being nice) with not as good of defense. I am not taking into account the possibility of an injury. Just this trade.Comment
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Re: rush traded to Warriors for lou amundson
Was watching some old Pacers/Knicks games from the 90's a few days ago. There were times where they'd have AD covering Ewing. AD was 6'9, 215. Held his own.Comment
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Re: rush traded to Warriors for lou amundson
Oh no, if Brandon only scores 6 then how can the other 7 guys scoring more than him on average carry the team. I don't know how we can win with 18, 16, 16, 14, 12, 10, and 10 coming each night from those guys. That's 96 points there. Say I overstated Roy by 1 or 2 PPG, maybe Hill or DC are more like 8-9 per night. That's still in the high 80s so that the 4-6 a night you get from Foster, Rush and Pendergraph more than cover the rest.
Or you can have Jones actually take 4-6 points FROM another Pacer while not scoring himself.
I'm not even a Lance believer, but I'd rather see the ball in Lance's hands trying to create for someone else.
Mayo I'd take because you'd change Hill's role and shift some of his points to Mayo to get to 10-12 from the backup SG.Comment
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Re: rush traded to Warriors for lou amundson
This! Again fans over expect there own player. Not every player is gonna be a star or even a starter you need to have role players and Rush was a very good one. A guy who plays great defense and gives you 8ppg and will knock down an open jumper he never should put the ball down on the floor that isnt his game. He should either come off screens or be the corner option like a Bruce Bowen.
I can tell you one thing come playoff time we are gonna miss him. If we have to face the Heat or really any team with decent perimeter players we are gonna suffer from not having an extra body to throw at them in Rush. Micheal Redd will have to do instead : puke: or maybe Lance would have to guard Rip Hamilton Or better yet Danaty who will be a black hole on offense (and thats just being nice) with not as good of defense. I am not taking into account the possibility of an injury. Just this trade.
Look at it like this, maybe out there he can get a fresh start.
To me I just don't care enough about Brandon Rush to really care. On the other hand if you go back over the past three seasons you will see where I have been trying to get Lou here.
Yes, I am well aware of his weaknesses but what he brings is something that I think we still lack a little bit of.Comment
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Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
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"A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, that’s teamwork."
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Re: rush traded to Warriors for lou amundson? Maybe?
Some of you (me included) wanted Reggie Evans. Amundson is the same exact player. No offensive game whatsoever, cant shoot FT's, but a good rebounder and a pretty good defender.
For the limited minutes he'll get, I like this deal.
Talk about tenacious. Hansbrough, Foster, Amundson, PendergraphStop quoting people I have on ignore!Comment
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