Baron Davis to the Clippers is like Jason Kidd to the Nets?

by Newton Pham on Jul 11, 2008 3:22 PM PDT

PER..EFF...RPG..Shots Blocked...PPG...

Individual Stats... so and so will contribute because he puts up so and so numbers. So and so is better than so and so just look at his PER vs. his PER.

Since modern day players focus on themselves so much, I guess it is only natural for modern day sportswriters to focus on their individual play.

Sometimes things can't be recorded with individual stats (even though we seem to love them, except on the job or in school). It's called the X factor, this can pan out in many ways. Can a player provide surge? Can he make a team glue together and perform their best? Can he actually make them believe they are championship caliber material when no one else does?

We saw this in the 2001/2002 New Jersey Nets team. One player came on that team and transformed the entire Nets landscape. Losers to Winners overnight.

It takes a special player to do this, a leader.

Baron clearly has proven he can do this for the Clippers.

We saw this two seasons ago when GS went deep into the playoffs. They were playing WAY above their perceived "level."

Nets went 31/51 in 99/00, 26/56 in 00/01. Then Kidd came... 52/30 in 01/02.

I don't think it is unreasonable to think that Baron can do the same. Ignite something under these guys, sparking fire, and raising everyones' play to another level.

Pretty soon we are going to see writers go...WOWEEE...we never saw this coming.

Maybe I'm being too optimistic, I am a Clipper fan after all.

Let the Baron Davis Era begin.

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Amen

and Hallelujah, Brother.

by daclipjoint on Jul 11, 2008 4:09 PM PDT reply actions

i dont think its the same

i mean, the nets had rj and vc at the wings.

we have thornton, and eg.

its not quite the same, and baron is not quite the creator kidd is (i watched him all year last year since i live in warriors territory).

that said, i think he will clearly help us. he’s a lot better than the dickau, parker, etc

by hans007 on Jul 11, 2008 4:37 PM PDT reply actions

Different Lineup

Hans – I think you are looking at the wrong year. The turnaround year lineup of the Nets consisted of:

Todd MacCullach – C
Kenyon Martin – PF
Keith Van Horn – SF
Kerry Kittles – SG
Jason Kidd – PG

Richard Jefferson was a rookie that year

by Newton Pham on Jul 11, 2008 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions

ah my bad...

I guess in that case its possible. Supposedly byron scott is a really good coach though, so it depends if Big dunleavy can get that out of the squad.

That lineup does seem comparable overall to ours now so maybe it will work out. I mean the warriors won 48 games, with baron, jack, ellis, and a non shooter (biedrins) and a generic power forward , and a fast offense.

Does anyone think signing ricky davis to like a 3-4 million a year deal for 2 years would not be an insane idea just to have some added firepower?

by hans007 on Jul 11, 2008 5:40 PM PDT up reply actions