JJ Hickson is an amazing rebounder for his size

[konex]

This guy is a beast :bowdown:

[qrich]

Will never grab another rebound for his career.

Drop him from your fantasy squads :D

[IGotACoolStory]

Will now become Bargs.

[DirkNowitzki41]

beast

lol @ wizards. 15 pt lead already gone

[EoJ]

probably will finish with 20+ rebounds tonight.

[oolalaa]

And really bad defensively. Like laugh out loud horrendous at times.

[no pun intended]

So are Faried and Evans.

[FatComputerNerd]

Varejao >

[East_Stone_Ya]

thnx konex now he will never rebound again :(

[konex]

Another 15 and counting tonight :rockon:

[andremiller07]

Another 15 and counting tonight :rockon:

Yeah he went ham on the Kings 14 and 15 he was the Blazers best player 2night

[konex]

24, 14 and 3 tonight with 5 left in the 4th :bowdown:

[Kurosawa0]

underrated bad move that Cleveland basically gave him up for Tristan Thompson.

[Meticode]

underrated bad move that Cleveland basically gave him up for Tristan Thompson.
Too early to tell right now. Thompson isn't even halfway through his second season. Thompson is just as good of a rebounder as Hickson, a much better defender for his second season. Hickson is a little more athletic, much better offensively, but Hickson was just as raw almost as Thompson is now when he came into the league and developed a little jumper and some post moves.

[KDthunderup]

OKC should amnesty Perkins and try to pick him up in the free agency next year.

[RoseCity07]

I still think Portland needs to trade him. His value is as high as ever. If we could turn him into a lottery pick for picks and a decent back up. I don't like Hickson's game. I'm always afraid he is going to do something stupid with the ball.

He's one hell of a rebounder but he isn't satisfied being that guy. He always jacks up ill advised shots. We need a guy that can grab boards and be happy not getting shots. I sense Hickson wants more than this team has to offer.

[KDthunderup]

I still think Portland needs to trade him. His value is as high as ever. If we could turn him into a lottery pick for picks and a decent back up. I don't like Hickson's game. I'm always afraid he is going to do something stupid with the ball.

He's one hell of a rebounder but he isn't satisfied being that guy. He always jacks up ill advised shots. We need a guy that can grab boards and be happy not getting shots. I sense Hickson wants more than this team has to offer.
he is a unrestricted free agent, most teams wont give up much to get him

[konex]

I still think Portland needs to trade him. His value is as high as ever. If we could turn him into a lottery pick for picks and a decent back up. I don't like Hickson's game. I'm always afraid he is going to do something stupid with the ball.

He's one hell of a rebounder but he isn't satisfied being that guy. He always jacks up ill advised shots. We need a guy that can grab boards and be happy not getting shots. I sense Hickson wants more than this team has to offer.

You can count the centers in the L playing better than him on one hand. He really does a lot of the dirty work for LMA and he's a scoring option as well.

You also know this isn't a contract year special since he did it on the big stage with LeBron as well

[Djsonny]

I still think Portland needs to trade him. His value is as high as ever. If we could turn him into a lottery pick for picks and a decent back up. I don't like Hickson's game. I'm always afraid he is going to do something stupid with the ball.

He's one hell of a rebounder but he isn't satisfied being that guy. He always jacks up ill advised shots. We need a guy that can grab boards and be happy not getting shots. I sense Hickson wants more than this team has to offer.

Dude, who do you think would trade a lottery pick for hickson? No team would bite on that. At his value, 4 mill, you cant find a better deal. Even if you find someone to bite on the lottery pick, you desperately need a center, look what this years centers. You have lottery picks with unibrow, which you arent getting a number one pick for, drummond, leonard, tyler zeller? he's a undersized center, which generally wont start on most teams so you are cutting a huge chunk of teams. He works great next to LA since LA plays more along the perimeter. hes shooting 57% from the field, he may sometimes throws up iffy shots but Ill take him easily at 4mill. I see what you are getting at but realistically, you have to look at his value and what you need. Portland desperately needs that body in the center position, without him, portland would be a terrible terrible on the boards. Move him and youre stuck with leonard starting. ^ the guy above is right, you can count better centers on one hand.

[Whoah10115]

Portland should trade him...just as Cleveland should have traded him (Thompson is young, has character, plays defense).



You can count the centers in the L playing better than him on one hand.



:roll:



The center who's playing like ass on your team is playing much much better than Hickson. There are 15 centers playing better than he is. 5, lol.


Also, if you actually watch the Blazers, he's not really playing C as much as people say. LMA plays a decent amount of C. Hickson is not a capable starting center on a playoff team.

[Kurosawa0]

Too early to tell right now. Thompson isn't even halfway through his second season. Thompson is just as good of a rebounder as Hickson, a much better defender for his second season. Hickson is a little more athletic, much better offensively, but Hickson was just as raw almost as Thompson is now when he came into the league and developed a little jumper and some post moves.

I wonder if you couldn't have done something like the 2010 #4 and JJ Hickson to Golden State for David Lee and the #11. Golden State would never give up David Lee for that now, but at the time? Hmm...

You could've taken Klay Thompson and then probably been bad enough to still have a top 8 pick in this last draft.

Imagine this:

Kyrie Irving
Klay Thompson
Harrison Barnes
David Lee
Anderson Varejao

That'd probably win the Central right now.

[konex]

18 and 15 with 3 blocks for JJ so far :bowdown:

[AznTacoLover]

Make that 18 rebounds!

[RoseCity07]

he is a unrestricted free agent, most teams wont give up much to get him

Yeah I thought we had him on a 2 year deal after last season. It turns out that contract was for 2 seasons including last year. Either way, I hope Portland could sign him for a decent deal rather than losing him for nothing.

If Hickson could play with this effort and stop forcing up bad shots I think he would be a great player. He plays hero ball sometimes and I just can't stand that.

[konex]

19 and 15 tonight with 4 mins left

[ILLsmak]

I still think Portland needs to trade him. His value is as high as ever. If we could turn him into a lottery pick for picks and a decent back up. I don't like Hickson's game. I'm always afraid he is going to do something stupid with the ball.

He's one hell of a rebounder but he isn't satisfied being that guy. He always jacks up ill advised shots. We need a guy that can grab boards and be happy not getting shots. I sense Hickson wants more than this team has to offer.

I agree with this, but I truly believe he can be a starting go-to level PF. Not a superstar, but a guy that gets buckets. I really liked him on the Cavs.

HATERS GON HATE.

-Smak

[Wavves]

I'm so undecided on what I want the Blazers to do with him after this season :oldlol:

I'll enjoy him playing while it lasts though, great player

[konex]

17 and 14 in 3qtrs tonight. :banana:

[RoseCity07]

He's on fire recently. He's gonna break a franchise record for most consecutive double doubles.

[RedBlackAttack]

underrated bad move that Cleveland basically gave him up for Tristan Thompson.
I know very few people have noticed and/or care, but Tristan has been playing very good basketball as of late. He's averaging 12.4 points on 52.3% from the field, 12 rebounds, and 1.4 blocks in his last five games. The Cavs' defense when he is on the floor is noticeably better than when he's on the bench.

Cavs are also 2-2 since Varejao got injured, largely because Tristan stepped into his position and performed so well. Not to mention he's 21.

It amazes me how quickly people pull the trigger on judging these young guys. He is way ahead of where Hickson was at the same age or at the same point in his career... WAY ahead.


Also, the Cavs getting Tristan had nothing to do with moving Hickson, unless you are saying that the team drafted Tristan and, soon after, traded Hickson.

Hickson was traded for a protected Sacramento pick which has not been received yet and Omri Casspi. I will also note the Hickson move had very little to do with his performance on the floor, from what I've heard, and everything to do with his attitude in the locker room. Scott did not want him to poison the young talent during this rebuild, so he was moved.

[konex]

After a slight case of Dwightitis, JJ is back tonight with a 16/14 line in the 4th...

[RedBlackAttack]

After a slight case of Dwightitis, JJ is back tonight with a 16/14 line in the 4th...
And, Tristan Thompson put up 17/15 plus 2 blocks tonight. Just sayin'. :D

[konex]

And, Tristan Thompson put up 17/15 plus 2 blocks tonight. Just sayin'. :D

Yeah he's taken on a larger role with no Varejao. Both on my fantasy team :bowdown:

[konex]

18 and 8 in the first half vs. the Knicks :bowdown:

[Myth]

18 and 8 in the first half vs. the Knicks :bowdown:

And 9 for 10 shooting.

[Myth]

18 and 8 in the first half vs. the Knicks :bowdown:

1 rebound and 0 points in the 3rd.

http://www.wired.com/geekmom/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/star-trek-II-the-wrath-of-khan.jpg
KOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNEX!!!

[konex]

Foul trouble :no:

[konex]

20 and 15 tonight :bowdown:

[konex]

19/13/2 tonight :bowdown:

[Whoah10115]

His defense was an abomination.

[La Frescobaldi]

His defense was an abomination.
lollllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllol O the Brutality of whoah

[Magic bird]

Zach randolph and Jared Sullinger say hello

[maybeshewill13]

His defense was an abomination.
Defense (besides blocks) don't mean shit in fantasy league bro, Konex gives zero ****s.

[konex]

26 pts, 15 rebs, 2 blks, 9-13 FG, 8-8 FT :bowdown:

[andremiller07]

25points 16boards 10/14 FG's vs Suns

[TexasBloodMoney]

25points 16boards 10/14 FG's vs Suns

Just raising his value right before the trade deadline :pimp:

[Lebron23]

He's averaging a double-double this season. Hickson is one of the top candidates for the Most Improved Player of the Year. Back in 2010 Mr. Potato head benched JJ Hickson in the playoffs. It's nice to see this former Cavaliers is having a good season. (13 ppg, 11 rpg)

http://media.cleveland.com/cavs_impact/photo/mike-brownjpg-a6b59a0dc0a2bf3a.jpg

[andremiller07]

21 boards vs Chicago today

[Graviton]

21 boards vs Chicago today
OKC should go for him with their 1st round picks, amnesty ****in Perkins already.

Hickson can eat glass and catch/finish with the best of them. He will give Westbrook/Durant 2 assists every game just off basic dunks, the shit Perkins ****s up 2-3 times a game and turns the ball over on a wide open lay up. :oldlol:

[EoJ]

OKC should go for him with their 1st round picks, amnesty ****in Perkins already.

Hickson can eat glass and catch/finish with the best of them. He will give Westbrook/Durant 2 assists every game just off basic dunks, the shit Perkins ****s up 2-3 times a game and turns the ball over on a wide open lay up. :oldlol:
I was hoping we would trade him to okc for picks or for lamb. He is a huge upgrade over perkins.

[Graviton]

I was hoping we would trade him to okc for picks or for lamb. He is a huge upgrade over perkins.
Royce White would be a huge upgrade over Perkins. :oldlol:

[andremiller07]

OKC should go for him with their 1st round picks, amnesty ****in Perkins already.

Hickson can eat glass and catch/finish with the best of them. He will give Westbrook/Durant 2 assists every game just off basic dunks, the shit Perkins ****s up 2-3 times a game and turns the ball over on a wide open lay up. :oldlol:

Cole Alridch since he came to Sac Town has been beasting in the 10-12mins he gets on defense and finishing easy dunks for the most part, I thought dude was the worst C in the NBA, boy was I wrong dude craps all over Thabeet.

[RoseCity07]

After the Spurs game Hickson has slowly started to change my mind. He's actually played a bit of defense and his production helped. Earlier in the year if you saw Hickson having a good game Portland was usually losing. Not so much anymore. I think Portland might resign him.

[Lebron23]

2013 NBA Most Improved Player of the Year JJ Hickson. He's as tall as Scottie Pippen. Both are 6'7.5" without shoes, but they both have a long wingspan.

[j3lademaster]

OKC should go for him with their 1st round picks, amnesty ****in Perkins already.

Hickson can eat glass and catch/finish with the best of them. He will give Westbrook/Durant 2 assists every game just off basic dunks, the shit Perkins ****s up 2-3 times a game and turns the ball over on a wide open lay up. :oldlol:I thought about criticizing Hickson's defensive ability, but then I had an epiphany- if he's replacing Perkins it'd probably be a wash. So yeah, straight up improvements to inside scoring and rebounding.

[Suckafree]

2013 NBA Most Improved Player of the Year JJ Hickson. He's as tall as Scottie Pippen. Both are 6'7.5" without shoes, but they both have a long wingspan.

You are one random poster

[b1imtf]

You are one random poster
:lol

[ImmortalNemesis]

He a'ight.

[ChuckOakley]

So is LMA just a bad one?
Why does Portland have a negative rebounding differential?