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Can Shane Battier dunk?
Not only does Shaniqua Battier have the most watered down game of any 6'8" wing player that I can remember, I can never remember the guy throwing one down hard either on someone or even in the open court.
he has no game off the dribble to speak of and no swagger to his game. the guy is so bland it kills me to watch.
as Bill Walton would say "Throw it down young man!"
this is his mix with not one dunk on it:
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFH2kevG_e0[/url]
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im curius too, even jose calderon can dunk
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He's 6'8 and somewhat athletic. No doubt he can.
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[QUOTE=MK2V1GP]Seriously?[/QUOTE]
find me a vid with a dunk
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[QUOTE=bomber]He's 6'8 and somewhat athletic. No doubt he can.[/QUOTE]
LOL at athletic, he's probably the least athletic 6'8 player in recent memory.
With that said, he's ducked a few times the past few seasons.
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[QUOTE=L.Kizzle]LOL at athletic, he's probably the least athletic 6'8 player in recent memory.
With that said, he's ducked a few times the past few seasons.[/QUOTE]
least athletic? hes athletic enough to be one of the best defenders in the league. if eveyrone on my schools varsity team 5'10 or taller can dunk, im pretty sure he can dunk.
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[QUOTE=Zak]least athletic? hes athletic enough to be one of the best defenders in the league. if eveyrone on my schools varsity team 5'10 or taller can dunk, im pretty sure he can dunk.[/QUOTE]
Who said he couldn't dunk? I said he's not very athletic, which he isn't.
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Are you aware he's half black?
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who da fk cant dunk at 6'8"?
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[QUOTE=HighFlyer23]who da fk cant dunk at 6'8"?[/QUOTE]
Lebron James cant i think never seen him do it, but he's one of the best at laying it in.
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[QUOTE=HighFlyer23]who da fk cant dunk at 6'8"?[/QUOTE]
produce the vid
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[QUOTE=allball]produce the vid[/QUOTE]
[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm9ee2nEAy0"]Shane Battier dunks on Kobe Bryant[/URL]
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Why does someone care if he can dunk or not?
:oldlol:
These are the kind of basketball thoughts that ran through my mind when I was like seven.
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I think I remember him throwing it down a few times at Duke.
He could definately dunk on a fastbreak.... but he's always back on D, or getting boards... not leaking out in transition.
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You know, Battier can block shots on the weak side and keep up with most SG/SF in the NBA
He is decently athletic at least.
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[QUOTE=Samurai Swoosh]Why does someone care if he can dunk or not?
:oldlol:
These are the kind of basketball thoughts that ran through my mind when I was like seven.[/QUOTE]
cause he's a 6'8" NBA wing player. the dunk is a form of expression and the highest .pct shot in basketball and he's only shooting .400 from the field this year.
oh and coming out of high school he was compared to Grant Hill...
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:rolleyes:
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Umm, yeah....Battier can dunk. He had a pretty good one this season. He just doesn't do it very often, it's not his style.
BTW, Scola can dunk too, but he also doesn't do it very often.......not his style either. Both players are content with just laying it off the backboard.
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[QUOTE=allball]cause he's a 6'8" NBA wing player. the dunk is a form of expression and the highest .pct shot in basketball and he's only shooting .400 from the field this year.[/QUOTE]
Yet he's still an outstanding basketball player.
Only few players in the league can take the dunk to artistic fashion to make it interesting.
Still doesn't negate the fact that I haven't been infactuated with everything "dunk" related since I was six, seven, and MAYBE eight years old.
It's such a miniscule aspect to the game.
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[QUOTE=TMac&Luther]:rolleyes:
[IMG]http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0cbe5BM6Gp5Lf/340x.jpg[/IMG]
Umm, yeah....Battier can dunk. He had a pretty good one this season. He just doesn't do it very often, it's not his style.
BTW, Scola can dunk too, but he also doesn't do it very often.......not his style either. Both players are content with just laying it off the backboard.[/QUOTE]
A big man dunk too :applause:
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[QUOTE]hes athletic enough to be one of the best defenders in the league[/QUOTE]
Shows how little defense has to do with the ideal visual perception of athleticism.
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you don't need athleticism to be a great defender. you guys have probably never stepped on the court to make such a dumb statement. charles oakley was not very athletic but a great defender. the only thing that you need to be a good defender is the desire and drive to want to be a good defender. oh and good footwork helps too, but thats with practice :D
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[QUOTE=imdaman99]you don't need athleticism to be a great defender. you guys have probably never stepped on the court to make such a dumb statement. charles oakley was not very athletic but a great defender. the only thing that you need to be a good defender is the desire and drive to want to be a good defender.[/QUOTE]
You don't need great athleticism to be a great defender, but you do need very quick feet. You can't defend, if you can't move........I don't care how much desire you have.
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[QUOTE=allball]produce the vid[/QUOTE]
don't got a vid but here's a pic
[img]http://www2.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/Houston+Rockets+v+Los+Angeles+Lakers+Game+-qkLLLTMalul.jpg[/img]
another 1
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[QUOTE=TMac&Luther]You don't need great athleticism to be a great defender, but you do need very quick feet. You can't defend, if you can't move........I don't care how much desire you have.[/QUOTE]
he studies game tape. he knew where kobe was going 90% of the time in last years wcf. his defensive IQ is off the charts. with that being said, battier does have quick enough feet to stay with most players. i'm not saying he isn't athletic, he just isn't the physical specimen that lebron or tmac or vince carter are.
now if someone was flat footed, it would be hard to guard anyone in the league. which is probably why there aren't any flat footed defenders in the league, unless i am mistaken lol
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[QUOTE=Abraham Lincoln]Shows how little defense has to do with the ideal visual perception of athleticism.[/QUOTE]
^
This dude is so smart.
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[QUOTE=Samurai Swoosh]Yet he's still an outstanding basketball player.
Only few players in the league can take the dunk to artistic fashion to make it interesting.
Still doesn't negate the fact that I haven't been infactuated with everything "dunk" related since I was six, seven, and MAYBE eight years old.
It's such a miniscule aspect to the game.[/QUOTE]
Outstanding? dude he hasn't averaged more than 10 a game since his rookie year. he shot .410 last year and is shooting .400 this year. he's an 8 PPG 4 reb playoff performer for his career.
the Rockets gave up Rudy Gay for this stiff who is a good defender but doesn't do nearly enough to be called outstanding.
Scottie Pippen was outstanding. Grant Hill was outstanding. Turkoglu and Rashard Lewis are very good. Shane is the definition of an average role player. yeah he plays d but this guy was a college player of the year and a number 6 pick.
a 6'8" wing who won't throw it down for his team cause it's not his style? that's a disgrace.
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[QUOTE=allball]Outstanding? dude he hasn't averaged more than 10 a game since his rookie year. he shot .410 last year and is shooting .400 this year. he's an 8 PPG 4 reb playoff performer for his career.[/quote]
You a stat junkie? As a player given his ROLE ... he's outstanding.
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believe me, every championship team needs a role player that plays his role to perfection like shane battier does. trevor ariza, james posey, bruce bowen, etc
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[QUOTE=allball]Outstanding? dude he hasn't averaged more than 10 a game since his rookie year. he shot .410 last year and is shooting .400 this year. he's an 8 PPG 4 reb playoff performer for his career.
the Rockets gave up Rudy Gay for this stiff who is a good defender but doesn't do nearly enough to be called outstanding.
Scottie Pippen was outstanding. Grant Hill was outstanding. Turkoglu and Rashard Lewis are very good. Shane is the definition of an average role player. yeah he plays d but this guy was a college player of the year and a number 6 pick.
a 6'8" wing who won't throw it down for his team cause it's not his style? that's a disgrace.[/QUOTE]
LMAO, you apparently know nothing about basketball intangibles.:rolleyes: Battier is a championship caliber glue guy. Sad thing is, he's never been surrounded by championship caliber players. Yes, Batter can't jump out of the fu[COLOR="Black"]c[/COLOR]king gym like Rudy Gay.......but guess what? Houston isn't winning 50 games with fu[COLOR="Black"]c[/COLOR]king Rudy Gay either. :violin: (BTW, has Rudy Gay ever even played on a 50 game winning team before?) Which is something Houston has done year in and year out since they made the trade for Battier regardless of which star "stat sheet filling up" player ended up on I.R. for the season. Sad thing is without Yao and pretty much without McGrady, Battier will still help lead this team to a 50+ game winning season...he just makes winning plays.
But NO!!!, We should've kept Rudy Gay who hasn't done jack sh[COLOR="Black"]i[/COLOR]t in this league (but man, he sure can dunk. :rolleyes: ) The last time Memphis was even relevant is when they had Shane Battier on their roster. The last time they even sniffed a 50 game winning season was with Shane Battier. Infact they made the playoffs for 3 consecutive years with Battier (only years Battier has not been in the playoffs during his career was his rookie and sophomore seasons) and then the second they traded him, they went from a 49 game winning playoff season to having the worst damn record in the league.......and they've been stuck there ever since. But But But...Rudy Gay flies so high. :eek: Wow when he runs by, the gust of air blows panties off the chicks in the cheap seats. :rolleyes: Too bad he can't do what really matters......like win basketball games and get his team to the playoffs, but damn the stats are sexy.
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[QUOTE=allball]Outstanding? dude he hasn't averaged more than 10 a game since his rookie year. he shot .410 last year and is shooting .400 this year. he's an 8 PPG 4 reb playoff performer for his career.
the Rockets gave up Rudy Gay for this stiff who is a good defender but doesn't do nearly enough to be called outstanding.
Scottie Pippen was outstanding. Grant Hill was outstanding. Turkoglu and Rashard Lewis are very good. Shane is the definition of an average role player. yeah he plays d but this guy was a college player of the year and a number 6 pick.
a 6'8" wing who won't throw it down for his team cause it's not his style? that's a disgrace.[/QUOTE]
You do know that a role player that plays above average defense and can hit the 3 pt shot on offense is worth at least MLE right?
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[QUOTE=Samurai Swoosh]You a stat junkie? As a player given his ROLE ... he's outstanding.[/QUOTE]
not at all. but he's not outstanding in his role. Michael Cooper was outstanding in his role and put up similar numbers. but he was a bench player and Coop would throw down a back breaking dunk every now and then.
Maybe I watched too much Scottie Pippen in my day...sorry.
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lmao @ pip being a mere role player
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stats aren't the sole measure of basketball skill you know:no:
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[QUOTE=TMac&Luther]LMAO, you apparently no nothing about basketball intangibles.:rolleyes: Battier is a championship caliber glue guy. Sad thing is, he's never been surrounded by championship caliber players. Yes, Batter can't jump out of the fu[COLOR="Black"]c[/COLOR]king gym like Rudy Gay.......but guess what? Houston isn't winning 50 games with fu[COLOR="Black"]c[/COLOR]king Rudy Gay either. :violin: (BTW, has Rudy Gay ever even played on a 50 game winning team before?) Which is something Houston has done year in and year out since they made the trade for Battier regardless of which star "stat sheet filling up" player ended up on I.R. for the season. Sad thing is without Yao and pretty much without McGrady, Battier will still help lead this team to a 50 game + winning season...he just makes winning plays.
But NO!!!, We should've kept Rudy Gay who hasn't done **** in this league (but man, he sure can dunk. :rolleyes: ) The last time Memphis was even relevant is when they had Shane Battier on their roster. The last time they even sniffed a 50 game winning season was with Shane Battier. Infact they made the playoffs for 3 consecutive years with Battier (only years Battier has not been in the playoffs during his career was his rookie and sophomore seasons) and then the second they traded him, they went from a 49 game winning playoff season to having the worst damn record in the league.......and they've been stuck there ever since. But But But...Rudy Gay flies so high. :eek: Wow, when he runs by the gust of air blows panties off the chicks in the cheap seats. :rolleyes: Too bad he can't do what really matters......like win basketball games and get his team to the playoffs, but damn the stats are sexy.[/QUOTE]
good try. but Memphis had many issues besides Battier leaving. Gasol had injuries the next year and then he left the next. you think Battier staying was going to save that team? they lost several role players that next year and a lot of scoring.
if you swapped Rudy and Shane right now, you think Memphis would win 50 games? the Rockets would still have a solid defender in Ariza who could stop jacking so many shots and still be just as effective and Gay could give them offense and some decent defense playing with a better coach and guys like Hayes, Landry and Scola. with Rudy and Ariza the Rockets would be just as good if not better.
guys like Battier are much easier to replace than guys like Gay. and Rudy can do a lot more than just dunk...but he can and will dunk.
also the year Memphis won 50 games they had James Posey. they never rose above that level with Battier and I do believe in Shane's rookie year (like Rudy's) Memphis only won like 24 games and they were near awful the next year with Shane on their roster.
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[QUOTE=HighFlyer23]lmao @ pip being a mere role player[/QUOTE]
didn't mean to imply that. the guy initially said outstaning player not role player. he did start out as a role player though.
Dennis Rodman was an OUTSTANDING role player and he rarely scored. this aint about stats. it's about playing with balls.
I only brought up stats cause the guy said he was an outstanding player. even not considering stats Shane is complimentary at best. there's nothing outstanding about him.
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[QUOTE=allball]good try. but Memphis had many issues besides Battier leaving. Gasol had injuries the next year and then he left the next. you think Battier staying was going to save that team? they lost several role players that next year and a lot of scoring.
if you swapped Rudy and Shane right now, you think Memphis would win 50 games? the Rockets would still have a solid defender in Ariza who could stop jacking so many shots and still be just as effective and Gay could give them offense and some decent defense playing with a better coach and guys like Hayes, Landry and Scola. with Rudy and Ariza the Rockets would be just as good if not better.
guys like Battier are much easier to replace than guys like Gay. and Rudy can do a lot more than just dunk...but he can and will dunk.
also the year Memphis won 50 games they had James Posey. they never rose above that level with Battier and I do believe in Shane's rookie year (like Rudy's) Memphis only won like 24 games and they were near awful the next year with Shane on their roster.[/QUOTE]
What the hell does Posey have to do with this.....um Battier was on that team too :hammerhead: But let me guess, that glue guy gets props, but Battier is just a bum. Must be, because Posey dunks huh?
Also Gasol played 60 games during that train wreck of a season.....still doesn't explain having the worst record in the league after being in the playoffs the year before. If Rudy Gay was half as good as you're trying to make him, his talent would've picked up the other 20 games.
Rudy Gay puts up empty #s.......THOSE PLAYERS are easy to find. I haven't regretted that trade one single day since it happened. Rudy Gay is not a winner, he's Tmac with healthy - the elite scoring ability. All flash, no substance. Who the fu[COLOR="Black"]c[/COLOR]k cares about a player who puts up empty stats on a s[COLOR="Black"]h[/COLOR]itty team year in and year out? I'll take the "stiff" that plays on a winning team year in and year out, even if he goes unnoticed by people who act like you have to be able to dunk a ball to be good in this league.
I could really care less about Rudy Gay.....honestly, you would've been better served bringing up any player except him. I have never liked that guy....he's a natural born loser.
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[QUOTE=TMac&Luther]:rolleyes:
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Umm, yeah....Battier can dunk. He had a pretty good one this season. He just doesn't do it very often, it's not his style.
BTW, Scola can dunk too, but he also doesn't do it very often.......not his style either. Both players are content with just laying it off the backboard.[/QUOTE]
looks like he's literally taking a **** on the kobster
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[QUOTE=kap]looks like he's literally taking a **** on the kobster[/QUOTE]
:lol :lol