lol uhoh

I must admit I haven’t paid any attention to McGee. NBADraft says he could be like Bynum one day. The guys from DraftExpress say his upside is Channing Frye. We have the real one, so I have to pass ;-)

(I think)

Thanks for stopping by though (not being a jerk, stop in anytime!).

I just don’t think he has the desire to be great— he settles for too many jump shots.

Then we’ll have a base for real comparison.

Good Point NOT. Are you kidding me? Give Greg soem time. 3 time D player of the year within the next 10 years

Def. much more athletic than Channing Frye. He looked at lot like Brandon Wright to me. You are probably a little over-excited about McGee though. With that said I would rather have Greg Oden than Brandon Wright AND Javale McGee

and so far we’ve only seen glimpses of our big fella…

but you’re still insane.

Come January me thinks you’ll have a different opinion. Although those BlogaBullers are still high on Tyrus Thomas, so maybe not.

Now, I don’t know the Wizards that well, but I am willing to concede the point that McGee may fit into the Wizard’s team (strengths + weaknesses) better than Oden would. In the same way, Oden fits into our team (strengths + weaknesses) quite well. Of course, both are working on potential, and not actuality at this point, but I think the point is well taken.

If Washington would be hampered by a big, strong center who fills up the middle on offense and defense, Oden would not be a good fit for them. Likewise, I think Gilbert Arenas would be a terrible fit on our team. His style just wouldn’t mesh with our team at all. That doesn’t mean that Arenas isn’t good, but that he just wouldn’t fit.

Of course, Greg Oden is considered by Blazer fans to be the next great basketball player (eventually), so don’t be surprised if a few people pile on you Mr. (Ms.? Mrs.?) Truth About It. But I understand what you are trying to say.

I can say that up to this point he has been more productive than Greg. I appreciate his legacy as being the first NBA player of WNBA descent. He is absolutely a serviceable NBA player and will be for many years.

BUT. If you are speaking about the potential of McGee being greater than Greg’s, you have left the building of reality. I voted that you had somewhat of a point, because you do. McGee has been a nice surprise for the Wiz so far this season, but he will never be the defensive force that Oden is before his feet even hit the floor in the morning. I think McGee has some nice offensive skills that will help the Wizards, but he will end up playing most of his career on the perimeter (which is where the comparisons to Frye come from). EVERY team needs a dominant player in the post, one that can affect the shot of every player who steps into the paint and whom the team can lean on to clean up the glass. McGee will never be this, but will be a decent perimeter big man, which teams also like to have (but do not NEED), especially, as you say, a team that has it in their sights to be a ‘running team.’

So, for what he is, he is good. But a Greg Oden, even on the lower end of the expectation scale, he is NOT. Thanks for the dichotomy though. It will be fun to watch these two go at it in their future matchups.

I’m going to use that Rec button on it.

If you think Oden will be perpetually injured, then heck yeah, McGee is the “better fit”. So would another 15-20 guys from this year’s draft class.

But if Oden can return to a reasonable level of health (where he consistently plays at least 65-70 games a year + playoffs) then there is no way on God’s green earth that any GM or any myopic Bullets fan will pick McGee over Oden.

that we are making comparisions of Oden after he has player a total of 30 or so minutes of NBA ball.

Jason Quick (Blazer beat writer for you Wiz fans) Pritchard, Nate and the team have been seeing things that they have not seen from any other player in the NBA out of Greg in practice, things that only a handful of Cs can do, in their own words.

Greg just needs to calm down and PLAY. amare and Randolph were very unsure of themselves when they came back fromm their surgeries and with Greg never having played in the NBA, he has no point of reference to measure himself on what he should or shouls not be able to do on the court.

Lets see here 3pts, 7 Rbs, 3 blocks, for the year? Yeah TONS of players in the league have better stats than that but no GM would trade Oden for any of them

As for the injuries, they have all beek kinda freak injuries, his wrist, his tonsils, and his knee. Not all exactly related to each other and even the knee was a minor version of the procedure.

As for the ankle and foot sprains, if you play basketball you roll your ankles, enough said. There was a great piece from some renownd foot surgeon, that compared Oden’s sprained foot to a sprained ankle, the same motion and forces.

McGee does have the chance to be good and perhaps even have better stats than Oden when all is said and done as deep as we are, but when Oden is finished playing he will have a few rings to go with his stats as well.

I was a Bullets fan. While I still consider the Terps, Redskins and O’s as my favorite teams, Portland is where my pro basketball loyalties now reside.

I did catch a box score line from McGee that looked pretty impressive. As I recall, the guy is long and skinny and was pretty impressive with regard to agility drills and such during the pre-draft tryouts. He looks like a PF along the lines of Bosh, Garnett or even Aldridge, depending on how his game develops. Hopefully he will become a key player for Washington.

http://sportsonmymind.com/2008/11/08/javale-mcgee-will-be-steal-of-2008-nba-draft/

http://hoopsaddict.com/2008/10/18/wizards-find-positives-and-negatives/

"He can fly," said Paul, "I mean, that’s plain and simple. He can fly. I think it was early the third quarter, I came and did an in-and-out move and thought — I just knew — that I had enough room to get my shot off and he blocked it. He’s easily one of the most athletic big guys in the NBA. You can put him in that Dwight Howard category."

    “Y’all see JaVale McGee?” Howard asked a group of reporters while chatting informally while finishing getting dressed in front of his locker room. “That dude’s got a SEVEN-SIX wingspan!”

    “Didn’t help him much tonight, huh?” a member of the Orlando media replied.

    “Oh, no, he’s nice!” Howard said. “He’s doing alright, he’s a rook, man. It takes a while in this league for big men. But I think he’s gonna be nice!”

“I was impressed with him,” said Jazz forward Carlos Boozer, who finished with 20 points and seven rebounds but was largely a non-factor in the fourth. “I was very impressed with him. Very long and athletic. Played great for them.”

…you guys picked up a great player, it will be fun to watch him take on the blazers, i bet aldridge will sneak out to the perimeter, not a very risky gambler am i?

will Eddie Jordan even have a system? Since you like a player like McGee compared to Oden, then what are your thoughts on Haywood and how that is affecting the Wizards? Is Haywood expendable if McGee is the best type of C for the Wiz? Also, free Andray Blatche!

I’ll keep an eye out for McGee. You keep an eye out for Oden. We’ll see in 3 years who has to do more searching to fid the guys, and who has to do more face covering when we play each other.

No name calling, put downs, or snide remarks. I’d would have assumed such comments when a outsider posts a comparison between a 2nd round rookie and the consensus “once every 10 years” #1 pick coming off microfacture surgery.

Well done Blazer fans, pat yourself on the back.

As for McGee, I don’t know much about him except some highlights from Nevada. Seems like a rangy athletic guy who benefits from the extra spacing in the NBA. Hope he’ll continue to improve with the Wiz, I like that owner, Abe.

The fit for out team is different and thus you’ll have people dismissing this out of hand instead of getting your point.

He might end up being good, but as defenses learn about that and collapse on him I think they’ll shut him down. We’ve had that happen to a few of our rookies.

If you’re concerned about injuries, I can understand where you’re coming from. Keep in mind though that all basketball players are injured and greg’s are not the same injury. He’s just getting it all out of his system now. He’s an over achiever like that.

Greg has been incredibly rusty. I can see why you would say that right now. The thing is, the greg you see now and the greg you see in 20 games are going to be lights out different. As I say to others, 20 games into the season (for greg that’s 28 games or so) you start to get a glimmer of what you have.

Too soon.

If I were a wizards fan, I think I’d be happy with what I had (that’s only natural), but I believe I’d want a strong post player on defense as well as some moves on offense regardless of the team. I think Oden fits that bill better.

20 games. Heck… even 10.

are Bullets Forever posters (like me) – but hey, nothing wrong with a little absurd optimism in this so-far dismal season.

December 3rd Blazers Fans – circle the date that we all have a little extra riding on the game! (Assuming of course that Gilbert doesn’t make another a promise he can’t keep).

Sounds like this was a great discussion. I just listened to Cowherd’s rant about Oden and the only way I can respond is that it is a bit crazy to make a judgment about Oden at this point. He might not be Russel or Wilt but I don’t think you can call him Benoit Benjamin or Joe Barry Carrol yet.
I can’t wait for December 3 to get a good look at the Wizards and see how Oden is looking by then. Oden’s performance tonight in NO looked pretty good.

JaVale McGee looks like a lengthier version of Hall of Famer Bob McAdoo on offense.

Yet, while McGee may have a grand future in his sights, I’d take Greg Oden over him 100% of the time.