Which center would you rather have on your team Dime Poll

by BRoyInThe4th on Aug 29, 2008 7:30 PM PDT

There is a poll over at http://dimemag.com/ that asks what player you would rather have on your team:

Greg Oden

Andrew Bynum

Andrew Bogut

Tyson Chandler

Chris Kaman

Andris Biedrins

I voted for Oden, duh. All the L*ker fans Bynum band wagoners must be pulling their hair out over Oden blowing him out of the water. Hopefully you guys will all contribute. It's on the right side bar on the main page, just go to Dimemag.com

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Need a better link-

I can’t find it on the site.

by CaptainSexyJacob on Aug 29, 2008 8:23 PM PDT reply actions

Nevermind

I found it.

by CaptainSexyJacob on Aug 29, 2008 8:29 PM PDT up reply actions

link man, link! (I havent found it yet)

by MattyDread on Aug 29, 2008 8:38 PM PDT up reply actions

its one of those side polls

click on an article to take the poll

by koyote on Aug 29, 2008 8:39 PM PDT up reply actions

right hand side of the page in yellowish color

Greg O has more than Chandler and Bynum combined

"I think that the team that wins game five will win the series. Unless we lose game five."
Who else? Charles Barkley

by prezofdeath on Aug 29, 2008 8:50 PM PDT reply actions

I can't believe people have voted for anyone besides oden and bynum.

by everett on Aug 29, 2008 9:10 PM PDT reply actions

Chandler deserves a few votes

But I thought Chandler played mostly PF last year. That other big dude played center most of the time, didn’t he?

The perfect is the enemy of the good.

by vavoom on Aug 29, 2008 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions

David West was their PF

by raging WebTed on Aug 29, 2008 11:00 PM PDT up reply actions

ok

Thank you for the clarification. Chandler and West complement each other very well.

The perfect is the enemy of the good.

by vavoom on Aug 29, 2008 11:07 PM PDT up reply actions

Oden/Aldridge>Chandler/West

yep.

by koyote on Aug 29, 2008 11:53 PM PDT up reply actions

yeah

I agree with you there totally, but I bet for the 2008/2009 season chandler/west will have better combined stats. Oden/Aldridge still have a ways to go, but I would take them in that choice in a heartbeat.

by danevan on Aug 30, 2008 1:04 AM PDT up reply actions

right

in 3 years, I think Oden will be way ahead of Chandler. Chandler is probably the most athletic 7 footer in the league and probably the best offensive rebounder, but I think Oden will be much better down the line on both ends of the floor. I watched Tyson play against the Blazers last year and he usually got flustered. I don’t see that happening to Greg.

by koyote on Aug 30, 2008 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions

Andris Biedrins

deserves some votes

Blazers Fans are my boys, Celtic my bhoys.

by Nakamura on Aug 30, 2008 5:27 PM PDT up reply actions

Maybe.

by CaptainSexyJacob on Aug 30, 2008 8:27 PM PDT up reply actions

Andris is fine

And I’m curious as to how he’ll do without a real PG like Baron Davis to give him easy baskets. He’s a real low-skill but good hands type guy, pretty athletic too.

HOWEVER, this is a poll where you pick one you’d most want to have and there are several on that list I would select before Andris.

Not that he is bad of course; he’s very young and is very efficient. He’ll be a good center for a long time.

Mortimer

by Mortimer on Aug 30, 2008 10:05 PM PDT up reply actions

That's what i said in the comment i posted down here.

;)

Blazers Fans are my boys, Celtic my bhoys.

by Nakamura on Aug 31, 2008 2:23 AM PDT up reply actions

I think he is a 6 at best

But if he is what youre into… hey its all you Morty

"Why would we lie to ourselves dude?"
"Be excellent to each other."
"All we are is dust in the wind, dude."
"Strange things are afoot at the Circle K."

The Wisdom of Bill S Preston Esquire and Ted Theodore Logan

by GreatOden'sRaven on Aug 31, 2008 9:17 AM PDT up reply actions

Okay, come on...

Which one of you voted for Andris Biedrins?

Jerryd Bayless has two emotions: Kill and Win.

"I think it’s going to be very beautiful game next year."
-Nicolas Batum

by rockingharder on Aug 29, 2008 11:44 PM PDT reply actions

The owner of the GSW, who has to justify all the expenses in his mind

And he asked a few of his employees to do so, too.

Seriously, I think Biedrins is undervalued by a lot of fans and is a nice starting center who will average a double-double for the rest of his career, but he will never be a dominating center. I would be more worried about having just given Bogut a huge contract after seeing him in the Olympics…

Odenied: Asked whether he noticed Oden favoring his right knee, Frye dismissed it entirely. "He favors dunking on your head, that's what he favors."

by Norsktroll on Aug 30, 2008 3:42 AM PDT up reply actions

yeah he can get a double double

but it doesn’t feel like he affects the game a whole lot. He seems too passive . its a weak double double if you know what i mean

Woof

by Charles Barkley McLovin on Aug 30, 2008 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions

+1

Nielsen seemed to be better than Bogut. XD

Blazers Fans are my boys, Celtic my bhoys.

by Nakamura on Aug 30, 2008 5:31 PM PDT up reply actions

I voted for Oden

but Andris Biedrins is a very talented C, seriously

Blazers Fans are my boys, Celtic my bhoys.

by Nakamura on Aug 30, 2008 5:29 PM PDT up reply actions

Notice its say "which player would you rather have on your team"

in which case we can’t vote for Oden because we already have him on our team.

That must explain the Bogut votes.

by NWfan on Aug 30, 2008 12:02 AM PDT reply actions

All both of them.

Jerryd Bayless has two emotions: Kill and Win.

"I think it’s going to be very beautiful game next year."
-Nicolas Batum

by rockingharder on Aug 30, 2008 12:24 AM PDT up reply actions

but...

just because he is on our team doesnt change anything. I can still say I would rather have oden than bogut even though oden is on our team…if it said “which player would you rather have added to your team” it would be a different story.

by danevan on Aug 30, 2008 1:08 AM PDT up reply actions

Hey Oden is cleaning up

He has nearly twice as many votes as everyone else combined.

I guess the fans league wide hadn’t forgotten Oden like some of us assumed, right? We ain’t sneaking up on nobody! Bah, phooey!

Even if all 200 votes are just us, I still like seeing Oden win. Today, the dimemag.com poll.

Tomorrow, THE WORLD!

Mortimer

by Mortimer on Aug 30, 2008 1:37 AM PDT reply actions

Greg Oden

muahahahahaa………………………..this was from 05

by BroyTheTruth on Aug 31, 2008 12:31 AM PDT up reply actions

We could see this scene repeat this year against Phoenix

In the championship game of the USA Basketball Youth Development Festival, Oden set himself at the center of the lane and sealed off 6-11 Robin Lopez, a Stanford recruit from Fresno, Calif. As Oden shuffled closer to the goal, he accepted an entry pass and then emphatically hook-dunked home his team’s first two points. This was not a basket; it was a declaration.

Odenied: Asked whether he noticed Oden favoring his right knee, Frye dismissed it entirely. "He favors dunking on your head, that's what he favors."

by Norsktroll on Aug 31, 2008 12:45 AM PDT up reply actions

At this moment in time

Given current statistics and injuries, if I had to play tomorrow, I would select Chandler first, followed by Biedrins and maybe Kaman. All three of these guys are a definite upgrade over our beloved Joel Przybilla.

Of course, this poll probably suggests “potential,” which is not yet an empirically measurable statistic unless you count the media and fan enthusiasm. In that case, as the poll shows — Oden wins in a landslide.

by rpeachey on Aug 31, 2008 2:49 PM PDT reply actions