OJ Mayo At Max Potential or D-Rose at Max
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OJ Mayo At Max Potential or D-Rose at Max
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OJ Mayo At Max Potential or D-Rose at Max
Wade last year or Gary Payton back in the day ?
I say we pick Mayo honestly but not to early...
We get the third pick and picks 1 & 2 are Beasly and Eric Gordon hypothetically...
Who do you guys pick ?
I say we pick Mayo honestly but not to early...
We get the third pick and picks 1 & 2 are Beasly and Eric Gordon hypothetically...
Who do you guys pick ?
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Have you ever seen Mayo play before? He's not that good, I see him falling to the bottom of the lottery.
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Da_Mane_Man wrote:i honestly think mayo's full potential is gilbert arenas therefore i don't want us to go anywhere near him. idk about rose...
There is nothing wrong with being like Gilbert Arenas, if OJ Mayo can do it at the shooting guard position. The problem with Arenas is that he plays the point. Point guards should distribute and get teammates involved (not shoot a million shots).
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There is nothing wrong with being like Gilbert Arenas, if OJ Mayo can do it at the shooting guard position. The problem with Arenas is that he plays the point. Point guards should distribute and get teammates involved (not shoot a million shots).
Arenas and Mayo are fake PGs. They do not have exceptional passing abilities or mental mind expected of a point guard.
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MANSNY wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
There is nothing wrong with being like Gilbert Arenas, if OJ Mayo can do it at the shooting guard position. The problem with Arenas is that he plays the point. Point guards should distribute and get teammates involved (not shoot a million shots).
There is nothing wrong with Gilbert Arenas, but wen you have a lot of guards who shoot first ...what do u do?
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The problem with OJ Mayo is not his talent (although he doesn't have a ceiling of some other players in the draft - namely Rose, Beasley, Jordan and probably also Gordon), but his intangibles. He has all the signs of a team cancer. He needs to stay as far away from the Knicks as possible.
"Sometimes a player's greatest challenge is coming to grips with his role on the team." (Scottie Pippen, #33)
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Jimmy103 wrote:I only saw parts of the USC vs. Memphis game and I was impressed by OJ Mayo
My last impression of him was the nonsense he pulled in the High School All-Star Game, but he turned the tables in the Memphis game and stepped up as a team player.
really? he was 6-20 in that game.. he didnt impress me at all..
i know stats arent everything but he just didnt look ready.
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Ralphie96 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
really? he was 6-20 in that game.. he didnt impress me at all..
i know stats arent everything but he just didnt look ready.
He played good defense though and wasn't scared of going against Rose. He played better than Rose in that game IMO.
Anyway, Mayo's reputation as a cancer is way overblown. He's a brash player, but he hasn't exactly rubbed his teammates the wrong way.
Regarding his game, there is no way Mayo should be a PG. He's at his best when he's putting the ball in the basket and not distributing. He is incredibly strong and athletic, and has deep range on his shot. He's also a good defender. Both Rose and Mayo have been underwhelming thus far, but it's still too early to decide.