Comments on: Guest Blogger Prof. David Berri: The Misperceptions of Rip Hamilton http://www.pistonscast.com/blog/2008/10/08/guest-blogger-prof-david-berri-the-misperceptions-of-rip-hamilton/ Two die-hard Pistons fans host a popular fan-based podcast and accompanying blog Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:06:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: John W. Davis http://www.pistonscast.com/blog/2008/10/08/guest-blogger-prof-david-berri-the-misperceptions-of-rip-hamilton/comment-page-1/#comment-279 John W. Davis Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:01:29 +0000 http://www.pistonscast.com/?p=347#comment-279 Im with you. I think Rip is better than average in the NBA because his offense is exceptional and his defense is fairly decent. I wish he could weigh 220 but that's not going to happen. lol Im with you. I think Rip is better than average in the NBA because his offense is exceptional and his defense is fairly decent.

I wish he could weigh 220 but that’s not going to happen. lol

]]> By: Mike http://www.pistonscast.com/blog/2008/10/08/guest-blogger-prof-david-berri-the-misperceptions-of-rip-hamilton/comment-page-1/#comment-277 Mike Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:01:26 +0000 http://www.pistonscast.com/?p=347#comment-277 Another 50% analysis that neglects to take into account what a player does on the other side of the ball. According to the people that I trust Hamilton's defense has really picked up over the last several years with each year including last year being bettert than the one before. In fact Rip's under rated defense is now so good that MC is going to trust Rip to play some minutes behind Tay at SF, which is usually where most teams have their biggest scorer. The league pays for points because that is what the average Internet fan wants to see. Only the real hard core basketball fans realize and appreciate the importance of well played defense. If anyone has any questions about this they can ask MC what importance he puts on defense and if they don't believe him then they can ask Danny Ainge and Doc Rivers whose Celtics won last year primarily because of their awesome defense. Another 50% analysis that neglects to take into account what a player does on the other side of the ball.

According to the people that I trust Hamilton’s defense has really picked up over the last several years with each year including last year being bettert than the one before.

In fact Rip’s under rated defense is now so good that MC is going to trust Rip to play some minutes behind Tay at SF, which is usually where most teams have their biggest scorer.

The league pays for points because that is what the average Internet fan wants to see.

Only the real hard core basketball fans realize and appreciate the importance of well played defense.

If anyone has any questions about this they can ask MC what importance he puts on defense and if they don’t believe him then they can ask Danny Ainge and Doc Rivers whose Celtics won last year primarily because of their awesome defense.

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