Originally Posted by
Bee-Fense
The Magic are a wonderfully built team with a lot of different options. Very well built team.
However, I do think one of my players is being greatly overlooked and that is Ryan Anderson. Anderson is the 2nd best scorer on this team, not Landry or Jackson. Anderson averaged 16ppg this year, with a terrific TS% of 59%, 3% higher than David West's career best. To emphasize Anderson's efficiency on offense, Anderson led the Magic in not just win shares, but win shares per minute because of his great offensive rating. For the past 2 years, he's been in the top 8 in offensive rating for the past 4 years and was even 4th this year. His value is tremendous as he was actually 9th in the entire NBA in win shares and win shares per minute. The main argument against efficiency is a small sample size, but Anderson was the 2nd leading scorer for a solid Magic team, so that argument is not that great for Anderson. He was the most improved player of the year for a reason - he's a very solid scorer with INCREDIBLE efficiency. Now, this was with Jameer Nelson as his PG. What happens when Chris Paul is your PG? Who knows, but I have a hard time believing his player doesn't rise even more, especially when Steve Nash is on defense.
Artest would defend Manu and do a respectable job on him, while Jack and Rush would switch on Batum. I think Landry is very effective in this game against Harrington/Millsap and would have a solid game. Nash is going to have a tough time defending Paul at this point in his career, and this will allow the role players to get some open 3's and hopefully they can nail them. I think Millsap will pose a threat on defense and Duncan will limit a lot of Tyson's offensive game, but I think Paul's ability to run the pick n roll against one of the worst defending PGs in the NBA with a perfect cast surrounding him, the Celtics would come out on top in a tough game.