
Originally Posted by
NemesisKING
I never said the "dude" doesn't rebound, he's a 6'6 PG. What i said was that he doesn't fight for rebounds. Again he's 6'6, he gets rebounds, but balls find him, he doesn't find the ball, unless he's trying to get that triple double. On average he has 5-6 inches on the opposing PG on a nightly basis, if they track of PG rebounding, he better be at the top of that list.
With AFA and AD being so active on the boards, there are a lot of balls that are there for others to haul in, with a 7 foot center, balls bounce his way quite often.
And yes i know that any one can get injure regardless of of physical attributes. But the more muscular a guy is, the more prone to pulled muscles they are, the faster a guy moves, the harder it is on the joints to stop and change directions because of the speed he's moving. The collisions when they take place, happen faster and harder, so
A guy who is really active will subject himself to more risk, always fighting for position, hustling on defense, constantly attacking the glass, challenging shots and going up quick and high, means more chances to come down on somebody's foot or catch an elbow. Chasing down loose balls and working hard on defense, means more opportunities for your feet to get tangled and ankles to get turned.
What i'm saying to you GV lovers who seem to get butt hurt every time some one mentions GV and don't praise him is that, because of his lack of physical talent, his chances for injury are limited to the freak accident vs the explosive athlete injury or the hustle injury on top of the freak injuries that often happens. I don't think his great injury history is due to his healthy living, Yoga, therapy and massage treatments.
Durable to me means built to last, he's built with no physical talent, not having any aids him in not getting injured and limits his injury risk to the "freak" injury.
As far as applauding him, his applause is that he's on this team getting a chance that most guys with his level of talent won't, he's getting a chance to earn his paycheck outside of just practice. A chance to play on a rebuilding team with no established talent in front of him and no threat to his playing time behind him, starter minutes to build his NBA reel that will allow him to linger in the league for some years is his applause.
It's the same group of guys that come out to his defense every time, pointing out ever little thing he does in every game thread and you're closed lipped when he looks like the player he is.
Either you were the GV type guys with no talent growing up or you're proud of your heritage and that's why your support of GV is over kill, but either way, I can respect both, but when the clowns who resort to personally insulting people that you don't know on a forum start spitting venom, there is a problem.