joey_hesketh wrote:
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Andrea has done NOTHING in his career. He still doesn't rebound or play a lick of D and has only this year become a trustworthy scoring threat on a team devoid of anyone else with a decent touch. If either of you actually believe this nonesense about Bargs being better than BR you are off your rockers and need to watch other teams in this league play, not just when they play the raps.
Getting back to Brand vs Dirk. Dirk did in an MVP but also played with better talent than Brand. As for his rebounding Dirk has never averaged 10 boards. In all fairness he came close 3 times (9.9 in both 01-02/, 02/03 and 9.7 in 04/05) but for his career (on a team that has often played small mind you) he's at 8.5 (7.7 this year) with a nice bump in the playoffs (10.9). You can't argue that his teams have done better than EB's but if you were building a team around either guy in their prime and believe that Defense Wins Championships, then you are looking at EB.
It's all a mute point as Injuries have destroyed Elton Brand and really you can't go wrong picking Dirk but in your original post you made it seem like a no brainer, which is isn't.
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