Better Player: Patrick Ewing vs Reggie Miller

[guitarjosh]

It's hard for me to say who is better since they're so different. That being said, if I had to choose one in their prime for my team, I take Ewing. A great center will have a bigger impact on a game then a great SG will.

 

[Enfuego]

Can't compare a center to a shooting guard. How can you say one is better than the other?

 

[NyMets609]

finger roll ?.............what was he thinking ?

you had to say it.^<<^

oh the pain. lol. hopefully Melo and Amare can erase it.

 

[TomGshotput]

Can't compare a center to a shooting guard. How can you say one is better than the other?

Whichever does more to help their team win is better. You really think that someone can't say Michael Jordan did a better job of that than Chris Dudley because they played different positions?

 

[Enfuego]

Whichever does more to help their team win is better. You really think that someone can't say Michael Jordan did a better job of that than Chris Dudley because they played different positions?

Chris Dudley and Michael Jordan is a pretty extreme example. I think it's just hard to say a guy like Miller or Ewing is better since they play such vastly different positions. What they do for their teams is very different. How do you compare D. Rose to D Howard?

 

[TomGshotput]

Again, you figure out which one does more to help their team win

It doesn't matter what the answer is so much as the process of asking the question

To say we shouldn't even bother with any analysis because they don't play the same position is far different

So often comparing things that do not appear similar is actually a far better way to learn and understand things. It's very easy to see that Derrick Rose is better than an average point guard in 2011 (say Earl Boykins) -- they play the same position in the same era. Now compare him with an All-Star forward or center from the 70s. Of course it's harder. But that just means you actually have to ask exactly what it is he does well on the court that is so good (and what he does that is limiting). Anyone who refuses to even look at those sort of questions will not understand the sport very well

I'll take Howard over Rose

Hell if you want, comparing them to players of the same position can be ok enough. Can't see any centers even coming close to Howard this year; strong arguments could be made for Williams, Westbrook and Paul at point guard

 

[Defying]

Again, you figure out which one does more to help their team win

It doesn't matter what the answer is so much as the process of asking the question

To say we shouldn't even bother with any analysis because they don't play the same position is far different

So often comparing things that do not appear similar is actually a far better way to learn and understand things. It's very easy to see that Derrick Rose is better than an average point guard in 2011 (say Earl Boykins) -- they play the same position in the same era. Now compare him with an All-Star forward or center from the 70s. Of course it's harder. But that just means you actually have to ask exactly what it is he does well on the court that is so good (and what he does that is limiting). Anyone who refuses to even look at those sort of questions will not understand the sport very well

I'll take Howard over Rose

Hell if you want, comparing them to players of the same position can be ok enough. Can't see any centers even coming close to Howard this year; strong arguments could be made for Williams, Westbrook and Paul at point guard

you raise a great point... however, I wouldn't take Rose over Howard. I would take Rose...

Rose is the 1. Reggie didn't play the 1. I think it would be hard to take a Shooting Guard over a big man..

but a very talented PG vs a talented Big man becomes a great question....

 

[lax_gunman]

Scoring pg's don't win in the NBA. I take Howard without question.