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Originally Posted by jbergey22
Unless they are in a playoff game against the Warriors Id have Billups out there. Exciting may be look wonderful in the regular season but when it comes down to the 4th quarter of a playoff game you want the 90 percent FT shooter and the guy that can run an offense without turnovers in the game.
Not to mention the fact that most good teams are going to be able to exploit Lawson as a defender.
Carmello has been known to drift at times as well so its nice to have a PG in the game that will keep that from happening.
Lawson plays well with JR Smith in the up tempo game which makes their bench so strong. I dont think you want JR Smith and his bonehead plays in the game late either unless you are down 6-10 points and trying to catch up.
Billups may have a poor shooting percentage but is still a productive scorer because he is so good at drawing fouls. This year he is averaging around 8-9 FT attempts per game.
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Ty's defense is actually the biggest revelation of the year in my mind. He's not an A+ defender by any stretch, but he's not at all bad either. His on court/off court numbers are almost identical to Billups on D, and his overall defense against opposing PG's is actually better.
Ty has slumped a bit in the past couple of weeks, but that's to be expected, he's a rookie. Not sure what the Carmelo drifting thing is about. He just doesn't drift in the fourth quarter of a close game. Last year he was right on par with Lebron and Kobe in the final 5 of a close game, hit more game winning shots and shot a much higher three point percentage than either of the other two.
The problem with Melo is the fact the team sometimes goes away from him for no apparent reason. This happens with Billups or Lawson on the court. It's also a function of the idiocy of George Karl. (again, look at the example of the final play of the Pistons game, Melo was destroying the PIstons and never touched the ball on a designed play. .. just horrible)