Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Reply Post to Love/Hansbrough

Let me play devil’s advocate here Mr. Chapman. Though I thoroughly enjoyed your article, I do have some disagreements. I know you are picking UCLA/UNC final, and I am picking Kansas/Memphis final. Which is another argument, but let us focus on Love and Hansbrough.


Reasons why you cannot hate Kevin Love:
• He is from Lake Oswego, one of my dream cities to live in
• He and his family got DEATH threats when they went and played at the Pit in Eugene
• He is 6’10” and looks nothing like a baller, but yet
• He is an All American and one of the top 5 players in the country


Reasons why you can hate Tyler Hansbrough:
• His victory dance after they beat V-Tech
• His eyes
• His Dad
• He scored 21 points against BYU
• He walks like your Dad
• He gets pedicures

Collison is overrated with his ugly shot, and fouls out all the time anyway, so he isn’t even around to dish to Love in crunch time. If anyone has a huge help at point guard it is Hansbrough, he has Lawson, in my opinion the fastest and best point guard in the country.

UCLA has won 14 games in a row, including winners of the PAC-10 conference tourney, which this year was a far better conference than the ACC. When UNC could not even beat Duke (who is horrible, has no big man to guard TH, and the game was at home AND Duke should have lost to Belmont).

Now to break down Tyler vs Kevin. Tyler is like that kid everyone had on their high school team (Adam Wink), who hustles his rear off, but really doesn’t have much talent. Kevin is like that kid who shows up to intramural games in a polo shirt who looks big, and looks like he has no skill than comes out and lights you up from inside and outside for 40 points (Trevor Winn). Overall you have to give the advantage to Love, because he can shoot from deep and Hansbrough cannot. Hansbrough will pull a JJ Reddick in the NBA, and Love will be a young Arvydas Sabonis.

In conclusion I hope we see neither one again after Saturday, so we can have a Memphis/Kansas final. I strongly dislike UCLA, but strongly dislike UNC more.

1 comment:

Ryan Chapman said...

Ask Louisville if TH has an outside shot...i saw him drain two crucial shots from the outside. Talent is evident by three strait All American years...gonna be four. Pedicures...hmm how was yours Mr. Carlile? I get the inside from your wife also know as my sister! Oh i love this blog.