Baron Davis, filthy beard and all, may go 0-2 for season ’08.
First off, he was on the rough end of an early-season Blazers rally that eventually got Brandon Roy a spot on the Western Conference All-Star team at surely Davis’ expense; now his Warriors are quite possibly in line for a 50-win season, which may also mean missing the playoffs. (You have no idea how ridiculous that felt just writing that.)
Funny thing is, Davis is in line for perfect attendance this year, as he hasn’t missed a game. What’s the point? Well, when you’ve missed an average 26 games per season over your last five then getting anywhere near 82 is cause to hang a banner.
For the record, Davis is having a career-year, even better than ’04 when his first two months were just cracking (topping out at 25/8 in Nov. ’03; he was even thrown around in early MVP chatter that year) before – surprise! – injuries took care of that.
Davis continues to be one tough cover - Jon Barry even compared his strength at taking it to the rack to Lebron’s – and he often looks like he’s coasting through things, jacking fadeaway threes, spin dribbling, creating space, and just generally doing things at a pace that would get you embarrassed at the Y.
I guess if when you’re that good… does it matter?
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What do you think about the second-half benching B-Diddy received the other night? If I was a Warriors fan I'd be pissed. The season is on the line and Nelly decides to employ some sort of power play with his star guard? What a joke.
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