re: How many teams in west are more talented?

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Did you watch AD in his 3 games against those two guys this year?

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Yes I did. The clips game the whole pels team played like trash, hard to forget

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AD has blocked Duncan and Dirk and Aldridge doing that. He's not blocking Griffin and Zbo. THey aren't guys taking hook shots.

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block of zbo

and again

AD blocks Blake

just another post hook block

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Griffin is just as athletic and mobile as AD, has a better post game, and shoots his jump shot just as good as AD, 48% compared to 46% for Griffin (40% for ZBo).

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From the BSS article in early January davis hits 47.5 from midrange (good for 4th in the league) and griffin hits 38.02 (ranked 12th in the league)

BSS article

Not sure if the numbers changed much

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When they play each other, they pretty much are the same player, with Griffin being a little stronger, and AD being longer and more active on the offensive boards. ZBo is a better down low offensive player than both of them by a lot. No one uses their body better than him in the league. He's the worse defender of the 3, but the best rebounder.

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In the sense of theyre role in the offense I agree, and I agree with what your saying about ZBo, he can flat out rebound and he's a much better back to basket scorer, but not a better scorer overall. Apparently he is in ISO but your initial statement was just scorer.

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80% of his scores are jump shots off screens, dunks off screens, fast breaks and put backs. People that watch him know this, which is why you here announcers/analysts say that they think he will be the best player in the world once we get a coach that wants to actually use him as an offensive weapon and he develops his game more.

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This I disagree with, yes Davis gets a lot of points from hustle plays but only Blake griffin And lamarcus Aldridge have a higher usage rate among PF's. A lot of his jumpers come from getting the ball at the elbow or by the left block and he calls a clear out and pulls up in the guy's face, drives and pulls up, backs him down and then fades or drives and dunks/layup/floater. He gets jumpers off of screens every once in a while in a game (usually the first play of the game) but most time it's him getting it while posting his man up and then he turns and faces up

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They also all three draw fouls at a rate of 15% of their FGA.

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Never said they weren't just as good at that aspect, just said Davis was good at it.