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Originally posted by murphy13:i agree that you have to pay up for a good scorer, but i hate to break the news, but rashard isnt going to average 25ppg, much less 30. he may average 21 a game his first season here. its going to take time to get used to being the main option. he has never had the other teams best defender guarding him...secondly, even if he does average what he did last year(22), it could be completely negated by darko(8) and turk(14) leaving. and turks per game average doesnt indicate what he can do...he was having 30 point games at the end of the season. oh by the way, the majority of the people on that list mentioned are better scorers, and a lot of them bring something else to the table aside from offense. i would take most of them over rashard...in my opinion, this thread doesnt argue in favor of rashard, but against him...
if you want to make him seem worth the money, put together a youtube clip of him making all blocked shots and good defensive stops, because thats where the liability is.
Many of you Rashard haters dont realize he averaged 22ppg under Ray allen's 26ppg. He was their second scoring option. Im not saying he is going to average 30ppg but im sure he could average 25ppg with the magic especially since we lost grant