Kevin Durant or Brandon Roy

[Dasher]

Did you calculate to see if it really was an outlier? Or are you guessing that it is a statistical outlier?

I used Pierce's criterion. Outside of the 13 win streak the Blazer's longest streaks are of 4 games which happened twice. The majority of their wins are 1 win followed by losing streaks.

[miles berg]

Some guy in this thread said he wouldnt trade Roy for Deron Williams and that he might consider trading him for Chris Paul.

ROFL.

Brandon Roy is a good player but he isnt a franchise player, he isnt a future HOFer like those guys, he is Jim Jackson without the personal problems which is a very good player. But lets be realistic here.

[Lebron23]

I pick Kevin Durant because he's going to become one of the greatest scorer in the history of the NBA.

[Myth]

I used Pierce's criterion. Outside of the 13 win streak the Blazer's longest streaks are of 4 games which happened twice. The majority of their wins are 1 win followed by losing streaks.

I'd like to see your calculations if you don't mind.

[Dasher]

Data Set:
{4,1,13,4,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,2,1,1,2,1}

No of entries:19
Sum of entries:41
Mean:2.1578947368421053
Standard Deviation:2.7195811963713292

Now make note of the bolded number and how far it exceeds the standard deviation. In a sample size so small it is unacceptable and has to be thrown out.

[scrubbydew]

I would pick Roy over KD. But the problem is.....roy keeps getting injured.

[lakerfreak]

for the same reasons everyone else says....Im going to pick Roy just for right now because hes been in the NBA longer and is more developed so thats a no brainer.

But when Durant reaches his prime....he will be far ahead of roy in his prime as far as individual stats....But Roy has a better shot of reaching the NBA finals several times.

[stevieming]

Brandon Roy every time....dude knows how to play and gels with many types of players.

KD not so much.....

[AItheAnswer3]

how come you're the only one who can't understand my statement. Everyone else understand it just fine.

because you cant spell imagine correctly

[KNOW1EDGE]

Brandon Roy is a good player but he isnt a franchise player, he isnt a future HOFer like those guys, he is Jim Jackson without the personal problems which is a very good player. But lets be realistic here.

LMFAO. "Jim Jackson without the personal problems"

Brandon Roy is one of the best all around players in the NBA.

Easily a top 25 player in the NBA.

[Dasher]

LMFAO. "Jim Jackson without the personal problems"

Brandon Roy is one of the best all around players in the NBA.

Easily a top 25 player in the NBA.

You are showing your youth. Mavericks Jim Jackson is probably the best comparision I have heard for Roy on ISH.

[hassano]

For now Brandon Roy, but probably in a couple of years Durant

Not to cr4p on your post, but the very same thing was said about Bargnani when he and Roy were rookies in the same class...

Ummm... not to cr4p on your post, but if Bargnani develops his court sense, defense and some back to the basket game, he will be better than Roy....

[RoseCity07]

Roy's All Star selection was/is questionable. Baron Davis and Deron Williams have gripes about missing the game, and it is well-documented that there is a bit of anti-Baron Davis sentiment around the league. The Blazers had a nice streak, but were less than mediocre for the rest of the year. Take away the streak and the team was actually terrible. The streak was an outlier, and not truly indicative of the season the Blazers had.

Questioned by who, you? Are you saying you have better player evaluating skills than NBA coaches? Lol this is hilarious. Coaches were raving about the play of Brandon Roy all year long. Chuck Swirsky who voted for Barngani over Roy for ROY said he thought Brandon Roy was a superstar.

You don't understand just how good Brandon Roy is. The guy can get to the rim at will but chooses to get his teammates involved. The other teams base their entire defensive strategy around stopping Brandon Roy. Keep in mind this is a second year player.

[KNOW1EDGE]

You are showing your youth. Mavericks Jim Jackson is probably the best comparision I have heard for Roy on ISH.

LOL. Jim Jackson played for the Blazers, i know who he is.

[Dasher]

LOL. Jim Jackson played for the Blazers, i know who he is.

He played for damn near everybody. Mavs Jimmy with JKidd and Mash played the game like Brandon Roy, in a solid-allaround non-Superstaric manner.