T.J. Ford

[Freak93]

I heard on ESPNEWS that T.J. Ford has been cleared to play. How do you think he will do? I think he is going to do great. He is going to be a sleeper.

[BstnRdSx]

How is he going to be a sleeper? He won the Naismith in '03, was projected to do great, but has been hastled by injury.

[Freak93]

bstnrdsx said:

How is he going to be a sleeper? He won the Naismith in '03, was projected to do great, but has been hastled by injury.

Well most people I have been talking to have said that he is going to suck. That he will not be able to come back from injury. I think it would be awesome to see him and Bogut on the same team.

[allstarmike2k5]

whoever said that is a retard...I have watched TJ Ford as much as i could being a Texas Fan and looking at all the other PG's in this era...I would say he has the potential to be the best of them all...I see him turning out like Payton or possibly Baron Davis

[skip2mylou]

He still has some potential left, IMO

[not2shaby]

Ford has alo of potential left, because his constant injuries, but he's going to have to win the Comeback Award and all. Nobody breaks a back and plays well. I figure Bogut is a bust, and Williams is another Livingston, so pick Chris Paul with the first pick and if Ford comes back, you can move your players around and start to get deep. That's my idea.

Get Paul first, and Sung Yung Ming or whatevr 7'8 to play Center, he'll be effective enough untill they can sign or draft sum1 next year.

[BstnRdSx]

Ming Ming won't be effective, he'll just suck it up.

[Jami]

A team would have to be stupid to take Ming Ming. With that said, he'll be the Clippers first pick.

As for T.J., if he hadn't gotten hurt halfway through his rookie season, Terry Porter would've won Coach of the Year and the Bucks would've taken more than one game against the Pistons in the first series of the playoffs (if they would've even played the Pistons at all..they would've had a higher seed than they did). When Ford went down, so did Milwaukee's fast break game and any chance Michael Redd had to get wide open looks.

With Ford back, I think it'll be easier for the Bucks to resign Redd, since T.J.'s ability to drive-and-dish will take some pressure off of Redd and get him some better looks at shots. T.J. is still an absolutely horrible jump shooter, though, which is why I wouldn't be mad if they took Chris Paul, who does everything that T.J. does and shoots well.

[Bibby10]

LOL T.J Ford will NOT be any B-Davis... I highly doubt in the next coming years you'll be seeing him on the highlight reels throwing down nasty dunks and chucking from downtown...LOL

[allstarmike2k5]

Ford has major hops for being as small as he is...the only question mark is his 3 pointer. Otherwise i think he WILL be just as good as b-davis...right now tho there is no comparision

[BstnRdSx]

You don't need to shoot the 3 to be effective. Dwyane Wade, much?

[Bibby10]

Ford cant evn dunk yet....And Ford cant shoot....So looks like a dead end to B-D

[Jami]

Ford's tiny. If he ever learns to dunk it'll be a miracle.

[Bibby10]

and by the time ford can dunk the clippers will be in the finals

[BstnRdSx]

Yes, because dunking means that you are a good player, right?

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A Clipper finals that would be awesome, I bet they would be facing the "LA Clippers" of the south, the Hawks.

[Bibby10]

no...HAwks can do good with Williams and Stoudamire this yr....they also got cap to buy a FA...on the other hand Charlotte has a mt. everst to climb and they're still in AMerica

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Isnt Mt. Everst in America?

[Bibby10]

i have no comment...

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Sorry i got a D in history my mountain knowledge isnt to good.