Baron Davis is a better passer than Chris Paul

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Blake Griffin used to to get these spin move alley oop dunks all the time. They stopped when that choking flopper replaced Baron Davis.

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Prime Baron Davis was an animal. What initially went left wit him again ? ACL injury ? :patrice:
He had ACL injuries before he even hit the league. Combine that with the knee injuries he got after and the fact that he never really got into shape except for contract years, plus the idea that Baron was never completely focused on basketball, he never was going to live up to his full potential. Baron could've been the best point guard since Magic, from a talent/potential standpoint but he was busy getting high before games. :yeshrug:

As far as court vision goes though, Baron's was elite. He was one of the smartest players ever, on some Jason Kidd shyt, when it came to knowing where people should be on the floor.

That said, Chris Paul HAS all of the qualities to be as great of a passer as anyone, and he's a top level one. He's just more concerned with not turning the ball over, so he'd rather just keep dribbling than to take a chance on a risky pass.
 

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The Baron Davis vs the Mavericks is one of the best PGs I've ever seen. The way he was over powering and and bullying the Mavericks defenders was :wow:
 

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Don't know about this one but BD was an elite passer and the predecessor for all these cats like Rose Westbrook Wall. He was playing at like 220-230 probably just yoking on cats at ease with a bad knee at that.
 

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If you have to use a bunch of conditional statements to say how good a player is, he probably wasn't as good as you remember.
 
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