Hansbrough=Kupchak?
It's 36-31 Memhis right now. But you knew that already because you're watching the game. Hopefully you're watching the game and checking the blog. If you're only checking the blog, well, I'm not sure what to say.
Anyway, I was directed to an interesting column by Bob Ryan of the Boston Globe, a guy whose seats are actually worse than mine, I think.
Basically, Ryan doesn't think Tyler Hansbrough is incomparable. Actually, he thinks Hansbrough is the second coming of Mitch Kupchak.
For those of who didn't realize that Kupchak was anything else other than the Lakers general manager, here's his stat line from the NBA.
Nine seasons, 10.2 ppg, 5.4 rpg.
Not bad, but even better when you consider that after Kupchak's sixth season his knees gave out on him and he was never quite the same, averaging just single digits his final three seasons.
Really not bad when you consider that Kupchak played a key role on two NBA title teams. Heck, the guy even won a title with the Bullets!
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