David West vs. Tim Duncan

[MuskieCinci]

The second round will be be a great match up when the Spurs play the Hornets. I'm excited to see how David holds up against the NBA's best big man on such a huge stage. It's also nice in general to see a match up of two guys who both stayed all 4 years in college when they could have gone pro and were both National Players of the Year. ESPN.com has a nice assesment of West in their match up,

"West is one of the league's best but least-known power forwards. He does some of everything -- averaged 22.6 points, 7.4 rebounds, 3.4 assists, and 1.6 blocks against Dallas. He's a terrific spot-up shooter and almost as good off one or two dribbles. He's adept at dribbling from open spaces and driving to the rim, and will hit the jumper if his defender explodes away to prevent the drive. He'll post up anyone as well. He's definitely a tough matchup for any Spurs big, and West plays with an enforcer's attitude. He averaged 23 points on 58 percent shooting against the Spurs. If Paul is out or struggling, the Hornets will look to West for leadership and scoring. He's very good on the other end as well as the team's best shot-blocker, and he's very good at taking away his opponent's best stuff. Bottom line, he plays like a beast, but a very skilled and smart one."

[garvondavis14]

west outplayed duncan in their games this year, although i don't know how much they were guarding each other. i wouldn't be surprised to see the hornets put chandler on duncan and the spurs going with thomas on west, to help keep them out of foul trouble. that's what i would do

[Masterofreality]

Wow, it only took 5 years for the the NBA media to actually acknowledge that DWest was pretty good.

In a related item, I was in Toronto this week. 590 radio was speculating that TJ Ford would not be brought back to the Raptors next year.

Which former 2003 College Player of the Year would you rather have?

[Nocalmuskie]

west more than holding his own tonight...hes keeping the hornets in it

[Biff Tannen]

Tyson Chandler guarded Duncan and Fabricio Oberto/ Kurt Thomas guarded West. So it wasn't really David West v. Tim Duncan.

[muskieman]

Tyson Chandler guarded Duncan and Fabricio Oberto/ Kurt Thomas guarded West. So it wasn't really David West v. Tim Duncan.

For a while I thought it was that guy from dayton...then I realized it was the nba.


30 points http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ai16mJGpsM