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Intriguing Career Similarity #3

One hundred years hour in solitude has begotten the latest Intriguing Career Similarity. A correct guess earns you 25 Randy Nickels (which equals 5 Rifleman Dollars or 1 ReggieBuck, f&$#ing inflation).

           Age    MPG  Pt36   FG%  Reb%  Blk%  Usg   PER
Player A    19   13.5    12  .451  16.0   5.2   18  12.7
Player B    19   10.7    13  .463  15.5   3.4   19  11.6

Pt36 is points per 36 minutes; Reb% is total rebounding percentage (or percentage of total available rebounds while player was on floor which were collected by said player), Blk% is block percentage (or percentage of opponent shots blocked by said player when said player was on court), Usg is usage rate (or percentage of team possessions used -- by shot, turnover, or FTs -- while said player was on floor).

Player A is a somewhat better shotblocker; Player B is the better (and more willing) scorer. Otherwise, quite similar at this age -- Player B has no modern-era player more similar at this age.

Hint: I was surprised by the ceiling of Player A's career Reb% numbers, considering Player A's eternal reputation.

(Note: There were previous quizzes of this sort, only they were not given ridiculous brands and are thus lost to outer space.)

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With no research
I'm going to guess that player "A" is Jermaine O'Neal and player "B" is Spencer Hawes.
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by section214 on Apr 1, 2008 11:24 AM PDT   0 recs

Curses
Beat me to it. That was my guess as well.

Also, I am older than Spencer Hawes. I can't get over that.

by Ben Q Rock on Apr 1, 2008 11:27 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I am older
than Spencer and Jermaine - combined! Now, where did I put my teeth?
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by section214 on Apr 1, 2008 11:33 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

J O'neal?
Jermanie O'Neal played when he was 19? I thought Mo Cheeks had his ass glued to the bench. That is, asusming Mo Cheeks was coach then, which is just a blatant (and probably wrong) guess.
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by Muff209 on Apr 1, 2008 11:54 AM PDT   0 recs

See
I knew Mo sounded off. Damn me and my lazy attitude towards research.
Muff rules. http://vegaskings.blogspot.com

by Muff209 on Apr 1, 2008 6:14 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

So Spencer could be...
a great defensive big man with knee constant nagging knee issues that keep him from really achieiving greatness?

and also, i hope this isn't a sign that Spencer's best shot at a title will be ruined by Ron Artest.

by vfettke on Apr 1, 2008 11:59 AM PDT   0 recs

Wow
you guys are sharp. honestly, I would like Hawes to be compared more with Andrew Bogut. He seems underrated.

by kingme on Apr 1, 2008 6:09 PM PDT   0 recs

I have a question
are those their pictures?

by kingme on Apr 1, 2008 6:11 PM PDT   0 recs

good question
If they are, then that one to the right is what I'll assume is SPence - what the hell is he wearing?
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by iashwash on Apr 2, 2008 2:58 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Ayep
They sure are.

by Ziller on Apr 2, 2008 7:33 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

So since it IS J.O.
Does that mean sometime along the line Spence will become famous for flying in out of nowhere and destroying some Detroit fan's jaw?
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by Muff209 on Apr 1, 2008 6:16 PM PDT   0 recs

Yeah
But mine was my favorite part of the brawl.
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by Muff209 on Apr 1, 2008 8:37 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

haha, I loved that punch
At one point, ESPN was rewinding and slow-moing through it for like two and a half straight minutes.
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by iashwash on Apr 2, 2008 2:56 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

SCORE!!!
They just showed the Peaches shirt on the Jack Daniel's "Images Of The Game."
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by section214 on Apr 3, 2008 9:12 PM PDT   0 recs

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