C.C. Sabathia is Baseball's Kevin Garnett

[bleacher10]

Here's an awesome article comparing what C.C. Sabathia has done for the Brewers since being acquired, to what Kevin Garnett did for the Celtics last year...I think it's a pretty apt comparison if you ask me.

 

http://bleacherreport.com...in-garnett#comment_291846

[SeriesFinale]

I'll say the comparison is valid if the Brewers win a title with him.

 

Garnett's problem was always falling in the playoffs (as has been CC's).

 

Plus, the Milwaukee Brewers as a franchise are hardly the Boston Celtics.

[temke]

can CC do what KG did for the wolves...buy the entire crowd a beer??

 

http://query.nytimes.com/...43FF937A25751C0A9649C8B63

[rluzinski]

I don't really follow basketball but 1 player can have a much larger effect on his team's win% than 1 baseball player, right? An elite starting pitcher playing over his head (1.75 ERA) for an entire season is worth about 10 wins over an average one. That's the difference between an average team and a marginal playoff team but that would be the ceiling for an effect. A superstar basketball player can turn a below average team into a solid playoff team, correct?

[CheezWizHed]

A superstar basketball player can turn a below average team into a solid playoff team, correct?

Take away MJ and what did the Bulls do? Nada.

 

But more often, it takes two stars (Pierce and KG). Pierce with an average team couldn't do it. KG with an average team couldn't do it. (See also Kobe and Shaq or Tim Duncan and Tony Parker). With only one, it seems that defenses focus on the one heavily and force the rest of the team to beat them.

 

If we had a healthy Sheets, stretched 100% Gallardo and CC, I'd really like our odds.