gregbroncs
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The answer is **** no.
Is Gobert the best Center in the Western Conference?
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FalseFlagg K
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How about that dude on twitter who thinks Rudy was vastly overpaid and that Centers were pretty much irrelevant lol
tyklug2013
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I'm 100% confident George can defend any 2 in the league as good as the next guy. Thus he can play 2 and should be in the conversation. Butler also plays 2 or 3 depending on who else is on the floor.
For example when the Pacers play the Bulls and at some point the Pacers will bring a backcourt of Teague, Ellis and George. The Bulls at some point will play Rondo, Butler and McDermott. Even though George is the nominal 3, he'll probably defend Butler in this lineup and the Pacers will try to get away with hiding Ellis on McDermott.
Plus with how much (forced) early offense and switching happens on/off the ball, you have wing crossmatches all the time, which makes a pure '2' - '3' convo pretty stupid in the first place.
Gobert is the best center in the NBA right now.
His advanced stats are borderline insane.
2nd in Offensive Rating
3rd in Defensive Rating
7th in Win Shares (12th in Offensive WS, 2th in Defensive WS)
3th in Defensive Box Plus Minus
1st in True Shooting Percentage, Effective Field Goal Percentage and 2pt Field Goal Percentage
1st in Blocks per game and Block Percentage
7th in Rebound Percentage
6th in Rebounds Per Game
He should be an allstar with what he does every night...
His advanced stats are borderline insane.
2nd in Offensive Rating
3rd in Defensive Rating
7th in Win Shares (12th in Offensive WS, 2th in Defensive WS)
3th in Defensive Box Plus Minus
1st in True Shooting Percentage, Effective Field Goal Percentage and 2pt Field Goal Percentage
1st in Blocks per game and Block Percentage
7th in Rebound Percentage
6th in Rebounds Per Game
He should be an allstar with what he does every night...
framer
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Sactown does that in a heartbeat, because Rudy is signed for 4 more years and Cousins is going to bolt at the end of his contract.
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Coaches 2 wildcard votes will mostly go to guards, so we'll have 6 guards and 6 bigs on the roster. So pick 6 bigs:
1. KG
2. Kawhi
3. AD
4. Gasol
5. Gobert
6. Griffin
7. Draymond
8. Hayward
9. Cousins
10. KAT
11. Who am I missing?
Order is pulled out of my butt. I'll do a real ranking as the game approaches. I don't think anyone beyond the first 3 are shoe-ins.
1. KG
2. Kawhi
3. AD
4. Gasol
5. Gobert
6. Griffin
7. Draymond
8. Hayward
9. Cousins
10. KAT
11. Who am I missing?
Order is pulled out of my butt. I'll do a real ranking as the game approaches. I don't think anyone beyond the first 3 are shoe-ins.
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Gasol is currently the best center in the NBA (his game is simply complete, and his three-point shooting is just WTF) but I think more GMs would choose Rudy if they had to start with a 5 on their roster simply because of the youth factor.
So I'd say 1) Gasol 2) Rudy 3) whogivesa****
So I'd say 1) Gasol 2) Rudy 3) whogivesa****
akirac73
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This is who I think will be selected:
KG - lock, yeah why not pick a retired first ballot hall-of-famer, Garnett was awesome!
Kawhi - lock (Spurs 2nd best record in NBA)
AD - lock (stats too impressive to ignore despite bad team record)
Cousins - lock (same reasoning as AD)
Griffin - he's been an all-star every year of his career except last season when he was injured, Clippers 3rd best record in west.
That leaves us with one final spot for bigs:
If the Jazz have at least 30-33 wins by the end of January and are ahead of Memphis/Houston in the standings, it will be Gobert.
If not, it will be Gasol. Hayward/Gobert left off the all-star team.
[MENTION=10]Crocodile Dante[/MENTION] I got megged for recommending this in one of your threads. People here seem to think are strong run with healthy HHH plus Lyles playing deadly stretch fill in still needs Favors.
I think Cousins fills a better role if he could take a backseat an play within Quin's system.