No chance to get Omer Asik (The Turkish Mt. Mutombo)?

[zbone]

I call this post of yours BS sire,
because Asik HAS Mutumbo-esque defensive presence, maybe even better, for being a mobile version of Mutombo, who played maybe just too long in his career!
THIS is Asik's only contribution; defence and alterin shots.
he is a real paint policeman!
That said, he finds it extremely hard to avoid fouls, that is why he cannot be a constant 25 mpg player!
Prolly the best second string C of the league with amazingly bad hands.
and
he shall be "overpaid" soon.

I'd pass!

Someone said Fesenko?

 

[franklin]

Why do Turkish want to mount Mutombo? Dude's finger is long--just sayin.

 

[Tarkanian]

Did you ever see Mutombo play before the age of 40?

he was born 40 years old, legend says!
Question is;
can we ever know how old he really was?

I seriously believe, Turks here are overrating their players.
Kanter has still much to prove
and Asik, though reminiscent of Mutombo, is not that good, unfortunately!
That is what I wanted to say!

 

[Gyp Rosetti]

I like Asik but paying a 7th or 8th man, which is really what he'd be, 6.5M per year is stupid.

 

[ema]

he was born 40 years old, legend says!
Question is;
can we ever know how old he really was?

I seriously believe, Turks here are overrating their players.
Kanter has still much to prove
and Asik, though reminiscent of Mutombo, is not that good, unfortunately!
That is what I wanted to say!

I kinda agree this, especially for the upcoming generations. They(we the turks) talk about 92-93-95 born players like there are coming perennial nba all-stars, however I've been watching them for two years and they are not that special at all. For instance today some of them played and lost against Serbia 92+ born players, they can't even score 55+ points per game for the last 3 games.

And in the NBA, except for Illyasova, I'm not that high on turkish players, too.

 

[Deleted member 365]

I think folks are thinking about the Omer from two years ago. The current version has been slowed by injuries. No thanks. Besides, we already have Kanter and Favors.

We do however, need a PG and some 3 point shooting. Can Omer play either of those?

 

[YB85]

I think folks are thinking about the Omer from two years ago. The current version has been slowed by injuries. No thanks

Slowed by injuries? Are you referring to the fact that in the past two years he has played in 148 games or is there some other qualification for slowed by injuries? No, he doesn't fill an immediate need (unless you're one of those weird people who value interior defense and rebounding) but to say that he has been slowed by injuries is wrong.

 

[Deleted member 365]

Slowed by injuries? Are you referring to the fact that in the past two years he has played in 148 games or is there some other qualification for slowed by injuries? No, he doesn't fill an immediate need (unless you're one of those weird people who value interior defense and rebounding) but to say that he has been slowed by injuries is wrong.

A few months ago a Chicago Sportsbeat writer came onto 1320. He talked about how Asik injured his back playing overseas earlier this year and had been visibly bothered by it this entire year. He had concerns over that this could be a long term issue. Do you pretend to know better than this writer who watched the Bulls in every game this year?

 

[YB85]

A few months ago a Chicago Sportsbeat writer came onto 1320. He talked about how Asik injured his back playing overseas earlier this year and had been visibly bothered by it this entire year. He had concerns over that this could be a long term issue. Do you pretend to know better than this writer who watched the Bulls in every game this year?

Should I take your word for it? I can't seem to find any information about a back injury and the fact that he played every game this year makes me believe that either the writer was wrong or you're making **** up. Both are likely.

 

[ema]

@The Thriller, Yes Ömer did have some serious injures but he recovered and carried it well. He's not different much than his 2 years older self. Actually I believe he didn't hit his peak yet.

The problem with Ömer is his team. From one perspective he's in the best team for him and he's career because Chicago is one of the biggest market and he got a chance to be in the limelight. That's why everyone knows about his great defense and why he's more precious than his stats suggest.

From the other perspective, he's in one of the worst team for him and his career, because Tom Thibodeau is obsessed with defense. He didn't give any single chance to Ömer on offense and he did not encourage him. He didn't even demand an offensive game from Aşık actually. I know Ömer is also guilty in this and has horribly horrible hands etc. But I know Ömer for years, he's not that trashy on offense, at all. He was better at Fenerbahçe and even with the ultra crappy turkish point guards, he used to hit 12-15 points or even 20 points occasionally in Turkish NT.

Actually the thing I like about the possibility of Ömer being a Jazz player is that the fact he cannot play 30+ mins with same efficency. He is a perfect rim and paint protector and terrific rebounder consistently when he plays 24-27 mins. Isn't it ideal for the Jazz if we send away one of the bigs? We would have wonderful frontcourt rotations especially with Favors/Millsap/Aşık/Kanter/Evans. Especially if we continue to play Millsap at 3 for a little bit more than the late season, there will be enough playing times for all big men. Actually not much for Evans but he's not deserving it either unless he proves the otherwise.

So the only concern for me about Ömer Aşık is the money. I'd like him to get a good contract but I don't want the Jazz overpay him or any player. So if we trade one of our big men, the Jazz should try their chances to get him with a good price even though there will be lots of other teams which will be wanting him.