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"Klay Thompson > James Harden" - Heyward
"Chris Bosh is the MVP of the Miami Heat" - Heyward
"Hibbert is better than Dwight Howard"- Heyward
"Steven Adams will be a top 10 center in two years - thethe
The bottom line is that Lopez is right there when you consider the total package. He needs to improve his rebounding but the way the Nets are construted he doesn't need to do that.
He is the best offensive center in basketball. He is a solid post defender and an excellent help defender. I'd take him over anyone else in basketball at this point from the center position. Have you seen him this year? Just his appearance. The man is a monster now.
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"Monsters" should probably get more than 6 rebounds a game....
The Atlanta Braves signed Nick Markakis for 4/45 - Never forget 12/3/2014
"Klay Thompson > James Harden" - Heyward
"Chris Bosh is the MVP of the Miami Heat" - Heyward
"Hibbert is better than Dwight Howard"- Heyward
"Steven Adams will be a top 10 center in two years - thethe
I would keep him, with Chandler out he is going to get run....and he is going to score. When Woodson plays him, he scores and is shooting good percentages. He obviously needs to rebound and play better D but strictly from an O stand point...he's far exceeded my expectations. Obviously it's an extremely small sample size, so he could revert back to the Bargs of last year but I've been encouraged.
The Atlanta Braves signed Nick Markakis for 4/45 - Never forget 12/3/2014
"Klay Thompson > James Harden" - Heyward
"Chris Bosh is the MVP of the Miami Heat" - Heyward
"Hibbert is better than Dwight Howard"- Heyward
"Steven Adams will be a top 10 center in two years - thethe
The team is surrounded by rebounders at almost every position. The team doesn't rely on him to rebound. Its funny that this is the only knock on him at this point. Every other part of his game is a plus now. Sure, I want my center to get at least 9 boards a game and I think that will come eventually with him but aside from rebounding he is EVERYTHING you want from a center.
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I am going to hold onto him now because the KNicks will probably just go all offense at this point and just play Bargs at the 5. I will take your opinion because I feel you are very knowledgeable on basketball issues. I just see lack of effort but maybe its my negative slant towards everything Knicks.
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Havent seen many Knicks games, so cant comment on Bargs.
Regards to Lopez, he is a beast, best C in the league, its up for debate.
The Atlanta Braves signed Nick Markakis for 4/45 - Never forget 12/3/2014
"Klay Thompson > James Harden" - Heyward
"Chris Bosh is the MVP of the Miami Heat" - Heyward
"Hibbert is better than Dwight Howard"- Heyward
"Steven Adams will be a top 10 center in two years - thethe
He is a better offensive player than any center in basketball. I'm sorry but just because he is averaged over his career 2-3 less rebounds a game than most centers doesn't make him not the best one. He is still growing as a player and as a man. I expect those rebounds to increase and would be shocked if he was under 8 this year.
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Unless Howard is going up against a severley undersized center you should never want to post him up. He has basically zero moves. He is not an offensive player. On a PnR all Howard can do is roll. That severely limits how you run the PnR. He is not a good offensive player. What he is though is a great defensive player and excellent rebounder. But the fact that you can't run an offense through him should be a huge knock on him moreso than the fact that Lopez isn't a big rebounder.
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How can he be such a terrible offensive player and average more points?
Your argument is flawed and it's rather simple....as giles stated, Howard is always amongst the top scoring centers. So how can someone who is "awful" achieve that?
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The Atlanta Braves signed Nick Markakis for 4/45 - Never forget 12/3/2014
"Klay Thompson > James Harden" - Heyward
"Chris Bosh is the MVP of the Miami Heat" - Heyward
"Hibbert is better than Dwight Howard"- Heyward
"Steven Adams will be a top 10 center in two years - thethe
No, I'd rather have Lopez for the whole game. I am using the last two minutes as an example to show that Lopez is by far a better offensive center to the point its laughable to even compare the two. If you absolutely need a bucket Howard is one of the last players that you would go to. Lopez would be a guy that can get you an easy bucket at any point in the game.
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