Posted by fishmike:
the problem is where does Lee play? When he's playing center he out everything his opponents. FG%, TOs, PFs, rebs and points are all better than his opponent. Only stat he gets beat in are (obviously) blocks.
PF is another story. He simply gets destroyed there. As NBA power forwards go Lee simply isnt on a par talent wise and it shows on the floor.
That being said I can still see Lee as key piece to the frontcourt on a winning team. Maybe he does come off the bench and split minutes at pf/c for 35 a night. He's shown he can be super productive against quality bigs. Lee had monster games against the Spurs and Suns in those wins.
Lee has a big hole in his game but does an awful lot of things well that other bigs dont as well. He may not be the piece you build around, but he's definatly a piece.
If people didnt have a Lebron hard on nobody would be thinking twice about signing a 25 year old frontcourt player getting 17/12 everynight on 57% FGs
Every player but may be counted superstars have holes in their game.
Bbal is team game and for club to be successful it must have good coach and GM to collect players to cover each other holes and use them in the game accordingly. To maximize their strength and minimize weaknesses.
The question with Lee in NY is not how big his holes are but how Mike and Walsh are planning to construct this team.
If Lee will became a bad feet he will be surely traded. If he will feet well in what they are planning to do he will stay.
And with the Knicks it is not a money question at all.
"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy." Hamlet
3/9/2009 11:32 PM
