Posted by Bonn1997:
Posted by Allanfan20:
To me, that's a complete lateral trade. We gain offense, but lose a heck of a lot of defense, and yes, rebounding. KT is a much better rebounder than Z. I really wouldn't wanna do that either. I say just stay away from the guy.
We lose defense by replacing Kurt with Big Z? I think we gain defense. They both have slow feet. I don't think any PF or C has slower feet than Kurt, but we'll just call lateral foot speed a tie. (Maybe it's a slight edge to Kurt if you want to be generous.) But Big Z can actually use his size and muscle. He's not gonna give up 60% FG shooting to Cs like Kurt does. He'll also add a lot of blocked shots and alter a ton of shots. If you replace Kurt with Big Z at C, I think you gain a lot on defense, gain a lot on offense, but do lose some rebounding like you said.
And that is worthwhile tradeoff considering we have JYD, Sweets, Malik to compensate on the glass. This really is a no brainer though.
Fish-
You are right in the sense that he isn't gonna make us contenders. However, there is no one player except Shaq, TD, and KG that make us contenders. Also the logic you are using could be used to justify not acquiring any players at all. I thought we were supposed to be acquiring players to make our team better and make us contenders. Are we only supposed to do that in a scripted order? Or do we add the pieces as they become available. If we get Big Z and draft Joey Graham, would you say we are putting together a team that is significant;y better than what we currently have? Youd have to admit we would be a better team with a better balance of talent. The right coach could take that team deep into the playoffs. Depending on how the yougsters develop, and who we pick with #54 and next years pick, we could be championship bound.
Thanks; I'd like to take the time to give you permission to believe what you want to believe as well. It's important that everyone know that we've each given each other this permission.