AROUND the NBA: Pat Bev Suspended 4 Games Next Season| PHX Fires Vogel

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Looking at Gabriel's advanced stats now.  I really liked him every time I saw a LAL game last year.

I consider Luka a SF, so we're more than ok there.  None of our guards (I consider THJ & J.Green guards) can rebound well, Kyrie being our best.  Powell and Maxi are terrible rebounders.  Hopefully Lively will be a rebounding monster.  GWill is below average.

I hate-watched a lot of Laker games last season.  Gabriel was a good fit on their roster as they had plenty of other guys who create offense.  He worked well as a good defender and hustle rebounder/garbage man.  Jarred Vanderbilt received more hype but Gabriel was just as effective overall in the same role.

He's a player that I'm surprised can't find a spot in the NBA right now.  I'd much rather have him than Markieff Morris.

My hope with rebounding is that Lively improves as the season goes on and Jason Kidd can convince Grant Williams to hit the defensive boards much harder.  Grant is a strong dude and should be able to capably box players out.  

We don't really have a power forward on our roster who is even an average rebounder.  That could be a problem for us.