11-25-2021, 05:27 AM
(This post was last modified: 11-25-2021, 05:29 AM by meistermatze.)
So we are obviously not on different pages about the facts, just on how we perceive them. By this I mean I look at your post and am like "yes, that's what I am saying, very FEW players are, overall, better than KP so he can't be terrible" and you're like "nah, he's terrbile but so is almost everybody else".
Which means it boils down to what you writ ein the end, about maxing bigs out. I guess you are right, at the current state of the league and how the game is played.
BUT this is massive hindsight. I don't know if you were against trading for KP and maxing him out but I would be surprised if your rationale back than was this issue (kudos to you, if you foressaw that). Most concerns were health-related. But on a pure talent and impact level it was a no-brainer.
So I think it's unfair to point out that the league is exploiting bigs nowadays and maxing out players like this is not the way to go. We obviously know that NOW. But it does not help us in current debates, it is what it is.
The point you make about him sitting in certain situations is fair but I would also consider it to be fair to assume that he would. I mean he accepted his role in last year's playoffs when he was relegated to a freakin' decoy in the corner, not ever touching the ball. It's about communcation IF or WHEN we face a team that plays him off the floor. And I don't think he is as bad as you make him out to be, that he's a constant liability and gets played off the floor every other night.
Apologies if that's not what you are saying, but to me it sounds like "every big center sucks besides the really great ones." Which is both obviously true and not true at the same time, if that makes sense.
Which means it boils down to what you writ ein the end, about maxing bigs out. I guess you are right, at the current state of the league and how the game is played.
BUT this is massive hindsight. I don't know if you were against trading for KP and maxing him out but I would be surprised if your rationale back than was this issue (kudos to you, if you foressaw that). Most concerns were health-related. But on a pure talent and impact level it was a no-brainer.
So I think it's unfair to point out that the league is exploiting bigs nowadays and maxing out players like this is not the way to go. We obviously know that NOW. But it does not help us in current debates, it is what it is.
The point you make about him sitting in certain situations is fair but I would also consider it to be fair to assume that he would. I mean he accepted his role in last year's playoffs when he was relegated to a freakin' decoy in the corner, not ever touching the ball. It's about communcation IF or WHEN we face a team that plays him off the floor. And I don't think he is as bad as you make him out to be, that he's a constant liability and gets played off the floor every other night.
Apologies if that's not what you are saying, but to me it sounds like "every big center sucks besides the really great ones." Which is both obviously true and not true at the same time, if that makes sense.