02-21-2021, 02:10 PM
(02-21-2021, 03:12 AM)Dundalis Wrote: This big man obsession is baffling. Mavs fans have literally had a big man fetish for 20 years now. At the start it was valid because it was still very much a big man driven league and we had suffered with incompetent big man play for a long time, and needed that elite defensive big to pair with Dirk.
Now not so valid. The only situation that makes sense acquiring any starting quality big man who can't defend on the perimeter or the PnR to a high level is if KP is traded. I've been very much in for trading KP since last season when most were saying he was an untradeable asset like Luka.
It would be a completely different story if one of two things were true, 1 being KP had at any point in his career delivered elite level play consistently over multiple seasons. Or 2 he was not injury prone in any way. Given neither are true, his value might never be higher than now where at 25 he still has perceived upside. You consider every avenue possible to surround Luka with the best talent, and KP can absolutely be the centre piece of a blockbuster trade. Not for a big though. You try and get a player like Bradley Beal if you are trading KP, and worry about who you stick at C later.
A guy like Andre Drummond would improve this team about as much DeAndre Jordan did. Basically not at all, possibly even negative impact.
I get frustrated when people say this is no longer a big man game. The current MVP of the league is Embid, a 7 footer. Jokic is not that far behind and a case can be made that Gobert deserves top 5 MVP voting as well
There is a misconception that big man are no longer relevant. The reason why people inaccurately state that is because for about 10 years there was a lack of dominant big men in the league. Once Dwight Howard declined the talent at the position disappeared.
In providing a general example, if either of those 3 centers replace Porzingis, we are a championship team...
Drummond has his issues but he has never played on a team where he could just be counted on to do what he does well. Every team he has been on has also had sub par point guard play...
DeAndre Jordan was washed up when he got the Dallas and outside of his prime. Drummond is a better player than DAJ ever was so that is a bad comparison.