Dear Morey: We don't need another big man who can't make free throws. There is a world-wide talent pool out there. Can't you find a center who can actually make free throws, and is good enough to start? Search for men who have actually learned to make free throws. This is the age of hacking, so resume qualifications have changed, if you want to give ever give us a shot at the title.
Who do you suggest then? Here is a list of centers who are at 70 percent or better. Who can we possibly get that will improve the team, but also meet your standard of being a good free throw shooter. 1 Enes Kanter 2 Brook Lopez 3 Jonas Valanciunas 4 Nikola Jokic 5 Robin Lopez 6 Zaza Pachulia 7 Gorgui Dieng 8 Nikola Vucevic 9 Marc Gasol 10 Aron Baynes 11 Timofey Mozgov 12 Boban Marjanovic 13 Meyers Leonard 14 Roy Hibbert 15 Jeff Withey 16 Dewayne Dedmon 17 Alex Len 18 Kyle O'Quinn 19 Alexis Ajinca 20 Joel Anthony 21 Chris Kaman 22 Henry Sims 23 Nazr Mohammed 24 Nikola Pekovic 25 Tibor Pleiss
We have two that can shoot FTs in Beasley and DMo - probably should be finishing games or seeing more of those two working together. DMo can play center in those situations. DD
he can only play center in spurts. he can't handle the workload that comes with the C position and physicality it involves. People want to criticize this and that about the C position yet think its so easily just to replace it with real productivity that is without a doubt an upgrade.
dear daryl morey: we dont need another dumb ass coach. we dont need another average 3pt shooter. we dont need another undersized pf. we dont need another half ass half a sseason max player. we dont need another wasted season. if you keep this up, soon we wont be needing you. think about it. turn that corner this offseason. show everyone you aint a chump.
Dedmon would actually be a nice piece, he has very good physical tools and can knock down some mid range (AND FT'S).
Dear Morey: (ahem) WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER HERO... WE DON'T NEED TO KNOW THE WAY HOME.... ALL WE WANT IS LIFE BEYOOOOOND....THE THUNDERDOME....
He played center for a ton of games last year, there are games he is physically overmatched, but hardly any team has a traditional center anymore. DD
That's really what matters. A good coach would make sure that his team makes its free throws at a decent percentage. None of this "Oh, they can't change their style; they'll always be this way" bull****. It's like being told a batter can't change their swing in pro baseball after they've spent so much time using it. BULL****. Any coach worth their salt knows how important free throws are, and any coach that wants to win would make damn sure that their big men can shoot an above-hacking percentage at the bare minimum. The idea that pro players can't improve, so we only trade static pieces around until we get an adequate set...that's nuts. Of course, pros can fix their weaknesses and improve the strengths of their game. Well, pros that aren't Dwight Howard, anyway. If you can't get your players to stop being liabilities in important places, especially in an area every little kid understands is important, you're a ****ing terrible coach. McHale and Bickerstaff were ****ing terrible solely because they allowed their players to destroy win after win with atrocious free-throw shooting. Get us a good coach that takes no ****. That will supercede even the most clever player acquisition chess. Forget about Durant; he's not coming. Put all your effort, Morey or Morey's successor, into getting the best possible coaching staff money can buy.
and look what happened. it doesn't matter whether there's traditional centers or not. the physicality and quickness of bigs in the league isn't something he can handle full time. like i said he can play in spurts here and there but its evident when hes overmatched on many nights, especially now.
....unless Adam Silver takes action to limit the hack-a, which he said he would this year, after he backed off last year. Still not getting my hopes up though - but if he does it becomes arbitrage - guys like Dwight and Clint jump in value overnight.
DMo's playing like a little b**** right now. Those little floaters, mini hook shots ain't going to cut it in the 4th quarter. I swear to God, you would I think our coaches would teach these guys to go up strong and try to flush it down in the paint. But then again they're our coaches
The NBA will change the rules to stop hacking. It's more profitable for the owners and the NBA for the hacking to stop.
