When he is at his best, we always have a chance to win against anyone. Unfortunately, he is a streaky shooter and an average rebounder. I do feel that he is a good teammate, who tries to fight back after a bad game, and that might be his biggest strength.
Yes it is. Both guys give you about the same stat lines. Sure Parsons hasn't been healthy, but his stats when he was a Rocket and healthy, look very similar to Anderson. He's signed contract on potential, twice! Maybe one day he proves the speculators correct. It's just that Ariza plays similar numbers as our starting 3. Hey and if you'd rather have Ariza and Parson, it's your choice; nothing wrong with it. I'd rather have the production spread out to the other positions. Harden, Beverly, Gordon, Ariza, Anderson really compliment each other quite well. You stick Parson out there and you are taking minutes away from Beverly, Ariza, Gordon, and/or Harden. I'll rephrase my question, for this team, who'd you rather have, Anderson or Parson.
Yeah this was the kind of list I looked at in seeing who does the 3/4-full time stretch 4 role. You can put the height down to 6'7 and starting getting the Patrick Patterson (haha who'da thought) and Jared Dudley types. Though can you trust them at 5-6 attempts a game? Do they have enough length to bother opposing big men? You're not getting Porzingas, George, Draymond, Love (f*** Parsons) Ilyasova and those types, they give up some 3pt % and attempts for other things. Kinda see how Anderson simply checks more boxes than it seems. Actually what I dont get, as some else mentioned a while back .....Bro does Anderson even LIFT? How can he have SUCH a Non-"NBA" body? He could be a little more defined and built than he is. You have ONE HARD job as a professional athlete - get your body conditioned. He's not a slob at all, but why do Capela and those types need to hit the weight room but Anderson doesnt? Oh well.....
He's not a better shooter than love though. Maybe over their careers Anderson shoots the better 3p% but Love is a better shooter this season and is a far greater threat on the low block and is more versatile.
Seemed to work fine when he dropped 34 in a quarter? Discussion isn't about who has the quicker release. Anderson refuses to let it rip half the time anyway
Can we please stop comparing Anderson to Love? Cavs got Love by trading two #1 picks, including Wiggins, who was projected to be a superstar. He was an elite prospect in the Griffin/Davis category. We got Anderson for cap space aka FREE. We paid market value for him. Actually I would consider this contract BELOW MARKET value in this market. Would you rather be stuck with Biyombo, Allen Crabbe, or Noah for $18 million per year? What about Parsons at $23.5 million, Evan Turner at $17.5 million, or Luol Deng at $18 million? Soloman freakin Hill is making $12 million per year. Accept the market price people. Ryan Anderson is UNDERPAID, we got him for FREE, STRETCHES the floor like no other PF can, and you want to keep hating? GTFO.
you obviously don't know there's a huge difference between types of shooters, especially in situations.
