I have seen him a lot and feel like the idea of Asik as a defender, is much better than the actual reality of him
I agree. Behold, the playoffs this year with the sublime performance of Aldridge.
They tried Terence Jones at PF the First game and he scored 45 and Asik played 12 minutes that game. Game 2 he scored 43 with Asik playing 24w ith Jones starting. Game three McHale moved Asik to PF and started him and ever looked back and he played 27 and LA scored 23. Game 4 with Asik at PF, LA scores 29. Game five Aldridge went cold or Houston contained him depending on your view and he scored 8 with Asik logging 33 minutes. Game six with Asik playing 33 minutes LA scores 30. Fat lady sings and the Portland Advanced. Now some of these times he was playing C. Lopez scored 6, 6, 11, 6, 17 and 12.
Asik's PER by game was -3, -8, +13, -2, -6 and +16.
His RPG were as follows: 6, 5, 8, 8, 15 and 7.
blocks were 0, 0, 1, 1, 1 and 1.
steals were 0, 1, 0, 0, 0 and 2.
scoring was 2, 6, 7, 6, 10 and 4.
Fouls were 5, 3, 4, 5. 6 and 6.
Asik did make a difference but he is not a world beater. One has to consider he was buried on the bench for a lot of the season. He can board well and doesn't require the ball. I think worse case scenario is you have a guy like Perkins, whom I give the nod to in shot blocking but he is a better rebounder, who doesn't need the ball and plays D. He is foul prone. He will need a team of shooters to thrive. He is over paid though.
Gortat is a better scorer. I think he would be a better fit for us given the fact that we are weak in scoring even if we add love. Gortat is a better shot blocker and Asik, if playing regular minutes is probably slightly a better rebounder but Gortat is no slouch in that area. I think Gortat is a better fight for us.
Funny Gortat tweet.
http://www.csnwashington.com/basketball-washington-wizards/talk/gortats-retweet-roils-portions-wizards-fan-baseBoth are probably long shots.
Ppl will object but if we get love I realistically see Boston as a dark horse location for James. He has a profound respect for the lineage and history of the organization. He also has an admiration for the fan base big time. Love is the stretch four he covets and rondo would make his life easier.
He loves ray Allen and maybe the thought if coming back to Boston appeases ray
is their a button to suck away people's TP?
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