What is the fascination with Asik? He has virtually no skill aside from his height, and he's a horrible free throw shooter. I don't care what the advanced metrics say in regards to him, he's grossly overrated on here, imo.
He's a significantly better free throw shooter than DeAndre Jordan, who I think is often overrated on here. Jordan is a better shotblocker, but Asik is the better overall defender (and probably the better rebounder).
True, although that really isn't saying that much, haha
. My whole thing with Jordan is that, at the very least, he would have given us a huge boost athletically, especially when compared to both Perk and Asik, and speed, which, with Doc's steadfast refusal to ever change their half court offense, would have made a big difference against guys like Bynum, Gasol, Shaq, Big Z, and even Dwight Howard, because instead of jogging back when covering Perkins, they would have had to almost constantly sprint, which might have taken something out of them on both ends by the end of the game, imo; and dat wingspan, doe
Sigh.
You also can't deny that Jordan had a great year last season, and imo, he's a better rebounder and defender than Asik, but it's okay to disagree. I was shocked to discover in looking over the box scores of his rookie campaign that he actually had a 20 rebound game that first year, which must have certainly come as a shock. It would have been fun seeing him run the floor with Rondo, as well. Sigh. Who won the defensive player of the year award this year? He had to be in the top 3 for voting.