Well, that's a question that could mean a couple of different things. If it means "Who wins the battle of the paint when the two teams face each other", that's a wholly different one than "Which teams' front court will perform better against the other 23 teams in the league".
Well both answers are me. But, I digest.
I think it means who wins the match up battle when Portland faces Utah. Also is this regular season or playoffs because Pierce and KG played better in the playoffs and you have a lot of guys who have never played in the playoffs at all. The playoffs are much different then the regular season. Matchups determine series, game planning is completely different and everything is magnified like Bogut's FT%.
Well, I doubt he's talking playoffs because there is an entire round for that. I imagine he's talking during the 4 times they meet this season, or who has the better team in relation to the rest of the league.
Andrew Bogut V Al Jefferson
You say: 'I see this as more of a tie. They will both score on each other'
I say: Al Jefferson, whenever he has met Andrew Bogut, has consistently played the center position, and Bogut has consistently been the better player by a country mile. You're right, both guys will score on each other. But, one guy will score better (Bogut), one guy will defend better (Bogut), and one guy will be a better facilitator (Bogut).
In their 11 meetings, Bogut has shot 60+% from the field compared to Al Jefferson's 44%. Couple that with exponentially better team defense, and Bogut gets the heavy, heavy nod here
Can you provide evidence?
http://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/h2h_finder.cgi?request=1&p1=bogutan01&p2=jeffeal01 Having one of the top 2 help defenders in the NBA will help Big Al. Again he can play off KG better then Bogut can Amare. If anything Bogut clog the lane.
Amare and KG are both excellent jumpshooters from 18 feet or so.
Al Jefferson and Andrew Bogut are both players that are drastically less effective as jumpshooters away from the basket.
The difference is that Amar'e is much much better than KG at putting the ball on the floor to create his own shot.
Bogut makes Al Jefferson's life incredibly difficult. He makes him shoot worse, foul more, and generally ruins his day.
KG V Amare
You say: "Edge Amare but after this years playoffs it's close."
I say: Amare is better offensively by a very significant margin, but KG is much better defensively. By the numbers rebounding they're even. One thing you might want to ponder though; in the playoff game Amare was actually healthy for, he lit KG up the whole time, and KG could not do squat to stop him. Plus, the added attention Jermaine O'Neal needed to pay to try to slow down Amare (which didn't help) allowed Ronny Turiaf to go 4-5 from the field.
That's one game. KG has always played and made life for Amare.
That is true. But, the best games KG had against Amar'e were when Amar'e was 25 or less, and KG was in his late 20's/early 30's. It is not a knock on KG that there is more separation there now. Amar'e is a man in the prime of his youth. 28 year old KG destroys Amar'e, but 35 year old KG is a totally different story.
Amare might get points but he is not as efficient a player when defended by KG. Amare also torched Big Baby. Doc did not put KG on Amare a lot of the time for fear of fouls. I don't have that same fear.
That's not true. Doc played KG 34 minutes, and just about all of them were him covering Amare.
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