Really wouldnt have been a bad option although i know people will deny to the grave. Look at his last few games. He was buried behind Gasol and Zach in memphis
that's your answer right there. have you seen him play the last two games that he was given the minutes (>19 mins)? yep looks better than brandon bass.
not a bad option at all considering how much they're paying him.
2 game stat with above 19mins PT.
vs. den 19mins-8rebs-2blks-13pts
vs. hou 28mins-11rebs-3bls-6pts
Erm, forgive me if I remain unimpressed by a two game stretch on a team that has no centers at this point (O'Neal is on a personal leave).
Also, the guy has 13 fouls in 65 minutes or so.
Yeah surprisingly hes not fouling as much with the bigger minutes.
Not saying he should be our back up center but its not totally ridiculous to think he could be better than jason colling, dj skribble and sh.... randolph.
Not to mention we dont have a glut of centers either. We have, well I guess KG and well literally no one else is a center
In what world is fouling out in an average of ~30 minutes "not fouling much"?
Any sort of serious discussion of Haddadi based on two games is like citing Brandon Bass' 16-rebound game as conclusive evidence that we're all set with rebounding until the end of his contract. Please.
You seem very hung up on the foul thing. Jared sullinger fouled at the same rate and he was pretty successful.
Im not trying to say Haddadi is some special player. Im just saying his foul rate when he was playing 5 min a game was definirely skewed and that he could have given hus some spot good minutes, better than what collins could provide.
I guess well see how Randolph and dj do.
You just gotta look past the fouls a little bit. Stiemsma had a ridiculous foul rate last year (and not much better this year) too.