« Reply #17 on: April 23, 2014, 09:58:55 AM »
Indiana is so overrated. George is overrated, Stephenson is overrated, Hibbert is the most overrated player in the league. They have ways to go before they can dethrone Miami. This is sad if they're the biggest competition to Lebron in the Eastern Conference. Hopefully the Wizards or Raptors take the leap next year to contenders.
Hibbert is just really comfortable attacking Miami in the paint and defending Miami with his size. His other big series was against Chandler last year who had just gotten outplayed by an out-of-gas KG.
Definitely a player who needs the right match up to "dominate", though people get too hung up on his personal stats at times. When he's on the floor overall his team rebounds at an elite level and defends at an elite level. Being that big, taking up space with a scheme, and boxing out effectively can do wonders for a team.
Oh, he's definitely a key piece to the Pacers. But being 7'2, I expect him to just completely dominate the opposing bigs. I just don't see the top-3 center people tend to label him at times. He's good, but I expect him to be a lot better than he is.
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