Jamaaliver wrote:Wow. I don't know how to respond to this one. Everything I've seen or read on Bebe made not of his need to gain weight and muscle and he gets bullied in the paint. He's long and tall, but at 220 pounds he weighs less than string beans like Kevin Durant, Nerlens, Noel, Josh Smith.
Not saying that Bebe, or Dieng for that matter, shouldn't continue to gain weight - they both should. But you're claim here is that we should have selected Dieng and not only is the basis on the hot streak he had at the end of the season, but also that Dieng should have been playing the entire season. To further this point, you state that he wasn't playing early because of Adelman and his ways, not because he weighed 230. All I'm saying is that Bebe was a similar weight and if you think that Dieng should have been playing from the beginning of the season, then it's a bit disingenuous to say Nogueira shouldn't or he'll get beat up. If Dieng was ready to go from Day 1 (or, at least, as ready as any young rookie could be), then I don't see why Nogueira shouldn't be lumped in the same group.