pepe1991 wrote:Unpopular opinion, i still don't think Paolo surpassed Franz in terms of "best Magic player" label.
Paolo stuffs stat sheet and made it to allstar game, but Franz makes our offense somewhat funcional and is majort factor on defense given he is very mobile & agile for 6'10 person , by doing so , we don't allow missmatches.
Paolo is simply more popular due 1# selection, better all around counting numbers etc but we are 9-1 in games when Franz scores 28 or more points. In same time, among 10 best scoring performances of Paolo, we are are 5-5 in them.
Jury is still out on weather Paolo will be more efficient once we get actual funcional PG, or he will be more of a Randle type where guy puts some 25-12-5 but teams continue to play better without him due simply more fluidity & less 55% TS volumen he would occupy.
As for shooting... Goes without saying he needs to at least return to rookie- sophmore season
I agree.
Paolo is getting overrated due to being the number one option with the highest PPG on a subpar offensive team which wins mostly thanks to its defence.
Franz may have a smaller "bag" on offense but he is more disciplined and smart in his shot selection and as a result even in a year he's shooting terribly from 3 his efficiency is significantly higher than Paolo's on only slightly lower volume. Paolo probably still has had an overall advantage on offense due to his advantage in passing, clutch scoring and drawing more defensive attention, but the gap is really not that big. When Paolo is not on the court and Franz is playing we don't see any significant drop statistically.
And defensively Franz is just much better for now and a major reason we are so good on that end.
In impact stats Franz is way ahead of Paolo this year.