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Larry got paid - 4 yr, 45 mil

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Re: Larry got paid - 4 yr, 45 mil 

Post#21 » by infintybeyond » Wed Oct 17, 2018 6:33 pm

kblo247 wrote:Nance gets insanely underrated as a defender. He was third in the league in DRPM among PFs last year, just slightly behind Draymond Green and Anthony Davis. The Cavs knew what they were doing

The difference between Randle and him is that Nance is good at something, an entertaining act to watch, has less ego, and his agent isn't stupid. Randle had no market not because money was not there but because he had no elite skill set, no marketability, no accolades, no stats, and nothing of substance to back him. Nance may start in Cleveland or be the sixth man, whereas Radnle isn't even endining games or starting over Mirotic and AD

Nance is trash, average at best. He had every opportunity to take the next step and take Randle's minutes. But, he is fine being mediocre. Randle is the better player. It was just a bad time/situation to be a free agent. What is Nancy good at? Setting picks? Playing decent defense? There is a reason Randle started/finished games and Nance was on the bench. Nance can't create his own shot and primarily relies on lobs. He is extremely limited offensively besides the pick and roll. Randle improved his defense and offense. The difference between the two is their motor. Randle wants to get better, Nance is fine being average. Again, he had every opportunity to take Randle's spot, but he couldn't.

Nance gets overrated too much for an average bench player because adv stats make him look better than he actually is, and occasionally, he will get a fancy dunk. I've watched his whole tenure as a Laker. He is nowhere near Dray or AD as defenders. If he did, he would have been starting ahead of Randle.
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Re: Larry got paid - 4 yr, 45 mil 

Post#22 » by kblo247 » Thu Oct 18, 2018 2:09 am

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kblo247 wrote:Nance gets insanely underrated as a defender. He was third in the league in DRPM among PFs last year, just slightly behind Draymond Green and Anthony Davis. The Cavs knew what they were doing

The difference between Randle and him is that Nance is good at something, an entertaining act to watch, has less ego, and his agent isn't stupid. Randle had no market not because money was not there but because he had no elite skill set, no marketability, no accolades, no stats, and nothing of substance to back him. Nance may start in Cleveland or be the sixth man, whereas Radnle isn't even endining games or starting over Mirotic and AD

Nance is trash, average at best. He had every opportunity to take the next step and take Randle's minutes. But, he is fine being mediocre. Randle is the better player. It was just a bad time/situation to be a free agent. What is Nancy good at? Setting picks? Playing decent defense? There is a reason Randle started/finished games and Nance was on the bench. Nance can't create his own shot and primarily relies on lobs. He is extremely limited offensively besides the pick and roll. Randle improved his defense and offense. The difference between the two is their motor. Randle wants to get better, Nance is fine being average. Again, he had every opportunity to take Randle's spot, but he couldn't.

Nance gets overrated too much for an average bench player because adv stats make him look better than he actually is, and occasionally, he will get a fancy dunk. I've watched his whole tenure as a Laker. He is nowhere near Dray or AD as defenders. If he did, he would have been starting ahead of Randle.

Nance is a better defensive player, you an't question that. Randle is piss poor defensively and not elite as I showed before when people tried to sell that bs. Randle can score as a center, he learned to convert at the tim last year respectably for the first time ever, but that's about it. He's not a walking double double. He's not Z-bo who you could dump it into and slow the game down. He's not a elite defensive big like Draymond. He's not a skilled highlight machine who can pass, shoot, and dribble like Blake.

Randle couldn't net a draft pick back at the deadline whereas offering up Nance got the team a draft pick and rid of JC's deal. And don't say Cleveland wouldn't take back an expiring who they may have to pay when they took back Hood.

Randle could not get money on a market where other guys got offer sheets. The often hurt Jabari PArker got a max offer sheet. Capella held out and got paid. Teams gave guys like Ariza big money. Randle could not get a money offer from anyone. He could not get years from us. He could have been told stfu and eat the QE and not have had a choice because the Pelicans only had an exemption which they could not give a RFA. And even then he's paid to essentially be what Nance was to the team, the third big behind AD and Mirotic who are both greater than him at everything.

Randle got numbers, we got losses, that was the story of his glory. No accolades as a team or player, no wins, and no longterm commitment from anyone to him. He's not great, never will be
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Re: Larry got paid - 4 yr, 45 mil 

Post#23 » by Edrees » Fri Oct 19, 2018 12:14 am

That's because randle's agent sucks at his job, and Nance's agent is good at his.
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Re: Larry got paid - 4 yr, 45 mil 

Post#24 » by XXBKXX » Fri Oct 19, 2018 12:32 am

Wow! Good for Larry.. but.. WOW.. they must really like the Nance Nd hometown connection.

Probably the one who's more excited about this is Randle... Market has now been set .. Randle killed it in his first game.. he may damn near get the max from someone.

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