HartfordWhalers wrote:And yes, presenting the contract and injury situation (especially the way done for both)
Wow, you can actually complain about the way both were presented?
All I said for injury was "major injury." Is that untrue? Was he not injured? Or was it not major? You get your panties in a bunch over the way those two words were used to summarize?
And 2-3 times as expensive? Do you think anyone here does not realize these two are on rookie scale? This is the REALgm board, and money deserves a couple words in any player comparison, don't you think. Moreover, I know that as the years add on, Noels contract will grow much bigger from his lottery pick - a fact that has been important to MIN that led to the dismissal of a few of their lottery picks, when they grew to be more expensive than they were worth. That will not happen with Dieng.
As for defense, those are not common stats presented on ESPN or most of the major services, and i didn't bother to go hunt them down from arcane sites. The honest truth is that there is still no truly representative statistic to rate a players defense. Rebounds, points, FG% are discrete and easily quantified and comparable. And finally, you guys are pigeonholing Dieng by calling him a defensive center - if Noels makes a three
Finlly, as for age, I could also have talked about NBA experience, or ability to play and avoid injury, or several other equally valid comparison points, but did not think to include any of them as more important than, oh,... production?
Overall, there is no wrong answer for these polls. People can rank them on whatever criteria they think are important. If you don't like the criteria, it is very uncool to accuse the poster of having an agenda, or accuse them of not being smart enough to include a stat you think is important.
