Would you do this trade?? (Milwaukee)

[shrink]

Now add in the fact that Bynum is 3 years younger than Bynum.

Where's the head exploding emoticon when I need it?

Knotty pine has black holes

[paul]

How do people rank these centers all things considered?

Bynum
Bogut
M. Gasol
T. Chandler

Healthy?

Bynum
Chandler
Bogut
Gasol

Come on man, Chandler above Bogut? One season ago Bogut put up 16/10 with elite D, even with his arm still screwed for most of this past season he was 13/11 with some of the leagues best defense. Chandler is not close to Bogut, neither is Gasol and Bynum only is for 30 games a season. I would think Minny fans would know not to be seduced by national playoff coverage.

[shangrila]

Bogut is a grounded big though. There's no problem with that, really, but if you're talking fit than Chandler, with his ability to run the floor and such, is a better one than Bogut.

[paul]

Bogut is a grounded big though. There's no problem with that, really, but if you're talking fit than Chandler, with his ability to run the floor and such, is a better one than Bogut.

Sure but it wasn't a question of fit, the question was who was better. As to Bogut being grounded, that's a pretty common misconception from those who don't watch him play, he's not a jump-out-the-gym crazy athlete but he's certainly not grounded. He blocked two and a half shots a game for the second season in a row and went up to get virtually all of them and has good athleticism on both ends of the court. I'm not big on highlight reels as a measure of a players worth but it's probably the best way to demonstrate some of his athleticism.

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[shangrila]

I didn't mean grounded like the 38 year old Shaq currently is, but grounded like he ISN'T a freak athlete which, next to Love, is what this team needs.

And as for better, I would still put Bynum above him. You can't call out Bynum's injury problems without addressing Bogut's, especially since he's only managed 82 games in one of his years (his rookie season). Add to that I think Bynum is the better post scorer and scorer in general.

[paul]

I didn't mean grounded like the 38 year old Shaq currently is, but grounded like he ISN'T a freak athlete which, next to Love, is what this team needs.

And as for better, I would still put Bynum above him. You can't call out Bynum's injury problems without addressing Bogut's, especially since he's only managed 82 games in one of his years (his rookie season). Add to that I think Bynum is the better post scorer and scorer in general.

I didn't mention Bynum's injury problems, simply that he only seems to put it together for 30 games a season for whatever reason. It's pretty amazing to me how much Bynum get's overrated but I'm well used to it.

[C.lupus]

Bogut - best overall defensive player of the lot and also a smart but limited offensive player.

Gasol - like shrink said - good at most things.

Chandler - good on defense but lacking offense. Like Bogut in that regard but Chandler is worse on both sides of the ball.

Bynum - has missed a higher percentage of games than the others and is a complete d bag.

This is my ranking as well.