Meat wrote:Oscirus wrote:Or we could actually get chandler some help so he's not the only good defender on the team. Just a thought
he has one job to do, and gets paid how much?
Thats ridiculous justification. The person you quoted was right. This is a team where the defenders cant score and the offensive players cant defend. What happens is we start telling everyone seperatley " thats your job" its Melos job to score 33% of our points. Its Shumperts job to defend our perimeter alone. Its Tysons job to defend our interior alone. Then we wonder why every sole defender we've ever had starts not even looking like he's playing defense, because theres never a good defensive system and three guys saying " but defense is Chandlers job"
Joachim Noah would still be a great rebounder/defender on a team with a 6'1 backcourt, a 6'5 SG who nobody even wants anymore, And Melo. And when we went big he'd have Bargnani. Im not saying Chandler is worth his contract but I still think he's a quality role playing C. And whats more, I could see him resigning at something we'd be more comfortable with. I mean, if he got paid 8-10 mil rather and 12-14, then thats a fair deal. And assuming you then went and got a real post up PF I think we'd be able to appreciate Chandler again.
But no, Chandler doesnt have one superstar C surrounded by guard ability. In fact the only other one I knew was Dwight Howard on the Orlando Magic. None of the suggestions that Im sure people will share on this site do. Maybe Hibbert. But the guy you are suggesting should be able to BY HIMSELF average about 13/13&3blcks to make up for how small we play. I dont think thats impossible but extremely hard to do consistently.
