payitforward wrote:Why not just buy a pick to grab Azubuike? As far as bumps from the backside go, he'd send Cousins flying....Azubuike's career FG% at Kansas is .746. Why do we need Grandpa Cousins?
Same d@mn thing every off-season.... Next we'll hear from someone who wants to sign Melo.
I like Azibuike, except for his FT shooting he would be a significant stealth bargain where he is mocked. Every team needs a dominant and intimidating interior defender a few nights a year or on late game possessions. But no. Azibuike would be calmly bulldozed off his spot. When DMC commits to playing in the interior he is a dominant player. He has both strength and leverage from that low center of gravity. You will never see Azibuike post a destructive 40-20-10 triple double, like DMC has multiple times in his career.
The thing is DMC doesn't play to his strengths and is seemingly only really coachable by peer approval. And yes if his legs are shot then his defense will be to foul and and foul harder and pick up techs and get a sour attitude.
But aside from that. ASIDE from that. A healthy and focused DMC with the right scheme, coaching, shot selection, peer leadership, could be offensively monstrous as an oversized Draymond Green in the pivot. What I was sorta talking about in the metagaming thread, though I'd prefer the defensive version of the above as well.
Also, sure, let's hire the rejuvenated Melo to tutor Rui.
