DoctorX wrote:Wagonband wrote:I mean some of these arguments...
"How can he be solid but still below average"?
Well, easily.
"But he starts on the Warriors that are in the Conference Finals so he is really good".
Well, no, not really. I mean it's by far their weakest starter, that why he isn't a permanent starter. Is Dwight Powell really a top center because he starts in one of the last 8 remaining teams? No, he starts because there is nobody else to do so.
Looney isn't terrible, but you guys are getting caught up in the moment. He only does well with the Warriors because they have lethal players from the outside. Put him in a team with bad spacing and he will be unplayable. He can't shoot, he can't score on his own at all. His defense is good, but i wonder how much it has to do with the other GSW players being good defenders.
Again, i'm not hating, but him being the "most underrated" player in the NBA is really far off.
Agreed. This is the most rational post I have read in the whole entire thread. Just because you are a starter on an elite team doesn't mean you are a legit starter on any other team. You can be a subpar player and be a starter on a championship team due to that team lacking at one position which puts you in the starting lineup. That talent can be ridiculously high on a title team that they can overcome having a subpar starter at one position like the 3 peat Lakers were able to do when the they started Devean George at SF in '02 and having AC Green start at PF in '00.
Simple answer Looney fits someone has to rebound, set screens and switch on D.
