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PhillyNj wrote:youngcrev wrote:Noel, because he's better
He’s only better when he plays, which isn’t very often.
A bird in the hand {Desmond) is worth two not playing.
youngcrev wrote:PhillyNj wrote:youngcrev wrote:Noel, because he's better
He’s only better when he plays, which isn’t very often.
A bird in the hand {Desmond) is worth two not playing.
That's silly. Nerlens is at least better than what we have. Dedmon is cooked (and wasn't any good in the first place).
Eyeamok wrote:I can guarantee it won't be Noel. He is still wanted by local authorities for trashing his apartment in 2018.
https://www.phillyvoice.com/report-nerlens-noel-sued-trashing-rental-home-weed-gatorade/
spikeslovechild wrote:youngcrev wrote:PhillyNj wrote:He’s only better when he plays, which isn’t very often.
A bird in the hand {Desmond) is worth two not playing.
That's silly. Nerlens is at least better than what we have. Dedmon is cooked (and wasn't any good in the first place).
No, he's not. He is awful. When he was here he could at least run around like a chicken with its head cut off. Now that his athleticism is declining he doesn't even have that to fall back on and he still is the most unskilled big in the league.
Det who has a worse big situation than we do isn't playing him. If the choice is Noel or Dedmon I choose Harrell. I'd probably choose Reed over Noel too
youngcrev wrote:spikeslovechild wrote:youngcrev wrote:
That's silly. Nerlens is at least better than what we have. Dedmon is cooked (and wasn't any good in the first place).
No, he's not. He is awful. When he was here he could at least run around like a chicken with its head cut off. Now that his athleticism is declining he doesn't even have that to fall back on and he still is the most unskilled big in the league.
Det who has a worse big situation than we do isn't playing him. If the choice is Noel or Dedmon I choose Harrell. I'd probably choose Reed over Noel too
He's not playing in Detroit because they've got 2 lottery picks they used on guys at the same position.
He's still getting blocks and steals at the same rate. High deflections guy. Good rim protection numbers (outside of this season). I'd say he probably played his best basketball as the backup in New York. He never developed any type of offensive game, but he's a very good defensive player.
He's a lot like Thybulle, except that's a little easier to deal with at his position.
spikeslovechild wrote:youngcrev wrote:spikeslovechild wrote:
No, he's not. He is awful. When he was here he could at least run around like a chicken with its head cut off. Now that his athleticism is declining he doesn't even have that to fall back on and he still is the most unskilled big in the league.
Det who has a worse big situation than we do isn't playing him. If the choice is Noel or Dedmon I choose Harrell. I'd probably choose Reed over Noel too
He's not playing in Detroit because they've got 2 lottery picks they used on guys at the same position.
He's still getting blocks and steals at the same rate. High deflections guy. Good rim protection numbers (outside of this season). I'd say he probably played his best basketball as the backup in New York. He never developed any type of offensive game, but he's a very good defensive player.
He's a lot like Thybulle, except that's a little easier to deal with at his position.
He is actually just an older more washed Reed at this point. I'd rather have Reed. I don't judge centers by blocks or steals but Reed per 36 numbers are pretty much the same.
If we are going to dip our toe in the water it would need to be for clear upgrades IMO like Drummond (if he gets bought out)_
Ibaka is almost in the grave, no thanks. Dedmond I can get behind.rocketsfan100 wrote:Ibaka or Dedmond. Dedmond and Ibaka can be floor spacers because they can shoot the three ball and are solid post defenders. They can also play PF with Embiid on the floor
Bum Adebayo wrote:Seriously, why not just Okafor? he at least can score, yeah we will get scored on a lot, but if he can score it will be more than fine.
Offense is more important than defense, even more from the bench IMO, guys like Noel get fancy steals and blocks but his defensive impact is just slightly positive at 0.32 RPM, and his offense is godawful, worst in the league in fact.
Okafor would be really useful as a 10-15 minute guy.
76ciology wrote:I think Kobble said it best. If you want Noel, then why not just let Reed play?
Reed have flaws but there’s now McDaniels to clean up his mess on defense while we have Milton, Maxey and Niang to carry the offense