Ghost of Kleine wrote:lilfishi22 wrote:Ghost of Kleine wrote:A lot to still work on as I've said many times. But at least we had Biyombo and Landale to carry the frontcourt load in Ayton's absence huh? To show why we don't really need a player like Ayton and we can just prioritize cheaperoptions " by committee" strategy.......... right? Playing against a Thunder team with no discernible or dominant starting bigs (currently). And how did they do again??
Biyombo- 7 points/ 6 rebounds.
Landale- 5 points/ 3 rebounds.
So together they amassed maybe 12 points and 9 rebounds!! This strategy should do wonders for us in the postseason against elite frontcourts for sure! Also got beat with points in the paint by 16 ( 54 - 38). It might be reasonable to be very selective with how we view Ayton's value to us for the rest of this season? But in fairness, maybe Biyombo and Landale will prove me wrong against Anthony Davis, Domatas Sabonis, Joel Embiid, Lauri Markannen/ Walker Kessler, Gobert/ KAT, Jokic etc coming up?
That's basically DA's season average against OKC this season (13/9). Last season it was 12/10 and the season before it was 6/9.
So still, Even in what we'd consider severely disappointing or struggling for him, he's putting up the equivalent of what two of our backup bigs are offering. In other words, it takes two combined frontcourt players to put up close to Ayton's average ( against the Thunder) even in a down season when struggling. By the way, In the games Ayton played vs the ones that Landale and Biyombo played, How many of the games you're mentioning against OKC have we lost, how many ( with Ayton playing) have we gotten outrebounded or beaten significantly ( by double digits) in the paint?? Also, considering that the Thunder don't have anything resembling a starting frontcourt with legitimate bigs! And they still got fairly dominated?
Biyombo and Landale are fine players FOR THE BENCH. But they're not nearly capable of providing the same production/ impact that Ayton can on the game as starters and against starting level frontcourts. Especially not in terms of efficiency, and defensive versatility and more so not against legitimate elite level starting bigs like the ones that I've mentioned we'll face in our upcoming games and in the playoffs. But if they somehow outperform their already established value/ role, then I'll be the first to admit ( wholeheartedly) that I misjudged them. It'll be interesting to see how they perform against the elite bigs they'll be facing in these upcoming games.
Do you realize you’re comparing a player on max a contract to two players that are trying to make NBA rosters? Give it a rest, man.
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