MagicMatic wrote:zero rings wrote:MagicMatic wrote:A lot of you are choosing Chet because of his teams record and recent success.
If he was in Orlando you wouldn't have him at #1.
Magic drafted the best player for them in the draft at #1. OKC did too. End of story.
Or maybe we're choosing him because he's the better player? If Chet were in Orlando, I'm confident the Magic would be a better team on both ends of the court. His shooting and spacing at the C position would open things up for his teammates, and they'd be even better defensively.
You guys are overrating Paolo's offense big time. Right now he's a volume scorer who doesn't actually make your offense better. He needs to improve his 3 pt shot and inside finishing, otherwise he's not going to have much of an impact on winning.
Yeah, the difference is that Chet isnt option #1 or even #2 in OKC's system.
Paolo is option #1 and isn't playing next to one of the best players in the league despite what you think of Franz.
So yeah, theres a little more context to what you are talking about when you are comparing the two in vastly different situations with what they are tasked with on a nightly basis.
I don't care if Paolo is a #1 option if he isn't a good #1 option. Guys who can score are a dime-a-dozen in today's NBA, and if you're not efficient you're not having an impact.
There's 45 qualified players averaging 20 ppg this year, and of those Paolo ranks dead last in TS%. Sorry, but you can't just blame that all on his teammates. He's not the only guy facing double teams.