Cleveland Fan Here: Brook Lopez

[younggunsmn]

I apologize to those who were offended by the sarcasm and vitriol in my posts which clearly provoked Mr. Watters. If you are not interested in this form of entertainment, I am sorry.

Someone earlier in the thread stated he worked for foxsports.com, if this is in error I am sorry.

I thought that the mods had "contacts" at real gm who can fix his problem (I did say "with a little help"). If this is in error, I apologize.

I did try honestly to answer his basketball-related questions, ask some of my own, and offer some insight from a "Minnesota" perspective in an effort to start an informative discussion, I asked for stats to back up the top 5 big men turn out well claim, but I was not answered, I was told I was too stupid to do my own research.

Mr. Watters, many of us, including me, wanted Granger over McCants two years ago. I didn't post here then, so don't ask me to back it up.

Also it is common knowledge all teams put out disinformation to mask their true intentions. Some are just better at it than others. We have been pretty bad at hiding it in the past, I admit, but better recently (spencer hawes and al thornton were projected to us falsely last year by many people due to our successful disinformation campaign.)

Mr. Watters, I have not insulted you in any way in this post.
In the interest of the peace the mods seek, in the future I ask you not to reply to my posts on any wolves thread, and I agree not to reply to yours.
If you need to reply to this a simple yes/no will suffice.

[TheFranchise21]

For the record, Chris Kaman is a 16-18 and 13-15 guy when he is healthy and the lone post player on a bad team. Not knocking the guy, I'd love to have him on my team, but he's certainly not a 20/10 player.

[Jonathan Watters]

For the record, Chris Kaman is a 16-18 and 13-15 guy when he is healthy and the lone post player on a bad team. Not knocking the guy, I'd love to have him on my team, but he's certainly not a 20/10 player.

His numbers when he was healthy early this season were very similar to Al Jefferson's. And his defense...

[Ayt]

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Offensively, I'd agree. I guess offense is what sells tickets...but I absolutely believe that Lopez can be a Duncan-level defensive player. Take a systematic look at Lopez' defensive work this past season, and it is obvious what he is capable of at the NBA level. Maybe it takes him a couple of years to learn the tricks of the trade, but he already mastered everything there was to learn at the college leve. It is extremely rare in a 7-footer with Lopez' other significant tools, and to me, that's the difference maker.

Lopez doesn't have anywhere near the defensive ability of Duncan. Duncan was an unbelievable defensive prospect. As a sophomore (to compare them after two seasons, though Duncan was full year behind Lopez in age), he won the NCAA DPOY, averaged 12.5 RPG, and averaged a ridiculous 4.2 blocks. He would have been the runaway first pick if he came out after that season, and that was before he even completely took off as an offensive player, though he still averaged 16.8 that year.

He, of course, then won the DPOY the next two years as well while still playing the same phenomenal defense.

Had he entered after his sophomore year, he would have been one of the best defensive big man prospects to enter the draft in a long time. He was a once in a decade type defensive prospect, even at age 19.

[TheFranchise21]

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His numbers when he was healthy early this season were very similar to Al Jefferson's. And his defense...

Can you cite some numbers then? Kaman at his best was 18 and 15 when he went on that monster 1-2 month tear. Al's numbers dipped towards the end of the season but he was dropping 22 and 12 during Kaman's streak. I might be nitpicking but Kaman at the end of the day is not a 20/10 player. Please show me proof of where he averaged 20/10 for at least a month.

[horaceworthy]

I don't know, I'd consider 18 and 14 (Kaman's averages over the first 2 months) fairly similar to the 21 and 12 that Big Al averaged during that same stretch. Personally, I'd rather have an 18/14 guy than a 20/10 guy.

Plus, you can't put a price on someone that just discovered he has a genius level IQ after he went of ADD meds when he was 25 years old. Or a guy that takes his boat out to international waters so he can fire shotguns at fish.

[TheFranchise21]

Alright fine. Chris Kaman is alright. I just feel sorry that he was violated by Reggie Evans on National TV.