AAU Teammate wrote:Several people here to quote, but in short.... you get Noah and Nazr guarding Dwight Howard for a full playoff series, and you will gain a greater appreciation for Asik.
People act like Asik's 15 mpg mean he never played more than 15. There were games he played more, games he played less. Reason being, there are some teams where Noah's talents are less useful, and some where Asik's are less useful.
Having both of them helped make us an elite defense. Defense is what we were best at, and 48 minutes of multifaceted centers was a reason we had an advantage over other teams.
You guys just conveniently forgot how our bench mob used to come in and turn the tide of games. Asik and Gibson = stifling. Noah has an array of skills, but defensively he's not nearly as physical as Asik. His offensive rebounding is largely a product of playing a lot of minutes with Rose driving to the hoop, drawing attention from opposing big men.
When Noah gets boxed out, he is very boxed out.
You act as though Asik stops Dwight.
How in god's name did that become a meme? When the Bulls and Magic square off, there's bits of Noah and Asik in Dwight's stool the next day. Asik seems to give a bit more resistance, but the result is generally the same: Dwight just scores anyways.
