Dadouv47 wrote:ThunderBolt wrote:Dadouv47 wrote:Adams doesn't play more than most Centers in this league. If he can't play well 33 minutes/game during all year we will need a really good back up next year (as good as Noel) or to rest him during some games. We can't give minutes to bad centers against Gobert/KAT/Nurkic etc.
So basically we need a good back up PG because Westbrook is old and a good back up C because Adams can't handle playing as many minutes as other bigs
He's second in the league in minutes for centers. That's a pretty big work load. Also, I think slick posted something a while back showing that centers that play heavy minutes earlier in their career don't have a long career.
http://www.espn.com/nba/statistics/player/_/stat/minutes/sort/avgMinutes/position/centers
Difference between him and guys like Gobert or Lamarcus Aldridge isn't that big.
Aldridge is 33 years old playing for Pop that always want to rest their players when they aren't 100%, so there's clearly something wrong with Adams. He plays with so many intensity that maybe that's unsustainable for that many minutes/games.
Always loved and still love Adams and I believe he's underrated by many people around here. Just think he isn't able to play as many minutes at a high level as other centers in the league. Donovan deserves some critics because that's the 3rd straight year and he should know better than us.
Adams style of play is what limits his ability to play heavy minutes for 82 games.
OKCs pace is quite high, along with the fact that he is a top guy in box outs and screen assists. mix that with the fact that he is now getting mauled every time an OKC shot goes up by at least two defenders to make sure he doesnt get the team any 2nd chance points.
its either Billy not trusting Noel or Adams acting like hes fine when hes not.
either way somethings got to give because the centers that OKC will see in the post season are pretty much all good. Gobert, Nukic, Jokic, Towns, Capela and Aldridge will all be tough