letsgosuns wrote:Tristan Thompson is a superior player to Markieff Morris in many areas except scoring. He is a better rebounder and defender. He provides more hustle and is more athletic than Markieff. In his second and third years in the league, Thompson averaged 12 points and 9 rebounds a game both years as a starter. People keep bringing up his stats this year but he went to the bench and played behind Love. Thompson averaged 10 pts and 13 rebounds per game in the finals. He is a quality player. He has also played 82 games each year the past three years.
Is he worth a max contract right now? Hell no. But like I said earlier, I am not trading for him to give him the max. I am trading for him at his qualifying offer price tag. If he has a great coming season and averages close to or better than 20 and 10, then he will probably be in line for a max contract. And if his averages are that good, the Suns will most likely be pretty good too.
Markieff is only better at shooting than Thompson. Markieff does not play inside or bang down low. Thompson does that. Markieff also seems like he plays in slow motion sometimes with how slow his release is. He is a slow paced player. And I still cannot believe people still want him here after all the things he has said and done. What more does he need to do for some fans to be okay with trading him? Stand outside the arena with an "I hate the Phoenix Suns" sign? C'mon. Just get rid of him already.
There is a less than zero chance he even sniffs 20/10. Look at the players that averaged that in recent years http://tinyurl.com/nuulk2j. Thompson is no where close to any of those guys offensively
