Last year Lopez numbers: 9.6 Pts 6.7 Rpg 1.4 Blk 0.3 STL 0.9 AST
Look I understand Lopez is better, but both of these guys supposedly bring hardwork, defense, rebounding (R Lopez averages only 5 Rpg for his career btw) and protection for our less physical players, yet one makes 13.5 mil and the other makes 1.5! So essentially what I'm saying is why the hell is Lopez being paid almost 9x as much as a guy that could bring maybe 3/4 of the same production with equal minutes. The more I think about it the more I feel we severely overpaid for Lopez and I'd like someone to make an argument as to why Lopez is so much more valuable and talk me off the ledge so to speak.
One is 34 years old, and the other is maybe 27 and 5" taller
One is a very efficient two way center and one is an nba journeyman.
TPercy wrote:One is a very efficient two way center and one is an nba journeyman.
Well I'd consider someone that has averaged 8.2 Pts 5.0 Rbs 0.5 Ast 0.3 STL and 1.2 Blks per game in their career up until age 27 a journeyman as well.
Dagger wrote:Last year Lopez numbers: 9.6 Pts 6.7 Rpg 1.4 Blk 0.3 STL 0.9 ASTLook I understand Lopez is better, but both of these guys supposedly bring hardwork, defense, rebounding (R Lopez averages only 5 Rpg for his career btw) and protection for our less physical players, yet one makes 13.5 mil and the other makes 1.5! So essentially what I'm saying is why the hell is Lopez being paid almost 9x as much as a guy that could bring maybe 3/4 of the same production with equal minutes. The more I think about it the more I feel we severely overpaid for Lopez and I'd like someone to make an argument as to why Lopez is so much more valuable and talk me off the ledge so to speak.
this is a fair question, and we won't really know until the season starts.
But are we better off paying all that money for Lopez if he contributes only slightly better than Amundson?
Was there a middle ground available for us? Perhaps an NBDLer?
I have faith Robin will contribute in a meaningful way. But we'll see.
Maybe he is an expensive version of Kurt Thomas - and I would pay that money for a slightly taller, more athletic Kurt Thomas - especially with what we saw last year.
RoLo can be misunderstood when just looking at the per game stats. He's actually better than his stats would suggest. He has a higher percentage contested rebounds than a typical big man. So he's not padding his stats with gimmie uncontested rebounds. His teams play better when he's on the floor which is another quiet plus for his impact. He's very good defending the rim and PnR. RoLo is excellent setting Picks and also as a roll man.
Dagger wrote:TPercy wrote:One is a very efficient two way center and one is an nba journeyman.
Well I'd consider someone that has averaged 8.2 Pts 5.0 Rbs 0.5 Ast 0.3 STL and 1.2 Blks per game in their career up until age 27 a journeyman as well.
His value goes way beyond traditional ppg and rpg stats.
Dagger wrote:TPercy wrote:One is a very efficient two way center and one is an nba journeyman.
Well I'd consider someone that has averaged 8.2 Pts 5.0 Rbs 0.5 Ast 0.3 STL and 1.2 Blks per game in their career up until age 27 a journeyman as well.
I'd consider you a very poor analyst of stats
have you even taken into account the minutes he played in the opening years of his career? The first four years he played sub 20 minutes per game and in his first year he played ten minutes per game. duh! His career numbers per game are not going to look that great. That is why you look at per 36.
