12-23-2020, 09:10 AM
(12-23-2020, 01:33 AM)SkenfromLMF Wrote: Gobert is a better offensive player than Chandler. This is why it is hard to Guage where Rudy fits on a scale. He is better offensively than the pure defensive types, and is miles beyond anyone not named Anthony Davis on the defensive side of the ball. He is the 3rd best player at his position in the league currently and does so as a passable 2-way player who is bordering elite on D.
Gobert is like as good offensively as you can get without having an actual offensive game in terms of shooting or post-ups. All of his stuff is around the basket. I still think there are some comps to Hassan Whiteside in his day who was putting him similar points (averaged 17 points the year he led the lead in rebounds at 14/game) and twice led the league in blocked shots. He averaged 3.7 blocks in 2015 which is insane. We can act like he sucks now but he was thought of as an elite center at that time.