05-22-2023, 02:52 PM
(05-22-2023, 02:42 PM)Ghost of Podkolzin Wrote: A big negative is his rebounding. 7.4 Reb% for a C/PF is abysmal.
Sure, but I don't care so much about that. In my game-following-experience, the guys with big rebounding numbers are often (not always) selfish and not actually that focused on winning. For me, it's the same as a guy who routinely scores 30+, but on 30 shots. The "counting" type of stats don't interest me anymore.
If you can get the guy who's physically imposing and will play hard/intense enough to get those all-important "tough" rebounds you have to have during crunch time (Ayton will never, ever, be this guy, as an aside) that's great, but in today's game you have to eliminate 75% of the guys on that list because the other aspects of their games are such a bad fit with today's sport that you can't afford to have them on the floor during important stretches, anyway.
Give me the guy with the attributes I listed about Kleber above and who understands how to box out and neutralize opposing rebounders, providing a plausible way for his TEAM to get a rebound. To me, that's a much more desirable player than someone (DeAndre Jordan or Drummond, as examples) whose aim is to average 12 rebounds per. I just don't see many players like that you can win with today. To be clear, I don't think I'd paint Allen with that brush, but I absolutely think Ayton is that kind of selfish/stupid.