07-13-2023, 01:50 PM
Let’s get some things straight:
1) if you can get to the playoffs with Kleber healthy and ready to give you 15-20 minutes per night (ideally more) you’re already better off at center than MOST of the teams you’re gonna play. AT THAT POSITION, he’s quick, fast and fairly smart. He can defend iso, he can switch and hang with most players in space, he can defend the rim, he plays hard. Ayton does NONE of that.
2) if your team isn’t built around a superstar center (Jokic, Embiid, Giannis), then the VERY LAST THING you want is a “30 minutes per starter” at center, because those guys get PAID. And it is factual that they will be your Achilles heel, defensively.
Which means…
3) center by committee is a good thing. It’s SMART.
1) if you can get to the playoffs with Kleber healthy and ready to give you 15-20 minutes per night (ideally more) you’re already better off at center than MOST of the teams you’re gonna play. AT THAT POSITION, he’s quick, fast and fairly smart. He can defend iso, he can switch and hang with most players in space, he can defend the rim, he plays hard. Ayton does NONE of that.
2) if your team isn’t built around a superstar center (Jokic, Embiid, Giannis), then the VERY LAST THING you want is a “30 minutes per starter” at center, because those guys get PAID. And it is factual that they will be your Achilles heel, defensively.
Which means…
3) center by committee is a good thing. It’s SMART.
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