04-18-2021, 03:25 AM
(This post was last modified: 04-18-2021, 03:26 AM by DanSchwartzgan.)
(04-17-2021, 10:47 PM)dirkfansince1998 Wrote: Not sure what you are trying to say. You are basically making my point. One is a offensive minded big with questionable defense. Clearly the better overall player. The other is a defensive specialst. No I cannot see the comparisation.
The lesser version of Valanciunas would be someone like Kanter or even Boban. If I had to come up with a Poeltl comparisation it would be a more mobile Roy Hibbert or a defense only version of Marc Gasol/Brook Lopez.
I have no idea why you decided to criticize my original post that simply noticed some similarity between San Antonio and Memphis potentially employing sweet shooting PF’s, dynamic PG’s and very large white European Centers. I get that you are trying to proffer a style of play comparison while I was noticing physical attributes. Surely you see that.
I’m not sure, if I were you that my best current NBA comparison for Poeltl (who shoots 60% of his shots within 3 feet of the basket) would be two guys who shoot 60% and 50% of their shots from three.
The funny part, at least to me, is the “offensive minded big” as you describe him has the same D-RPM as the two guys you think are the best comparisons to “defensive specialist” Poeltl. Gasol, Lopez and Valanciunis are literally 18, 19 and 20 in the center rankings for D-RPM. No need to point out to me that all other metrics show Gasol and Lopez are better defenders than JV. I’m aware. You are arguing the sky is blue and I’m arguing the grass is green. I just thought it funny that one of the metics you used originally (DRPM) did a really poor job of making your point.