The official let's DUMP MEYERS thread

I would trade Freeland, Claver and a choice of Crabbe or Barton to Milwaukee Bucks for Zaza Pachulia after December 15th of course.

 

No way Milwaukie does that deal. Zaza is tearing it up. He has a PER = 27.6, a WS/48 of .329, am ORtg of 137 and a DRtg of 99. And, he's actually played 78 minutes. So, he's no flash in the pan. The guy is a total stud. We'd probably have to give them Aldridge and Lillard to pry Pachulia from them.

BNM

 

Would you give Mathews to land Pachulia?

 

Yes there’s players that make significant improvements but you can see that potential when you watch them. They are close to making a play but can’t quite get to the ball before another player. They almost make a block but the offensive player completes a slightly superior play. Guys like Thomas Robinson, you can see flashes of him that impress you with his rebounding. Thomas makes other bonehead plays and that is the reason he isn’t on the court more.

The problem with Meyers is he doesn’t have any flashes on defense or rebounding. None at all! He is never close to being effective. He is never one step away. His only skill is jump shooting, which is the least useful skill a center can possess.

 

People need a scape goat.... regardless of the fact that he almost never plays.

 

Yes he's 21 ... and doesn't appear to have a single instinct required to play center in the NBA, but I'm sure it's going to turn around if he just gets another year.

 

Let's be real, to get another quality big man, we would have to give up someone like Batum.

Best bet is looking for a team to salary dump with the upcoming free agent bonanza. Gortat was out there . . . and other bad team with high priced center?

 

Come on now, no one is saying for sure it will turn around. This thread is about if the team should cut him.

 

Leonard's numbers for the season.

PER 16.5

Per/36 - 14 points/9 rebounds/0 blocks
Ortg - 168
Drtg - 112

I think he needs more minutes, not less. He's playing better than Lopez at this point.

 

Robin Lopez' numbers

PER 9.0
Per/36 - 5 points/7 rebounds/3 blocks
Ortg - 99
Drtg - 109

 

Nate. Nate. Nate. We have to cut Meyers Leonard immediately. He's our third string center and he only plays as a last resort. He got outplayed by Dwight Fucking Howard and Omer Fucking Asik, for christ's sake. Leonard is the only thing holding us back. Just dump him. Then the next time Freeland is out, we can play Batum at backup center. Then we can dump him.

 

The idea of cutting him struck me as silly, it's not as though they need an extra open roster spot.

 

Nobody has said we should cut him. The team needs to at least try to get a trade exception for him. He'd be very valuable to a team trying to lose.

 

oh yea? how about the OP.

 

But you did say he is never going to get better. If that is the case, why not cut him and give someone who has a chance to get better?

 

And it's obvious he is a woman stuck in a man's body to boot!

 

You mean "she"

 

Dammit!!!!

 

Naw. Leonard needs some coaching, playing time and more coaching.
He will eventually be better than Lopez I expect, shoots a hell of a lot better right now.