From your post count, it's clear you wouldn't understand. I won't bother explaining, rook. I guess I didn't make it clear enough when I pointed out the difference in blocks. Or when I said that Leonard is playing solely on athleticism and needs to learn the game. And you're not understanding the point of my post. I didn't compare the players in the sense of saying they were similar players. I'm just saying Sanders has improved, so who's to say Leonard won't? Sanders is clearly better at some parts of the game than Leonard, and vice versa. If we were to acquire Sanders, it's not likely we'd have both centers on the roster long-term. So the overall point is that it's not inconceivable we have our center of the future on our roster today.
Because defensive centers grow on trees? Sometimes you have to take back some shit to get what you want.
One of the great statistics that came out about Sanders was how he effected peoples shooting % by just being near them. No one shot over 42% when he was within 5 feet of them.
Agreed. But when you watch ML, you start to realize so much of what he's doing is playing off his athleticism. He has yet to really learn the game. With his size and athleticism, he probably never needed to. He's a bright kid, though. I'd like to believe he's starting to realize he can no longer rely on his ability alone and now needs to learn the game. It's kind of similar to when we drafted Travis Outlaw. Dude was amazing athletic and had always been so superior that way that he never actually needed to learn the game. Of course, many here would say he still hasn't learned the game (that would be somewhat true). But once he figured out enough about the game, he became serviceable, and he fit in well with our roster for a couple of seasons.
If by serviceable you mean that he was only good for one thing, then yes... you are right. The guy couldn't play within the scheme of the offense, so McMillan would just throw him out there and give him the ball. He was completely outside the scheme on defense, and he wasn't smart enough to understand what the team was doing on offense. The guy was a black hole on one end, and a sieve on the other.
I was never much of a Travis Outlaw fan, but he was a solid contributor (albeit it pretty much scoring-only) for a couple seasons. I don't disagree with your post, but give the guy a little credit.
