Whiteside is an automatic double-double, and an amazing shot blocker, and finisher at the rim. Guaranteed. He also has a real chance at being a legitimate offensive threat. an all nba player. Especially all defensive 1st team. How is he not worth a max contract? What center is?
Antonio Harvey was subtlety hinting that they should go after this guy on the radio broadcast last night.
I don't know if anyone thinks that anymore. Gerald Henderson has really outplayed him the 2nd half of the season. And Henderson is the only guard we have strong enough to match up against some of those post up guards. Whiteside is definitely worth 8 mil. He'll probably get near the max.
Because he brought up blocks specifically as being somewhat irrelevant when the other team still puts up 59 shots (or whatever that number was). I'm just saying there are stats that don't show up in the box score that a truly great shot blocker could provide.
Would Whiteside be the new Meyers; where half the posters think he's an amazing unicorn and half think he's a flawed player committing bonehead mistakes?
I watched him very closely last night and didn't see a side of him that was white. Not as advertised.
If he is averaging 14 points, 12 rebounds and almost 4 blocks a game in 29 minutes per game, I doubt ANYONE will confuse him with Meyers or will he be near the lightning rod that Leonard has been.
Give the guy a max contract and he sure would be. Hell, there are fans ( Hi Tunchi!) that think Lillard isn't worth a max contract.
Good point. I don't think HW will get a Max deal but because there are so many teams with money, he will get more than he would any other year.
Plenty of posters thought and think Aldridge is a crappy basketball player even though he is doing far more.
I don't know of a lot of fans who thought he was crappy overall, just extremely frustrating in how he played the game.
