ok...no real argument with that I'd be a little cautious about comparing to players from 25-40 years ago though. They almost all came into the NBA after 3 or 4 years in college. And many of them saw significant jumps in numbers over their first 3-4 seasons. I'm guessing that was because the NBA was a much more physical game back then, especially for bigs. Constant contact defense; hand checking. Players needed to develop core strength to excel. I'm not sure that's much of a factor in today's NBA. Much more perimeter oriented and much less allowable contact. now, on paper, that would seem to be an advantage for Zach. While strength isn't as important anymore, length is still an advantage and Zach has that. He also has good mobility, at least he does for his height. I've seen him utilize those tools in certain situations. For instance, he was able to frustrate Millsap in the playoffs last season. But I've also seen Zach get beat repeatedly off the dribble by stretch-4's and bigger SF's he's switched onto. A big reason he's had so much foul trouble and it shows there may be limits to what he can do using length and mobility to defend the perimeter. I'm still kind of capping Zach's ceiling at Aminu in my mind. I think he'll be more efficient offensively, but not as versatile defensively. Maybe about the same as a rebounder. Basically a default PF because there's not a better alternative at starter. He'll get that opportunity though as long as Olshey is GM because I don't see Zach being traded. I just hope Olshey doesn't rush into a big extension this off-season like he tried to do with Meyers
You must be a closet Sixers fan. Morey will make the same financial disaster or their cap situation as he did Houston's.
First of all their cap situation is already worse than Houston. I don't see us having any flexibility so Olshey has done the same disaster. Unless the 3M cap space and non tax payer MLE are what is the dif between disaster and good cap management.
Morey to Philly? IMHO, whether it is a good move or really bad depends on how long he stays. If brought in as a short-term shake-things-up guy he has a chance to do OK. Like most GMs and coaches, however, he gets stale after a few years. Philly really needs to seek out an alternative to the Embiid and Simmons duo. They are 2 very good pieces that just don't maximize each other on the court - but no one in the current Philly FO would ever make that move. Sounds a bit familiar, actually!
