It's a bit more complicated than that due to Vonleh being an expiring contract. The question is "do we want to trade him instead of invest in him?" PT could also be a sign that he's being traded. It'll be hard to tell.
I think Vonleh has a lot more perceived value in this forum than in the league. Obviously, that's just my opinion but I don't think the numbers or how he looks on the floor would make him a promising prospect. I don't think he's shown enough that Portland should invest more playing time in him "just to make sure" before he hits free agency. If he legitimately wins playing time away from two well-regarded rookies due to his performance, great. If not, I'm fine with him getting a few reserve minutes and letting him depart in free agency.
Agreed, but I think that Stotts will apply a "tie-goes-to-the-Vonleh" metric, if for no other reason, because of familiarity with the system. If one of the rookies start, you can be sure they earned it. The interesting question to me is "how much to pay Vonleh." I would absolutely pay him $8 mil/year. His agent will want $14. We'll see how he plays this year...
I'm more of the mindset that tie goes to the rookie. If a player with 3 years NBA experience, 2 in this system with these teammates, performs comparably in training camp to a rookie, I would conclude that the rookie had much more likelihood of improving over the course of the season and finishing the year as a better player than the vet would with the same PT.
Agreed. Though I can't say I think Stotts' brain works the same way. I fully expect either Vonleh or Aminu (BARF!) to be our starting PF. Of the two it BETTER be Vonleh.
It says to me that Nurk is a center and Vonleh was subbing as an undersized center...his game improved a lot when he played next to Nurk as opposed to Plumlee....he's better, next to Plumlee he had to guard big starting centers...now he doesn't....I like Vonleh a lot since the Nurk acquisition..big upgrade...strongest lower core in the post on the team...when he's planted he's not getting pushed out of position...great screens...and he's really young. I think he has a breakout year this season.
I stopped breaking out at about 11 years of age....complexion cleared right up...learned an important stress relieving skill about then
It wss the worst. I took Accutane in 8th grade to "cure" the acne, and it made my hair fall out and my lips basically fell off of my face.
I'm lucky as I never had an issue. Had the occasional pimple, but it was rare and along the hair line. Hope my daughters are blessed as well.
