Dang, this forum kinda obsesses over fringe players. Gabriel is an end of the bench or in street clothes on this team
Well done. I saw this bumped and thought to myself oh, I bet Wenyen put up like 8 and 4 last night and someone is going to bitch about us letting him go.
Presumably we ditched Wenyen because we were signing Harry Giles. On the season: Giles III: -67 Gabriel: +7
I see harry getting better & better. He's still getting his confidence back and he's finally getting consistent minutes. The light will eventually go on for him.
Also on the season: Points Giles III: 57 Gabriel: 0 Rebounds Giles III: 92 Gabriel: 4 PER Giles III: 10.9 Gabriel: -1.4 Blocks Giles III: 8 Gabriel: 0 FG% G3: 40% WG: 0% Minutes G3: 227 WG: 10
Your comparison clearly shows Giles as a favored player for Stotts If no minutes, then no block of stats.
Don't you wish we had a frontcourt like New Orleans and didn't have to give minutes to players like Giles?
I liked Gabriel, only because he was fearless under the hoop. It's like a kitten or a puppy. Aw, isn't that cute. He was a new toy to examine and then get tired of, a novelty. Gabriel appeared 2 years away from being 1 year away, while Meyers Leonard always appeared 2 years away from being 5 years away. Just stop it about Gabriel. The best G-Leaguers are far more polished. Why don't you start threads about our other 15th men of recent years?
I still haven't forgotten him, nor have I forgotten that little French girlfriend I had in 1997! However it seems New Orleans has forgotten him. He only gets an average of three minutes a game; behind Steven Adams, Jaxson Hayes, Zion and Hernangomez. Looks as if he made a bad choice going there.
He had a choice? It must have been the G-League, since Europe doesn't waste money on American long-term projects. Also, he was injured for part of this season.
Hell, this season *alone* G3 has almost scored as many points, blocks, as WG has in his career, has more rebounds, twice the # of blocks, more FG's this year than Wenyen has for his *career*... The team didn't miss out on Wenyen. Especially considering you compared his usability to that of Melos.
I love your dogged insistence that the only things of value that a player does on the court are measurable in points, blocks and rebounds.