Who no mention of Brandan Wright as our possible center?

Who dat Branden Wright?

 

Are you serious or pulling the proverbial leg?

 

Serious.

http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/hollinger/statistics/_/position/c

Far better player than Jordan.

 

But what about Brendan Wright? Way better than Haywood or Gortat

 

Again, why do you think he's better?

 

Btw, thank you for the link!

 

Look at the numbers.

 

If you are merely looking at the numbers overall then they say Gortat is better and he was even hurt this year.

http://bkref.com/tiny/Dp8h3

You are not a slave to PER are you? Actual production instead of theoretical production is what matters. There is a reason DAL only played Wright 18 mins a game.

 

I looked at PER for other positions as well.

So, going with your thinking for point guards, do you think the other 23 players ahead of Damian in PER are better?

 

That's different. Lillard is awesome. Gortat's PER is 34th among centers by the way.

 

I looked up Wright. 6-9, 205, no position. Drafted 8th 6 years ago, is now 29th in minutes played, 32nd in minutes per game. Should have gone 8th alright, but in the 2nd round.

 

I see he missed his entire 3rd season. So you'd expect his career minutes to rank lower than his career minutes per game, but he played more games per season than those in his class. His stats are so low that he can miss a year and you can't tell.

 

6-10, 210, center, 1.2 bpg in 19 mpg, 21 PER
Athletic, strong defender, finishes in the pain, shoots almost 60%

 

You keep bringing up PER like it really matters.

 

It does for young big men.

 

For the record I wouldn't mind this guy off the bench but if there is such thing as a strong defender in the NBA then it is not Brendan Wright.

 

Wasn't it you tonight who said they wished the Blazer's had Collison? Whoever it was , I agree with them. He was a factor tonight with zero points, zero rebounds, 1 assist, 4 turn overs, and 6 personal fouls. What was his PER tonight? Yet he was a huge factor when he was in there.
PER is a very small fraction of a player's effectiveness.

 

It wasn't me, but I do like Collison. But his team lost. Maybe if he scored 6 points, it would've helped?

 

Brandon Wrights a good Hustle guy off the bench but he gets pushed around a lot by other big men. Haven't really seen anything from him that makes me want to see him on the floor for 30+ minutes a night. A great backup 4/5 but he would need to put on a lot of muscle to be a starter.

 

Learn the game, then post.