re: Would the Pelicans have been better off with Nerlens Noel?

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Plus I think Payton averages more assists as well. Lillard has Aldridge, Batum, and Wes Matthews on the floor with his most of every game, and he averages the same amount assists as Joakim Noah. If Lillard would shoot a couple times fewer per game and get his assists to around 7-8 per game, he would be better and so would the Blazers. I actually think Lillard is better suited as a scoring 2 guard rather than a true PG.

And I think Payton will be a really good rebounding PG and 1 of the top defensive PGs in the nba. I don't know what his ppg will be, but I'm fairly confident that he will have better FG% than Lillard. If I had to guess a stat line for Payton it would be like 15ppg, 7 assists, 5 rebs, 2 steals and shooting 45%. If he improves as a shooter, he could be a very good player. I def see some similarities between Elfrid and Gary Payton, not saying he will be as good as Gary, but I do see some similarities.

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Did you go to ULL? You're building Payton up like he's going to be first team all-NBA before he touches and NBA court.