1st half - Deandre 16 Rebs - Asik 0 mins

This is a game where asik always plays well in. He boxes out and prevents those easy points..

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I'd hate Asik for Leonar

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if be indifferent

Chris Paul would have destroyed Adik in the P&R

Jordan had 5 OREBs. yes, Asik likely helps there. Paul/Rivers had 3 each and Wes Johnson had another 4. if the theory is Asik to put a body on Jordan, how is he stopping those guys from getting boards?

also, I've seen people talk about the Pels needing to dictate the game....well going small is the Pels dictating the game and playing to their strengths. the trade off is rebounding- this roster ain't the Warriors or Cavs; there are holes with every lineup and strategy

That's why we need to send Asik and Moore over to the Bucks for Monroe and Snell.
Then send Jrue to Denver for Gallinari or Chandler.

that is undoubtedly true.

one of the recaps made the point that it was disappointing to see 18% of the cap in Ajinca, Asik, Frazier get DNP-CDs. thought it was weird to include Frazier and his $2M in that group....

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I do not understand how demps has survived

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i dont think Demps has ever fully grasped the way the league has changed when building his rosters, especially in the frontcourt. the big men rotations he's built over years have been pitiful

it's like the Pels old "continuity" marketing push i.e. we want that b/c the Spurs do it...well saying it and achieving it are very different things. i think Demps like the idea of small ball, but has little idea how it works or, more generously, the means to build it

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i think Demps like the idea of small ball, but has little idea how it works or, more generously, the means to build it

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Remember the article 42 did on Monty being risk averse? Demps has the same damn problem. From bidding against himself on players to trading draft picks for young vets, even the original Lakers deal for CP3 had a lot more known quantities in it.

Add Demps' risk averseness to AD's reluctance to play center and you have Demps wasting the cap on bigs he got for Monty hoping they could play for Gentry. As we've found out, Hope is not a Plan.

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"small ball" requires players who look and play exactly the opposite of the way asik and ajinca look and play. the way to acquire these players is by drafting them you are welcome, mr demps

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You forgot to mention you have to actually play them once you acquire them.....Diallo.

No

If AD can play center then they are not needed
they need a rebounding wing

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You forgot to mention you have to actually play them once you acquire them.....Diallo.

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Diallo is a raw rookie. I can understand his minutes being fairly limited right now. However, giving Terrence Jones big minutes instead of them is kind of a head scratcher. Jones is decent at several things, but not really good at anything. He gets abused on the glass, lays more bricks than a mason, and gets stuffed on the reg. I know he's basically a minimum guy and that's all you can expect, but it seems Uncle Alroy feels differently.