re: Time to sit Asik

What's tiring is watching game after game he can't get to a rebound if the is another defender going for the same rebound. Asik may get his hands on it, but bet cha arse is getting stripped. Asik receives a pass for a put in, 80% stripped while he's throws his hands up looking for the foul.
He gets moved too easy for being 7' 255lbs.

Now I ain't totally hating. He does mone his feet well and knows how to use his body. He has the perfect starting 5 look. EXCEPT, he can't catch the ball .. When he does catch the ball, he holds it too low that it's IS getting stripped. Now if it doesn't get stripped, then you have to deal with his shot being blocked, by a defender, or the rim. Asik cannot jump two telephone books.

I get that they're not many options out there as far a centers go. We swung and missed with asik. I. think the staff realize that, That's the reason he spends most of the 4th qtr on the bench. They don't trust him. First it was Ryan getting most of the minutes, now it's Alexi.

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Lol. Dude had a handful of good games the whole season.

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Ajinca probably had much more good games this season than Asik has had. That being said, Asik is better on defense and occasionally has a decent offensive game on his standards. I just wish he wasn't such a tard on offense, and I also wish he was a bit more athletic. Good thing about Ajinca is that he has a decent jumper, can make free throws, move around much quicker, etc. Only thing Asik is better at is rebounding and defense.

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much more good games

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OP- shut up and go back to the rant baw. Asik is fine

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Asik receives a pass for a put in, 80% stripped while he's throws his hands up looking for the foul.

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#analytics

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Only thing Asik is better at is rebounding and defense.

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So over 50% of the game? Yeah, probably not important.

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If Asiks offense was as good as his defense, and his defense was as good as his offense, people would love the guy. Just because he isn't good offensively doesn't mean Ajinca is a better option, especially with what the team wants out of it's center.

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This is pretty dead on and a great way of putting it.

the random influx of posters who come in with claims based on negative opinions and no real substantial data is sickening. He does what he is supposed to, Rebound, take up space, help create and be a good team mate.

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Being a space-eater, a 7 footer who (gasps) rebounds, and a good teammate sounds eerily similar to a center who should be paid half of what he's paid and come off the bench. You dont need stats to tell you that.

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Nice spin, how about this

He is a starting caliber center who has offensive problems but is consistently a top defensive rebounder and (this is more on monty imo) a slightly above average defensive player, formerly an elite defensive player.

Name a bench big with that resume

better yet, name all of the big men that get paid less than Asik (8 mil) that we could have

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1. Hassan Whiteside: 11.1 ppg/10.1 reb/2.5 bpg
2. Nikola Vucevic: 19.7 ppg/11.2 rpg/0.8 bpg
3. Jonas Valanciunas:12.1 ppg/8.7 rpg/1.1 bpg
4. Taj Gibson: 12.1 ppg/6.6 rpg/1.2 bpg
5. Kelly Olynyk: 10.8 ppg/5.3 rpg/0.7 bpg

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All of those guys are unavailable unless we gave up a ton. Gibson isn't a center and will make just slightly less than what asik will make.

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Ian Mahinmi

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All these guys are on cheaper contracts and, based on what I've seen, are better Centers than the neanderthal we have.

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Vucevic is about to get paid big time

Val isn't great defensively at all

Gibson isn't a center

Whiteside will have 1 year of cheap production but his stats don't translate to wins.

Olynyk is decent