re: Duop Reath Appreciation Thread

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Offensively we’ve never had a big with his skill, but his defense and physicality are lacking sometimes.

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A very minor nitpick here - Stanley Roberts was the most skilled big we've had in the last 50 years. He was very polished down low and unstoppable on O when he was focused. He didn't have Duop's ability to hit a 3 but we didn't want him out there anyway. He was also a better rebounder and more solid defender in the paint. It's too bad we only had him for a year.

Obviously Shaq did a lot just powering in and dunking on people and if I had to choose I'd take Shaq over Roberts, but Roberts was more "skilled" than Shaq.

That being said, I'm grateful we have Duop this year and hope he has a long and successful career in the NBA.