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To all of those who think we should forgo another max and get a center, I need you to answer a few questions.
Who is this center that you want? Can he be acquired right now? Can he also be acquired with the MLE?
It's about priorities. Get a center now either through FA, trade, or possibly draft next year
-vs-
banking on CP3 during 2012 free agency.
For the purposes of this thread we WILL ASSUME:
1. CP3 will command a MAX contract
2. We don't have any idea about the new CBA
3. IF CP3 CAN be had for Billups contract during the season we'd take it
So lets go...
Here is a list of the top 50 Centers:
2010-2011 NBA Player Rankings
Rnk Player Team GP MPG FG% FT% 3PT% Pts Reb Ast Blk St TO FIC FIC40 RV
1 Dwight Howard ORL 84 38.0 .596 .604 .000 23.2 14.2 1.3 2.35 1.32 3.7 1669 20.9 +49
2 Al Horford ATL 91 35.4 .537 .796 .333 14.7 9.3 3.4 1.01 0.74 1.5 1350 16.8 +259
3 Al Jefferson UTA 82 35.9 .496 .761 .000 18.6 9.7 1.8 1.87 0.56 1.3 1209 16.4 +45
4 Marc Gasol MEM 95 33.0 .525 .738 .333 12.2 7.6 2.4 1.73 0.93 1.8 1132 14.5 +427
5 Tyson Chandler DAL 95 28.8 .640 .721 .000 9.6 9.3 0.4 1.04 0.52 1.1 1059 15.5 +45
6 Nene Hilario DEN 80 30.7 .606 .696 .200 14.5 7.7 2.0 0.96 1.11 1.8 1024 16.7 +57
7 Brook Lopez NJN 83 35.1 .492 .790 .000 20.4 5.9 1.6 1.45 0.58 2.1 936 12.9 +639
8 Andrew Bogut MIL 65 35.3 .495 .442 .000 12.8 11.1 2.0 2.58 0.72 1.9 894 15.6 +61
9 Joakim Noah CHI 64 32.9 .498 .736 .000 10.9 10.3 2.3 1.64 1.00 1.7 872 16.6 +465
10 JaVale McGee WAS 79 27.8 .550 .583 .000 10.1 8.0 0.5 2.44 0.52 1.3 844 15.4 +1003
11 Andrew Bynum LAL 64 28.4 .568 .686 .000 11.8 9.4 1.3 1.88 0.38 1.5 825 18.1 +28
12 Roy Hibbert IND 86 27.6 .460 .743 .000 12.5 7.5 2.0 1.76 0.41 2.3 817 13.8 +925
13 Marcus Camby POR 65 26.3 .402 .597 .500 4.6 10.2 2.0 1.55 0.68 1.0 710 16.6 +46
14 DeAndre Jordan LAC 80 25.6 .686 .452 .000 7.1 7.2 0.5 1.77 0.51 1.3 708 13.8 +1848
15 Samuel Dalembert SAC 80 24.2 .473 .730 .000 8.1 8.2 0.8 1.45 0.45 1.6 684 14.1 +23
16 Spencer Hawes PHI 87 21.0 .457 .533 .237 7.0 5.6 1.5 0.84 0.33 1.2 545 11.9 +454
17 Kwame Brown CHA 66 26.0 .517 .589 .000 7.9 6.8 0.7 0.59 0.39 1.0 482 11.2 +1811
18 Darko Milicic MIN 70 24.4 .468 .556 .000 8.8 5.2 1.5 2.04 0.79 2.2 470 11.0 +269
19 Brendan Haywood DAL 90 17.8 .575 .382 .000 4.2 5.0 0.3 1.02 0.20 0.7 453 11.3 +117
20 Andris Biedrins GSW 59 23.7 .534 .323 .000 5.0 7.2 1.0 0.88 0.88 1.0 447 12.8 +66
21 Nazr Mohammed OKC 89 16.0 .514 .582 .000 6.4 4.5 0.3 0.70 0.38 0.9 435 12.2 +111
22 Ben Wallace DET 57 22.8 .459 .333 .500 2.9 6.4 1.4 0.95 1.00 0.8 431 13.3 +597
23 Nenad Krstic BOS 78 20.9 .513 .772 .000 7.5 4.4 0.4 0.37 0.32 0.8 407 10.0 +161
24 Ronny Turiaf NYK 70 17.9 .633 .618 .000 4.2 3.2 1.5 1.17 0.53 0.7 395 12.6 +260
25 Brad Miller HOU 60 16.9 .446 .830 .374 6.4 3.7 2.4 0.35 0.47 0.9 393 15.5 +223
26 Zaza Pachulia ATL 92 16.0 .458 .751 .000 4.3 4.3 0.8 0.25 0.39 0.9 391 10.6 +229
27 Joel Anthony MIA 99 21.1 .480 .645 .000 2.2 3.7 0.4 1.38 0.18 0.5 384 7.4 +320
28 Jeff Foster IND 61 16.9 .486 .536 .000 3.3 6.1 0.8 0.57 0.43 0.5 381 14.8 +106
29 Zydrunas Ilgauskas MIA 82 15.4 .504 .769 .000 4.9 3.9 0.4 0.76 0.28 0.7 338 10.7 +906
30 Chris Kaman LAC 32 26.2 .471 .754 .000 12.4 7.0 1.4 1.50 0.50 1.8 290 13.9 +15
31 Kendrick Perkins OKC 46 26.5 .495 .562 .000 5.5 7.3 0.8 0.85 0.28 1.8 276 9.0 +102
32 Shaquille O'Neal BOS 42 19.4 .671 .538 .000 8.8 4.6 0.7 1.00 0.45 1.5 272 13.4 +0
33 Robin Lopez PHX 67 14.8 .501 .740 .000 6.4 3.2 0.1 0.67 0.27 0.7 261 10.5 +615
34 Ryan Hollins CLE 72 16.9 .599 .688 .000 5.4 2.7 0.4 0.61 0.32 1.0 239 7.9 +469
35 Johan Petro NJN 79 11.8 .450 .536 .000 3.6 2.8 0.6 0.46 0.44 0.6 208 8.9 +305
36 Erick Dampier MIA 51 16.0 .584 .545 .000 2.5 3.5 0.4 0.92 0.27 0.6 201 9.9 +1722
37 Aaron Gray NOH 47 13.1 .580 .476 .000 3.2 4.1 0.4 0.30 0.28 0.8 163 10.6 +1125
38 Jermaine O'Neal BOS 36 18.9 .452 .694 .000 5.4 4.0 0.6 1.42 0.11 1.1 147 8.6 +117
39 Timofey Mozgov DEN 47 11.8 .482 .714 .000 3.7 2.7 0.4 0.60 0.36 0.9 131 9.5 +246
40 Francisco Elson UTA 62 9.8 .478 .839 .000 2.2 1.9 0.5 0.23 0.34 0.5 127 8.3 +1287
41 Kosta Koufos DEN 52 8.4 .457 .558 .000 3.1 2.5 0.1 0.48 0.19 0.6 126 11.6 +809
42 Hilton Armstrong ATL 61 8.6 .469 .487 .500 1.6 2.3 0.2 0.34 0.34 0.5 120 9.2 +1275
43 Dan Gadzuric GSW 42 11.0 .419 .370 .000 2.8 3.2 0.3 0.69 0.31 0.7 112 9.7 +61
44 Joel Przybilla POR 36 14.4 .568 .518 .000 1.8 4.0 0.4 0.42 0.14 0.8 103 7.9 +49
45 Jason Collins ATL 62 12.2 .506 .608 1.000 1.9 2.0 0.4 0.19 0.23 0.5 88 4.7 +1230
46 DJ Mbenga NOH 46 7.7 .490 .700 .000 1.4 2.0 0.2 0.63 0.15 0.5 87 9.8 +1228
47 Hamed Haddadi MEM 41 5.1 .479 .677 .000 2.2 2.0 0.1 0.44 0.07 0.4 86 16.4 +603
48 Alexis Ajinca DAL 34 10.0 .444 .722 .353 4.2 2.3 0.3 0.56 0.32 0.5 85 10.0 +660
49 Melvin Ely DEN 30 12.2 .549 .619 .000 2.3 2.5 0.5 0.37 0.13 0.5 75 8.2 +1187
50 Kyrylo Fesenko UTA 53 8.6 .440 .391 .000 2.0 2.0 0.3 0.30 0.08 0.5 71 6.2 +911
Read more: http://basketball.realgm.com/src_pl...n=2010-2011&filter=c&highlight=#ixzz1SN8XYi9R
Reasons why we should prioritize a center above targeting a MAX PG free agent next year:
1. We already have 2 Max contract scorers
2. We suck a$$ on defense
3. MOA sucks a$$ on defense and needs a center to compensate for his incompetence and lack of teaching ability
4. A center should be cheaper providing more options
5. Amare is better stats wise next to a center allowing him to play his natural position
6. Top ten defensive teams are more likely to win chips
7. A center can and should impact a teams defense more than a PG
8. Centers are rarer than PG's
9. Two max scorers who lack defense need a center more than a star PG
10. MOA probably won't be here as the FO has little to no confidence in him, stop advancing his agenda while we can
11. We can compete now rather than going through another transition year hoping
12. We would learn from our mistakes
13. Its been ten years since we had a viable center
14. We could attract better talent once we prove we can play defense
15. Who wants Jared Jeffries getting that pass under the hoop for a game winner?
LET'S GET IT ON!