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Poor man's Eric Dampier with much worse offense.
great utility player like david lee only much stronger. much similar to lee in what he brings. he's a great addition when you already have a good core, but you cant expect him to contribute enough to be part of that core
Poor man's Eric Dampier with much worse offense.
Do you ever watch any ing basketball?
I've seen very little of him, but what I have seen has impressed me. He's not much offensively, but he really goes after the boards and played good defense against Pau and others.
If the Spurs land McDyess I would be a little surprised if Orlando doesn't match his offer sheet.
I think they push hard for their next coveted piece in Brandon Bass. He'd come cheaper and they wouldn't have to commit to the same number of years as with Gortat.
I'm worried about Smith saying he'll wait this thing out the full 7 days.
People who are ripping Gortat and saying that he is way overpaid don't know what they are talking about. He's big and hustles his ass off and is athletic. Big men don't come cheap in the first place and there aren't a lot who have those attributes. The comparisons to Diop and dampier have no basis in reality.
for people who focus on him only putting up around 4 and 4.5... that was in 12 minutes of action per night. bump that up to 30 minutes, and hes putting up a double double. thats not bad at all. the guy hustles, plays very good defense, and has solid fundamentals.
Otis Smith is quoted in the Orlando paper yesterday as saying they won't match an offer that pays him $5 mil or more per year. And the Mavs gave him the full MLE.
But then he came out this morning and said he'd be willing to wait the full 7 days to see how the market shakes out. They're also high on Bass and could pull a move in matching Gortat if Bass takes the Mavs offer.
I guess the problem with the Magic is they only have to much to spend and now have a number of roster spots to fill. Knowing that, they really couldn't go after either McDyess or Gortat with the full amount of the MLE. They'll need to grab at least 2 guys for that amount. If Bass is looking for anything over 4 million, that hurts the Magic's chances as well.
Comparing him to Damp in his contract year (when he was pretty darn good) isn't that far off. Nobody could have predicted that he'd go on vacation for the remainder of his career once he got paid. Again, that's really the only risk Dallas takes in this.
No it's a dumb ass comparison because dampier got a 73 million dollar ing contract and will be making 12 million dollars next year. Dampier had a long career and history of NOT doing what he did in his contract year so there was EVERY indication that he wouldn't continue to play like that. That is in no way shape or form comparable to a guy just coming into the league getting a freakin mid level exception contract.
I think Orlando is bitter at the Mavs for offering him the full MLE and will make them wait it out even though they have no intention to match
That's fine. But they know the longer they wait themselves, the more guys they're going to miss out on.
I think you need to go back and read my post again, princess. There's every indication Gortat can produce like Damp did in his contract year but far less risk that he's going to go into a coma like Damp did, both financially and historically. I don't think we're disagreeing.
Every smart team does that. Locking up Dallas' money allows Orlando to take a compe or for the other bigs out of commission. It has nothing to do with bitterness.
3 ppg over rated.
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