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3/5 "analysts" jabronies.
http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/page/...nba-first-team
Chau: Marc Gasol. Perhaps it would be a different story if Dwight Howard were completely healthy, but at the same time, it feels a bit unfair to put an asterisk next to Gasol's name. He has legitimately been an awesome force on both ends of the floor, and should walk away with Defensive Player of the Year honors.
Gutierrez: Tim Duncan. The best case against Duncan is that he has played in only 66 games this season as of Wednesday night, but that's more than enough to earn him this spot. He's having his best season in five years, and that includes a 2.7 blocks average he hasn't put up since 2003-04. Marc Gasol and Brook Lopez have pretty good cases of their own.
Herbert: Marc Gasol. He's not the most ferocious Grizzly, but he's by far the most important and intelligent on the floor. With Dwight Howard injured and inconsistent, he's had the best season of any center. He sets up everything that Memphis tries to do on offense and is the biggest reason why it has the league's second-best defense.
Soriano: Marc Gasol. Tim Duncan and Dwight Howard would be fine choices as well, but Gasol has earned the honor through stellar play. Beyond the production, he has become the best big man at doing all the little things to help his team win. From the passing to the defense to everything in between, his contributions are too hard to ignore.
Wade: Tim Duncan. Sincere apologies to Marc Gasol, but the tie goes to old man river. (See answer No. 2.) Even with injuries to most of the Spurs' core contributors, Duncan has led his team to the best record in the West. Just a remarkable season from a remarkable player for a remarkable franchise
3/5 "analysts" jabronies.
I laughed more at the Chris Paul over TP pick to be honest.....
Who cares, ESPN is garbage
WGAF
A 37 year old is the best big in the NBA...sad.
Marc Gasol's stats are QUITE a bit worse than Tim's and Marc is playing 35 minutes a game!!! Where the is logic????? Is this some kind of a joke?
Gasol is one of the most overrated players in the NBA today but still it's just ESPN.
Is anyone else even a little surprised Gutierrez picked Duncan? Given his track record, I would have figured him to write in Bosh, as ridiculous as that would be. Especially after Bosh e had a night against the Spurs.
To be fair Gasol has been pretty good this year. I'd obviously take Duncan though, better numbers in fewer minutes, better team record.
More ridiculous is them taking Westbrook over Parker.
This is confounded by the fact that some people still (erroneously) consider Duncan a forward. So it's possible that the people who picked Gasol didn't even consider Duncan for the position. (Looking back I see that one did, but the other didn't mention him.)
There's no argument for Gasol over Duncan. But one or two respected stat geeks are obsessed with him, so now it's become fashionable for the lesser respected stat geeks to pretend they are too (as if they think it'll make them sound smarter and more knowledgeable than they actually are). How hypocritical for people who constantly reference advanced stats to pretend as if there's even a credible argument for saying Gasol has been better than Duncan.
This is pathetic.
It's all part of ESPN's effort to try and cover up the absolute robbery of the Pau Gasol trade. The better Marc Gasol, the more the trade doesn't look as lopsided and as shameful as it was (no one ever thought fat boy Marc would ever amount to much in the NBA).
Depending on which stats you look at I think wins produced is a good indicator of a player's performance
Duncan wins produced per 48 mins = 0.24
Gasol wins produced per 48 mins = 0.17
Duncan still wins out...i guess it will always come down to the personal bias of each expert analyst
Yea who cares, TMZSPN is wack these days anyways.
Just imagine if they switched teams....seeds would probably flip. BSPN just desperately looking for something new
I agree. It's sad because it's true.
When Duncan is gone, there will be no more real big men left. Blake's not a real big man imo (defense is mediocre, crap post game), Dwight is a soft, overrated mound of steroids, and after that everyone's basically just above average dudes who would be hugely overshadowed by any real big man.
Anthony Davis is pretty much the last hope for big men, and he's been a bit of a disappointment so far.
Pure Garbage!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BSPN.
They'd better ask hollinger
That's because Gasol isn't called a PF.
Timmy's way ahead of him on NBA Rank and is the only player above 6'10" to make the top 10, tbh.
Gasol's averages are 14.3, 7.7, and 4 with 1.8 blocks in 35 minutes per. Duncan's numbers are 17.7 and 9.9 with 2.7 assists and 2.6 blocks in THIRTY minutes. Duncan is FIVE POINTS AHEAD OF HIM IN PER. WHAT THE .
That's because positional labels, silly.
Gasol is a "pure" center.
I don't take ESPN's opinion very seriously. Now if it was the TNT or NBA TV crew, then I'd be like "damn yo"
Duncan is better than Gasol on both ends of the floor, has lead his team to a better record, has better statistics and has intangibles as good as any player in NBA history, tbh.
There is no argument.
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