Hibbert is just not suited for today's NBA game, where there are so many stretch fours and fives, as well as rules that benefit penetrating perimeter players.
His presence on defense can be easily negated because of the three-second defensive rule, in which he is forced to leave the paint area and stick with his man if his man can actually shoot it from 20 feet. His below average foot speed and lateral quickness will not allow him to follow his man, giving up wide open looks and cuts pretty much every time down the court. To make matters worse, he just doesn't have the reaction time and quickness to pop back in the paint area when the opposition is slashing in the lane.
On offense, he is slow and awkward on the block, and has relatively poor vision for a man of his height. He stops guys like Paul George from getting into the lane because his man can always leave him to cut off penetration, and then recover when Hibbert's got the ball.
That said, Hibbert can be very effective against teams that does not have stretch bigs (one guy he can actually guard), and teams that doesn't have a big enough center.
Indiana can still make some noise, I believe the team need some situational adjustments and would be fine. The Nets, from the looks of it, should be a matchup nightmare for the Pacers, but if Raptors can actually pull it off against BKN (doubtful), I think the Pacers will dominate the Raptors due to matchups). The Pacers will still be a good matchup against the Heat.
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