Born: Dec 11, 1986
Height: 7-2 / 2.18
Weight: 260 lbs. / 117.9 kg.
Prior to NBA / Country:
Georgetown / USA
Years Pro: 3
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Hibbert reportedly gets a max offer from the Blazers. Hibbert is good but it seems like the NBA is going away from the big lumbering center type of player. If the Spurs had cap space, I wouldn't agree with throwing a max offer at Hibbert. He's not good enough and he plays a position that is becoming obsolete.
I don't know, the Miami Heat (granted without Bosh) looked overmatched and were taken advantage of whenever Hibbert touched the ball. The Pacers were just terrible at getting him involved in the offense, preferring instead to jack up early or contested shots from the wing.
I still think it's a good idea to throw big money at big guys that can impose their will whenever they touch the ball.
I agree that Hibbert isn't good enough for a max deal but disagree that the center position is becoming obsolete. Anthony Davis just got picked #1.
I meant the huge, lumbering centers are becoming obsolete. Davis is about the opposite of lumbering.
Hibbert shed a lot of pounds and became much more agile before this last season. It made a huge difference. Did you not watch any Indiana Pacers games?
Even with the lost weight and increased agility, he is still lumbering. That is not a person attack on him, it's the truth. He is still a solid player.
That's a lot of money for Roy. Aside from the debate about the position being obsolete, I just think he's not that elite of a big man. Still a project in many ways.
I miss the days of Kareem, DRob, Ewing, and Olajuwon.
Do you?
Cause all the weight did was allow him to move a little better.
Other than that he's still the same.
Yeah, their aint like that now man. Those guys were elite.
I would agree... under the right coaching, he could be a great player.
Just look at Bynum now.
Hibbert for the max is a strange decision in an NBA that is already an athlete's league, and is only going to become more athletic.
Seems to me that Portland has had so many disappointments at C that they're willing to overpay for someone decent, despite the prevailing direction of the winds of change.
In the spirit of "any poor decision by another team is good for the Spurs", good luck to them and I hope they land him.
Tim wasn't elite?
But Anthony Davis is a power forward, I'm sure of it.
And as someone mentioned Hibbert was just killing the Heat, till the Pacers became obsessed with shooting 3's.
Big centers aren't obsolete you just need to pair them with an athletic 4.
, Id rather we just go after Mahinmi again.
I agree, he's an adequate athlete, pretty good free throw shooter & a decent jump shooter. He showed that he could play with the Mavs & is worth another shot.
The Blazers want him?
Did they check if his knees were capable of exploding?
They'll match.
Who knows, they already set a meeting with Chris Kaman...
portland offered him a max contract 58/4, about 14.5m a season...sounds reasonable to me....
these new deals sounds better then throwing around 120m contracts to 3rd string stars who wanna be batman or robin aka rashard lewis/joe johnson/gilbert
Problem is? He can't. Stop blaming Pacers' offense with why he didn't dominate, he just couldn't. He was fronted,guarded and stopped by smaller guys. Nuff said.
I watched the games. When he touched the ball, he was dominant. So, the Heat fronted him? Big deal. A competent offense would figure out how to get the ball to him even when fronted. Instead, they wholly ignored him for several possessions at a time.
Go back and watch the games, you'll see what I'm talking about.
Exploring their options? I dunno, I just see a four-year contract at less than $15M per as a relatively good deal in this market for a productive low-post player and lane clogger.
Suppose I could be wrong.
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