Val is pretty good, but he’s also really not what a modern center is supposed to bring, especially for a team that wants to compete right now. These days centers mostly should be lob threats, defensive anchors and good (ideally great) rebounders. Val is really not that athletic, has always been a neutral to negative defender; good rebounder though. He’s the kind of center I feel you would sign as a young and rebuilding team that needs to have someone to pay to reach minimum salary cap threshold, while he’s there to teach their young bigs fundamentals.
A year or two ago I’d be for it, but right now we need a big that’s made for more modern play – Claxton, Hartenstein, maybe a trade with the Cavs for Allen if they choose to move on from him, any of those guys would be better.
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He’d be great
He would start?
Val is pretty good, but he’s also really not what a modern center is supposed to bring, especially for a team that wants to compete right now. These days centers mostly should be lob threats, defensive anchors and good (ideally great) rebounders. Val is really not that athletic, has always been a neutral to negative defender; good rebounder though. He’s the kind of center I feel you would sign as a young and rebuilding team that needs to have someone to pay to reach minimum salary cap threshold, while he’s there to teach their young bigs fundamentals.
A year or two ago I’d be for it, but right now we need a big that’s made for more modern play – Claxton, Hartenstein, maybe a trade with the Cavs for Allen if they choose to move on from him, any of those guys would be better.
Just play Goga.
No thanks
Rich man’s goga