Suns don’t want to pay Ayton and Woj says a sign and trade is the plan.

[Kblaze8855]

Pistons clearing space. On that subject I stole this from Twitter:



. Starting centers on NBA champs

Kevon Looney: $5.2M
Brook Lopez: $12.7M
Dwight Howard: $2.6M
Marc Gasol: $24.1M
JaVale McGee: $1.5M
Tristan Thompson: $14.3M
Andrew Bogut: $12.9M
Tiago Splitter: $10.0M


Avg salary: $9.3M


Keep that in mind when chatting Ayton max or Gobert trade.



Centers seem to be the “Scrape something together” position these days.

[red1]

OP the GOAT confirming the trend that the NBA has had in place for a while


rudy gobert is the single most overrated player in the league right now



the NBA rules right now favor elite wing scoring talent and dominant physical players that have size. the best players all fit that mold with kd tatum luka and lebron who are all well-rounded players that can finish at the rim


the best players in the league have a combination of size and skill and even the centers are getting in on the action with embiid and jokic



curry is the only outlier and he makes up the gap by being extremely elite in one of those skills, that being shooting

[red1]

the center position is finished. if a center cant run up and down the court, he cant play in the league.



shawn bradleys of the league wouldnt even get a spot today

[GrayGoat]

Would be a nice backup for the lakers LeBron

[FultzNationRISE]

As a Suns fan Id love to see what Chris Paul could do with a guy like Westbrook added to the back court, in a three headed monster with DevBook.

If I’m the Suns I’m seriously looking at flipping Ayton for Westbrook.

Lakers would kinda be getting shafted but maybe they could then flip AD for Poole and Klay or something to that effect.

[plowking]

the center position is finished. if a center cant run up and down the court, he cant play in the league.



shawn bradleys of the league wouldnt even get a spot today


Thing is, Ayton can. He does decent on the perimeter, moves well and is pretty good on both ends. Doesn't have a weakness you can exploit either in terms of free throws, etc.

[Spurs m8]

We've seen how overpaying Gobert works for them

Exposed on D in the playoffs and still can't shoot a fvcking basketball

Pathetic

[Real Men Wear Green]

The center still matters all that has been proven is that you doubt need a scorer there to win. There are a lot of ways to win so that's not surprising. And a lot of the centers listed do still provide run protection.
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Also it should be noted that the main reason Anthony Davis is not a center is that he doesn't want to be called one.