See what I mean? BBD is a slouch who will remain average, Powe is an amazing worker, hustler, has an awesome offensive game, with a great work ethic to match.. sounds like favortism to me...hes been rebounding the ball well...other than that hes been putrid and his minutes are down because of it. "however you don't have to tear down Powe to build BBD up." then why is everyone constantly doing tearing down BBD to build up Powe? Powe doesnt have just as many limitations, if not more?
How about theyre both average players, and can be pretty good alongside KG, but terrible on the floor at the same time
You were the one who inserted BBD in all of this by whining about them complimenting Powe's 7 boards in 11 minutes saying he looked like he played a bit better than he had been (a negative comment by them about him) and not mentioning BBD's supposed "great game". I am sure they didn't mention each player and rave about them...
MY OPINION is that BBD is about as good as he will ever be based on some fundamental facts:
He is overweight and has been getting fatter since he was drafted. This shows a player who saw money and draft position as a necessity to be smarter about what he ate, but once he got on the team and got his money he was no longer interested in putting forth the great work required to maintain. This shows a lack of work ethic.
He has very ugly form to his jumper and even though he has hit a little better lately, like Rondo it can only take him so far. His percentage reflects that.
He is undersized DRAMATICALLY to play the center. The only reason he looks pretty good against the huge guys like Shaq is bulk. If he gets into better shape to be a better overall player then he will lose his ability to body up on these guys. If he doesn't then he will continue to be less effective against everyone else due to being slower and having less vertical.
THESE ARE FACTS!! I am not saying the guy is horrible. He is a nice 8-9th guy off the bench that can create some interesting mismatches. I love the guys energy out there. He does show a lot of deficiencies that need addressed and based on some things he can control, and some things he can't, I don't think he will be much better. Why is that such a far fetched statement?!
As far as Powe goes, here is why I like the guy:
He has an unbelievable work ethic and has fought through greater diversity to get to be where he is. This makes me respect him and feel like he will continue to work on his game.
He keeps himself in impeccable shape and is very strong. This allows the undersized guy to rebound with some very big players. He has tremendous balance as he keeps a wide stance and boxes out well.
He has shown the ability to score very well on the low block, and although he has struggled with that lately, as done it on the biggest stage (NBA finals) filling in nicely for Perk and lighting them up. He knows how to draw fouls getting a lot of "and ones" throughout the past couple years.
Here are his deficiencies:
He does not have good shooting form outside and like BBD will likely never get better than average at best.
He is not as good of a free throw shooter as he should be which gives up a few points each game he should have.
He does not rotate as well as he should some games and picks up some fouls he shouldn't. Sometimes he gets too in love with taking the charge and if the refs aren't calling it our way it can hurt us.
Due to his size he doesn't pass out of the post as well as he should and sometimes stutters the offense.
Both of them have deficiencies or they would be starters in this league. I much prefer a guy who is committed to being in the best shape he can be, is a low post threat on the block, and rebounds well over what BBD brings to the table.