This post rondo team plus wright is going to be a headache of a team to play against. Pressure backcourt defense, pfs and centers that can pass better than some guards in the nab, Jeff Green's coming out party this season. Love the wright addition, bc have added a big thing we been missing in the lineup. CBS also has so many options and will just have to do his best juggling act.
Wright is an undersized center. I seem to recall you railing against having undersized centers (which we already have) in your ongoing push to have the C's tank for a higher pick last year and this year.
why the love for an undersized center now, particularly a journeyman? is it just because he was obtained for your favorite whipping boy? Wright, Crowder and Nelson are nothing to get excited about and I don't see any of them moving the needle towards making this team any better. I expect them all to be gone when their contracts expire if not sooner
The pt is we havent had above the rim play/protection since KG. We will get 2, 3 tip ins/dunks we normally would not be able to score, prevent/alter several shots. These things will make a diff in the W,L
I think Zeller is a better defender overall. At the very least they're equal. Wright can block shots but he can't do much else on the defensive end. And I don't see why he's anything different from Zeller offensively.
Wright might be a slight upgrade but he's hardly a foreign player type for this team. Hopefully he can replicate Zeller's terrific play in expanded minutes and Danny can find a new home for him mid-February.
Zeller has been good but he does not have elite length. Ibaka for example could just do turnaround hook shots after turnaround hook shots over zeller and the only way zeller could stop him is foul him, play over the top D or Ibaka misses.
James harden ability to penetrate at will is another example. Zeller could not slow him down. Harden has the capability to twist his body in ways to avoid getting his shot blocked. Eventually he just bowls into zeller and gets foul calls after foul falls.
With wright, he has the lenth and above the rim capability to "cheat" and make ibaka have to alter his shot. Wright is also very good at blocking or altering jump shots. Ibaka now is not automatic to score 20 plus on us. He has been killing us
Harden could drive and try his acrobatic ways to score but he cant shoot around wrights length anymore. Harden starts missing a couple or wright blocks a shot, the refs are less likely to give harden the calls.
A guy like wright can make a difference against matchup like these