No one is making excuses for Sullinger. There's a difference between making excuses and stating facts.
To which I would reply, I don't think you get the difference. Let's get this straight, your argument is not based in fact, I did not see any stats posted to back it up. There is a difference between facts and opinion. I am the guy who posted stats showing Thompson, got more rebounds. Your argument was that he did it against second team, with no stats backing it up. Your also claiming teams respected his shot, which simply is not true, all the time, he is horrible at that shot and other teams gave it to him. It is pure fantasy to think that teams scheme to shut down Sully.
Hang on, I've posted plenty of stats- look at the first paragraph you quoted...and go back and read the replies in this thread that I've made.
If you choose to ignore them that's your prerogative. You've posted Thompson's rebound rate and his 2 point FG% I've posted Sully's stats vs Thompson's where he clearly outclasses him in the majority of categories, whilst being a year younger and playing the same minutes, vs tougher competition.
Sully total starts 2015 regular season: 49
Thompson's total starts 2015 regular season: 15^ surely you can admit that Sully has played FAR MORE minutes against starters than Thompson?
Your opinions on defense are opinions. There are no stats to back it up- just your opinion that he's a fat slob and he sometimes doesn't put in effort. You can't prove he's a terrible defender because the players on his team were terrible in the paint-he hasn't had any decent help on defense in the paint since KG was here.
All we actually know is that when Sully was on the floor with KG as a rookie, his defensive numbers were excellent.
Please read what I'm writing correctly-you've done this a couple of times now accusing me of saying/writing/implied something which I clearly haven't.
ie: I said his jumpshot is respected,
not his three point shot (which I'd argue is still improving and become more respected considering up until the All Star break it was very good- but I never originally made that assertion anyway).
I also never said, as you asserted that I'd said, that Sully had better lateral movement than Thompson.
If you don't believe what I've written about the numbers then look it up for yourself.
your main arguments are:
Sully is fat
Sully is lazy
Tristan Thompson has a higher offensive rebound rate, even though Sully beats or equals him in almost every other category on the court including defensive rebounding rate, and that's even after being asked to play away from the basket more this season to develop his 'Kevin Love' style game, which you have acknowledged probably hurts his offensive rebounding numbers.
You're even saying that because Sully hasn't been in the media, that somehow that means he's not wanted or useful here any more...really?
I have provided far more statistical/numerical evidence to support my claims than anyone bashing Sully in this thread.
You've claimed he's fat and has bad work ethic, and that he's not a focus in recent newspaper articles so he's on the way out.