Camden wrote:Who knew that saying someone was "very solid" was calling them "chopped liver?" I'm pretty sure that's not an accurate representation of what I said.
Dieng's better offensively than Noel, but he's not a star on that end by any means. Noel's already much better than Dieng defensively. Guess what this team needs more? I also think playing with a team of competent offensive players would allow Noel to be more effective on that end.
The cool thing about my scenario is that we could perhaps have BOTH of them, depending on market value for each of them. Towns/Noel/Dieng/Bjelica is really intriguing to me.
I was referring to calling him "unspectacular" and saying he is a finished product. I don't think he's done improving, especially since Thibs will work with him and he's shown continuous improvement. You might be surprised, but Dieng had a higher Defensive RPM than Noel and killed him in offensive RPM. Dieng was ranked 39th in overall RPM. I get the love for Noel to an extent, but right now he's not as good as Gorgui. I think because of the age difference you assume Noel will surpass Gorgui and we really don't know if that will occur or not. I like Noel, but my biggest concerns with him are free throw shooting, his poor assist to turnover ratio, his offensive range and durability.
