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Originally Posted by CarlLandry14
Um actually you would rather have an offensive minded big man who is JUST good defensively than a defensive minded Big man who is JUST good offensively.
The only defensive minded big man that has actually won the championship and the Finals MVP would be Bill Russell and it ends from there.
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Yao isn't exactly out there scoring a lot of points now is he? For an offensive minded big, 20pts/game at a lower percentage isn't going to cut it when comparing these two centers IMO. At least not when Dwight just had such a good year. At their offensive output level right now, dominant defense contributes more to the team's success. That's why i say i'd rather have Dwight's 21pts and defense. If possible, you want your center out there rebounding and blocking shots. Dwight is doing that much better than Yao and he's still scoring more.
When Dwight goes out there, there's always a chance he'll grab 20+ rebounds and that is absolutely huge in a game. I can't say the same for Yao. Dwight had four 21+ rebound games during the playoffs, they won 3 of those games and the other one should've been a win as well if it weren't for the inexperienced magic players and staff choking on both ends of the floor in the final minutes. I think Yao has had only three or four 20+ rebound games in his entire nba career and those came 4 or 5 years ago. Howard had 14 of them this season alone and many of them were 20/20 games too. I just can't see how you can disregard huge rebounding numbers in favor of offensive moves with the same point average but lower %. Like i said, it’s not like Yao’s offensive numbers are impressive enough to overshadow what Dwight is doing with his athleticism.
When Yao starts scoring more AND can stay healthy, I’ll reconsider for sure – especially if Dwight doesn’t improve this off season. But right now, Yao's poor durability and his numbers don't give him the nod over dwight imo.
Maybe it's just me, but 1 mvp vote compared to 328 votes doesn't quite scream best center in the league to me.
