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Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky
Monroe is Brandan Wright v1.1
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Except with much better, more sustained, more consistent success. Maybe they're similar looking players if you look at the stat sheets instead of the game footage, but there's a very big reason why Monroe can consistently play 30-35 MPG while Wright maxes out at about 20. And stylistically, they aren't very similar at all. Monroe is a finesse player who scores well on the block, who was a top-12 rebounder despite playing next to Drummond (#2 in the league in RPG) for the bulk of his minutes... and he's an excellent passer. Wright is an athlete first, second, and third. I'm sure their per-36 numbers are similar, but you have to take into account that Wright plays on a poor rebounding team and is almost exclusively playing against teams' second units.
To me, the only real similarities in the guys are that neither is a particularly strong defender or rim protector even though they're both pretty big guys. I don't see any correlation other than that. Do you really think Wright would be averaging 13/9 as a starter? I don't... not for a minute.