Gortat appears* bound for a team not named the Dallas Mavericks

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Originally Posted by Rhylan

Gortat is the white Jerome James.

Or Calvin Booth.

Rasho Nesterovic also comes to mind.

If this guy gets MLE for multiple years we're stupid.

The same thought also occurred to me.

Best case, this guy comes close to being Memet Okur.

Worst case, he's Jerome James, a guy who hit the lotto off one good playoff run. This has high bust potential written all over it.

[CadBane]

Originally Posted by aexchange

The same thought also occurred to me.

Best case, this guy comes close to being Memet Okur.

Worst case, he's Jerome James, a guy who hit the lotto off one good playoff run. This has high bust potential written all over it.

Maybe I'm not following....but Gortat is absolutely NOTHING like Okur in any respect...so why the comparison?

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Originally Posted by CadBane

Maybe I'm not following....but Gortat is absolutely NOTHING like Okur in any respect...so why the comparison?

gortat isnt anything like james either.

the point of the comparison was that like okur who was relatively overhyped in relation to his production in detroit, we'll either get something at best that pretty serviceable, or at worst is going to be a horrendous personnel decision.

[CadBane]

Originally Posted by aexchange

gortat isnt anything like james either.

the point of the comparison was that like okur who was relatively overhyped in relation to his production in detroit, we'll either get something at best that pretty serviceable, or at worst is going to be a horrendous personnel decision.

Ah, I see. I never got the impression that Okur got a lot of hype back when he was with Detroit. Although I would say he was good off the bench with them, not a one hit wonder like Jerome James.

Also, I don't see Gortat as a bust. EVERY TIME the man got a start/lots of minutes due to Howard being injured/suspended/foul trouble ect., he produced big time. He's athletic, great hops, great rebounder, can run the floor, can finish, good defender (especially weakside). I don't see him as a J. James who was overhyped bc he scored in the post decently vs. SA in the playoffs, rd. 1 mind you. Gortat is for real.