Hibbert

[EricaLubarsky]

Originally Posted by jthig32

Umm, Hibberts advanced stats scream "elite defensive center". His affect on opponents' field goal percentage is incredible.

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/co...the-protector/

I'm not saying work like this is infallible or that these stats should be used as gospel, but if you think the analytics crowd looks down on Hibbert you're simply wrong. The analytics crowd is the one championing him as elite.

A) Do you think he's available? Being shopped? Any evidence that he's being shopped?
B) What do you think he'll cost? We have few trade pieces. Would you trade our 2015/2017 first rounders and perhaps more for him?
C) How do you explain his incredibly poor play for much of the season and the post-season, where he'll have to sit out just to keep up with ATL?
D) Is he so good at preventing layups that it's worth spending 1/4 of our cap space on a guy who is one-dimensional? Sub-par rebounder, non-existent offensive threat, etc.