Rank the centers that Portland has been rumored to have interest

[magnifier661]

Will someone please clone Sabonis or transfer Bill Walton's brain into Meyers Leonard's body with one of those mad-scientist zzzzzttttt machines? I don't think that's asking too much.

I'd settle for Roy's brain in qyntel wood's body

 

[jlprk]

Asik
Dalembert
Splitter
Lopez
Pek
Kaman
Zaza
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HCP
...
Bynum

You have Bynum too high. I'd put him as high as a knat's eye. The posters who rank him at the top are the same ones who worry that Oden will embarrass us with a big comeback.

 

[Pinwheel1]

Whether we like it or not, these 3 may be our only options:
(Descriptions from Hoopshype) To be honest if Pachulia can bounce back from his injury, he may be the best option. He is the best defender of the three. (And slightly the youngest)

Zaza Pachulia
Position: C
Born: 02/10/84
Height: 6-11
Weight: 265 lbs.
Plays physical ... Good game with his back to the basket... Runs the floor decently... Tough defender... Lots of temper.

Samuel Dalembert
Position: C
Born: 05/10/81
Height: 6-11
Weight: 250 lbs.
Very long... Huge wingspan... Excellent shot blocker... Runs the floor well... Fluid athlete... Little offensive game... Low basketball IQ... Very inconsistent.

Chris Kaman
Position: C
Born: 04/28/82
Height: 7-0
Weight: 268 lbs.
Very big and talented... Runs the floor well... Skilled offensive player... Can score with both hands... Makes no mistake from the free-throw line...Average rebounder... Doesn't put much effort on the defensive end.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Whether we like it or not, these 3 may be our only options:
(Descriptions from Hoopshype) To be honest if Pachulia can bounce back from his injury, he may be the best option. He is the best defender of the three. (And slightly the youngest)

If we specifically want a rebounder/shot-blocker, Dalembert is easily the best option.
Player--TRB % (2013, career); Blk% (2013, career)
Pachulia--17.0, 15.8; 0.8, 1.4
Kaman--15.2, 16.2; 3.0, 3.7
Dalembert--19.4, 18.7; 5.1, 5.6

 

[Pinwheel1]

If we specifically want a rebounder/shot-blocker, Dalembert is easily the best option.
Player--TRB % (2013, career); Blk% (2013, career)
Pachulia--17.0, 15.8; 0.8, 1.4
Kaman--15.2, 16.2; 3.0, 3.7
Dalembert--19.4, 18.7; 5.1, 5.6

True but I do think Pachulia is the better defender. And the one description about Dalembert that I hate (and also believe to be true) is his low BB IQ.
I think that is the main reason he never gets the minutes he thinks he deserves.