Roy Hibbert

[MadeFromDust]

Numbers so far this season: 8.8 ppg - 8.0 rpg - 37.9% FG - 45.5% FT - 39 TS% - 13.4 PER and getting paid 14 million dollars this season.

Safe to say we dodged a bullet there, eh? I'd take Hickson over Hibbert given the choice between the two.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

wins > stats

if we had RoyH, our defense would be so much better, and so would our record.

 

[julius]

wins > stats

if we had RoyH, our defense would be so much better, and so would our record.

Then why is Indiana 4-6?

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

because danny grager is injured.

 

[BrianFromWA]

A healthy, legit 7'er, who likes defense and plays a pretty good offense, and is 25? For the next 4 years? Yeah, I'll take that if given another chance.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

A healthy, legit 7'er, who likes defense and plays a pretty good offense, and is 25? For the next 4 years? Yeah, I'll take that if given another chance.

^^This^^

 

[RoyToy]

I said he wasn't worth it

And he's not

 

[crowTrobot]

replace hickson's crappy D with 2.4 blocks/game, 11.8 oppenent PER, 96 DRtg and the bullet seems a bit more palatable.

 

[Rhal]

replace hickson's crappy D with 2.4 blocks/game, 11.8 oppenent PER, 96 DRtg and the bullet seems a bit more palatable.

Hibbert has been great defensive (as your numbers point out) but offensively he is horrible to watch, just horrible this year. I still wish we had gotten him but that wish is growing smaller as smaller with every missed FG.

 

[THE HCP]

We would be much better with Hibbert as our center.

 

[magnifier661]

I'd take Hibbert even now. It could be fool's gold, but our D this season is bad. We need a defensive anchor.

 

[julius]

Not at 14 million per is he worth it.

 

[Further]

Not at 14 million per is he worth it.

It's not my money. Plus, you get Hibbert, then Neil and Paul turn their attention to being good this year and they put together a better bench. Hibbert at anchor the D and a quality back up pg and bench scorer, and this team would be killing it.

 

[crowTrobot]

career .477 FG .719 FT

wonder what is going on with him

 

[handiman]

career .477 FG .719 FT

wonder what is going on with him

The fear with Hibbert is he wasn't very good to start with. He rounded himself into shape and honed his skills fairly well, but very few people that transform themselves physically avoid the dreaded relapse. Maybe he's just a really late bloomer, but I suspect there's an inherent laziness that he has to constantly work to overcome. Seeing a regression after a big payday does nothing to allay that concern.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

Not at 14 million per is he worth it.

Crappy centers get $10, decent centers get $12, $14 isn't far from that.

 

[KingSpeed]

We would be much better with Hibbert as our center.

Not entirely convinced. Hickson's rebounding far outweighs Hibbert's shot blocking.

 

[jlprk]

I keep saying that when Larry Bird left, the team's best coach left.

 

[Blazinaway]

Hibbert has been great defensive (as your numbers point out) but offensively he is horrible to watch, just horrible this year. I still wish we had gotten him but that wish is growing smaller as smaller with every missed FG.

Asik was a much better value IMO, I wanted him from the start, 24 mil for 3 yrs and now he playin some fairly deceny offense

 

[Sinobas]

He won't carry on like that forever. But it does make you wonder if he's really worth the max. I hope Meyers develops soon! He has such potential but is so raw right now.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Not entirely convinced. Hickson's rebounding far outweighs Hibbert's shot blocking.

Hibbert was at 17 r/48 in the playoffs. You think that was a complete anomaly?

 

[Boise Blazer]

I'm sure the rebounding numbers will pick up and I never would have needed the scoring from him but the defensive presence has to be dominating.

 

[Blazinaway]

he had another awful performance today in an Indy loss, so far a horrific max contract and yes I know it's only 10-12 games

 

[jlprk]

It will only get worse over the years, as the influences of Bird and Walton recede in his memory.

 

[crowTrobot]

nothing like playing the wizards to get your career back on track

 

[Haakzilla]

...wow, good ole Roy Hibbs just completed an epic triple-double [10 pts | 11 rebs | 11 blks]!

 

[BrianFromWA]

only 10 points? Max contract, slacker!

 

[Haakzilla]

only 10 points? Max contract, slacker!

...yeah, he was 3-12 from the field and 4-6 from the line!

 

[The_Lillard_King]

...wow, good ole Roy Hibbs just completed an epic triple-double [10 pts | 11 rebs | 11 blks]!

11 blocks is pretty impressive