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Old 08-06-2007, 07:51 PM
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Smile Re: Are You Comfortable With Nazr Mohammed As Our Starting Center?

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Originally Posted by Lee356 View Post
Like what? Please do name what Mohammed can do well. I am all ears. And oh by the way, padding his rebound stats by never getting back on defense-that I will not count as a plus for him.
I did not say "well". I said "fairly well" which is not as good as well.

He has a fairly decent shooting touch (career FG% 48%) for a backup center and he can rebound fairly well. I don't think getting defensive rebounds has anything to do with never getting back on defense, in fact just the opposite.

Defensive Rebounds
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Dyess career average per 40 minutes = 7.1
Mohammed career average per 40 minutes = 7.4

As a starting center, I agree is pretty bad, but as a backup center he has certain assets that make him serviceable when you don't have a better player like Dyess.

I would say Mohammed is a horrible first string center, a not quite passable second string center and a passable 3rd string center. He is however, not worth $5 plus million a year, more like $1.5 to $2.0 million a year.

Antonio McDyess Statistics - Basketball-Reference.com

Nazr Mohammed Statistics - Basketball-Reference.com

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