What? I could care less about draft position. All I look at is a player's skillset and how valuable said skillset is to a team. This is why I'd rather have Derrick Williams than TT, which you asked earlier, and also why I'm in favor of AB over TT in the future. If AB improves as we expect he'll be the much better player compared to TT, so why not take that chance? If we fail and it looks like Bennett isn't as good as we thought, replacement level bigs are always available for cheap on the FA market.
I don't disregard all numbers. Numbers are useful in certain instances. But when you give me numbers of a guy being force fed minutes then I'm not inclined to put much, if any, stock, into his stats. I watch TT. Every game. So I know how he gets those numbers. It's because he is always on the court. He primarily scores off putbacks. That's not to take away from him or anything. He's good at what he does. But if you simply judge TT by looking at his numbers you're gets a deluded, overrated image of the real player.
This whole conversation is really influenced by how you feel about TT though. Personally I feel like he's a product of the BIG minutes he gets. Does he produce? Yes. But who wouldn't when they're seeing 33 mpg? I don't think what he does is that special or worthy of the contract he'll likely seek. You can argue all you want that he's young and that bigs take a while to develop, but I just don't see a player like TT really growing much over the next couple years (skill-wise).
As for the bolded, thanks for completely dodging my remark. I compared TT to Jeff Adrien and Kyle O'Quinn because all three players are bruising PFs that rebound tenaciously and...do what else exactly? Nothing else about their game sticks out. This type of one dimensional player isn't hard to come by. If I'm missing another part of TT's game, then by all means let me know but I think I've got everything covered. Unless you argue that his "heart" and "hustle" separate him from the bunch :chuckles: Furthermore, it's laughable that you call Reggie Evans a poor defensive and offensive player, as if TT is neither. What, you think TT's offensive and defensive games are good?
Lastly, given the circumstances my argument is not poor. It's rational. We have AB who could become a star player. We have TT whom many project to become a solid rotational player. If we keep both and have them split time, neither will realize their full potential. So, take a chance on AB, and if it doesn't work out just sign a replacement level FA big. They're everywhere.