Let me guess, one of these guys was out about half of last season?

I don’t agree with you on Biedrins but you are probably right about Wright. I tend to think his shoulder will be a recurring problem. If we can get good value in return, trade him while his stock is still high.

"I tend to think his shoulder will be a recurring problem."

…really?

I do too, as someone who has dislocated both of my shoulders. The overhead nature of basketball makes it fairly likely that he could dislocate it again. More importantly, I worry that it will lead him to be more timid in going for rebounds, which would basically be the death knell of his career.

Diogu was/is too slow to play for us.

I do tend to worry anytime a player’s wingspan comes up. It seems more often than not it’s a synonym for “too short for his position, but maybe his long arms will negate some of that.” And more often than not it doesn’t. Wright is presently not strong enough (or wasn’t last year) to dominate at the PF position, but he’s not too short.

The book on Diogu was that he didn’t learn plays, that he was slow on the uptake of what coaches wanted him to do. His alarmingly high turnover rate may have been a part of it. It was high in college too, high enough to be a big red flag that he’s something of a black hole who will force an issue if one isn’t there and often that will cause failure. It did.

The difference in foul rates is pretty critical. It’s probably not as critical as the turnovers, but it explains a bunch of why Ike stayed nailed to the pine I suspect. Wright’s rate isn’t terrible. It’s better than Randolph, Turiaf or Biedrins, though all have foul issues. The average foul rate for a PF last year was 3.7 per 36. Players do tend to improve in this regard with more experience and playing time. He’s played so little that it may be sample size, but it seems that Diogu is improving in that regard as well.

whenever atma posts these blind tests i vote for the ostensibly weaker option (knowing atma will base his conclusion on quick glances at points and rebounds in the end) because i know that option is the hot-button player.
diogu might have put up some more points and two more rebounds by the end of each’s second season but what diogu lost in turnovers and wright gained in steals is more than enough to compensate for 3 ppg less and 2 fewer rpg.

and why are you still talking about amaré? because bucher tweeted something last month trying to keep the rumor alive? this team would be weak on the front line without wright and biedrins, and amaré (if he even wanted to sign here) would clog up even more money than wright would ever command with biedrins’s salary.

I voted for Option A without cheating, and I thought it was just a better option. The rookie season seemed clearly better, and the sophomore season seemed comparable (what he lacked in rebounds, I thought he made up for in less turnovers).

I don’t see, even by only going by those stats, why Option B is better.

Both Diogu and Wright are very efficient offensive players, whose numbers look great when extrapolated out to a per 36 basis. This is a reason why both of them have earned praise by people like Hollinger. However, they are putting up decent per 36 numbers, why aren’t they playing 36 minutes? For Diogu, it’s obvious: turnovers, fouls, and atrocious defense. Wright doesn’t commit quite as many turnovers or fouls, but he does often look lost on defense and finds his way into Nelson’s dog house.

definitely Wright is better than Ike.