Tom Moore has the scoop, again,
Primoz Brezec and the Sixers have agreed to a deal in principle for the upcoming season. Most likely, the deal will be for the veteran's minimum. The 7'2" center will have to pass a physical before it becomes official.
Let's see if we can dig up some positive stats for Primoz. Hmmn, rebounding (nope), shot blocking (yikes), assists (ouch), steals (uh, uh), shooting percentage (negatory), drawing fouls (nein) ... wait a second. Found a couple of things. Primoz is not afraid to use his fouls. In four of his six seasons in the NBA he has averaged more than 6 fouls per 36 minutes. Awesome.
Here's another, he's only topped a 15% turnover rate twice in his career (Dalembert was 19.3% last season).
And finally, let's get to the ostensible reason they signed him, his impeccable touch from the outside:
- 2004-2005 - 54% of his shots were jumpers, and his eFG on those shots was 40%.
- 2005-2006 - 65% of his shots were jumpers (which is just awesome for your center), and his eFG was a respectable 44.2% on those shots.
- 2006-2007 - 63% of his shots were jumpers, with a 40.2% eFg on those shots
For a little perspective, if you thought Dalembert took too many jumpers last season, only 40% of his attempts were jumpers. His eFG on those shots was 38.5%. The year before, 42% were jumpers with a 35.4% eFG.
For even more perspective, Primoz's eFG on jumpers in those three seasons was higher than Lou Williams' (39.8%) and Andre Iguodala's (38.8%) last season. That being said, if Primoz isn't a DNPCD in a minimum of 50 games this season, something is definitely screwy with Eddie Jordan's rotations. This guy makes Andrea Bargnani look tough. His rebounding makes Thad look like Moses Malone and don't even get me started on his defense.
He's a redundant warm body, simple as that.
I thought you were going to run out of ways to say 'no'.
Yeah, Oz sucks. Those numbers are very frightening. I understand the 'warm body' thing, but couldn't they have gotten a better 'warm body'? A clubhouse guy? A young guy with a sliver of raw talent? Anybody?
p.s. i think i have a better picture lol
That looks like a WNBA publicity shot. Awesome.
hmm. a respectable last guy on the bench type player.
I don't know. Until 2004, Brzec was certainly one of the worst players in the league. But then all of a sudden, on a very bad Charlotte team, he started putting up numbers. Then, of course, he stopped. Last year's team was pretty light on big-man scoring, so, even with Brand coming back, this isn't necessarily the least welcome of acquisitions. On the other hand, it does give you cause for concern when your general manager thinks Dalembert-Speights-Brzec is a healthy big-man rotation. How little defense is Eddie looking to play? Where does Smith fit in here? I don't think it's entirely inconceivable that this signing, in some dark recess of Jordan's mind, if not Stefanski's, helps ease the way to moving Dalembert, or at least not playing him nearly as much as he needs to be.
Ugh. 50 dnpcd's and less than 10 minutes per game in the other 32 or I'm going to lose my mind.
Boy, what a brain-trust we have for management.
What about Johan Petro, Robert Swift, or heck even Sean Marks? Someone that can at least protect the paint (Petro or Swift) or adequately rebound (Marks).
Guess they want someone to knock down those high-post elbow jumpers when Brand, Speights, or J Smith aren't taking them. Did they have to get someone that is sooooooooo slow, though?
I hope this isn!t because Jason may not be a factor for a while. A physical big would have been my choice, unless Marreese can play that role.