Yep. He is. He's been back-up on a bad team for his entire career. A career 50.4% shooter for a post player is not good. If the Hornets hadn't taken Morrison, he'd be the biggest lottery miss in franchise history.
What are you talking about? Zeller is the perfect center for what people think of as today's NBA. He runs the floor quickly on every possession, can block shots, rebounds, gets after loose balls on the floor, has good lateral quickness in the post, has good hands, and can finish at the rim. He doesn't have back to the basket post moves, but neither does anyone else in the NBA's current coveted "elite rim protector" role. It isn't his fault that he has been forced to pay a more traditional low post role because the wings around him have sucked on offense. Switch Zeller and Capella from the their teams and they put up similar numbers. Yet some idiot is about to give Capella a max contract and you view Zeller as a lottery miss.
What are you talking about? Zeller is the perfect center for what people think of as today's NBA. He runs the floor quickly on every possession, can block shots, rebounds, gets after loose balls on the floor, has good lateral quickness in the post, has good hands, and can finish at the rim. He doesn't have back to the basket post moves, but neither does anyone else in the NBA's current coveted "elite rim protector" role. It isn't his fault that he has been forced to pay a more traditional low post role because the wings around him have sucked on offense. Switch Zeller and Capella from the their teams and they put up similar numbers. Yet some idiot is about to give Capella a max contract and you view Zeller as a lottery miss.
Lol, had a similar thought. Absolutely 0% chance RJ watched a second of the Hornets last year besides maybe when they were playing the Sixers.over/under on how many games rj has watched zeller play on the hornets?
.5?
Zeller was a starter on a 48-34 team in the 2016 season, the hornets were 33-29 in the 2017 season when he was healthy and the starter and 3-17 when he was out, and 2018 he was injured most of the year and Dwight Howard was the starter. He’s not flashy but is a good modern center. Just can’t stay healthy the last season and a half now which is obviously a bad sign
What are you talking about? Zeller is the perfect center for what people think of as today's NBA. He runs the floor quickly on every possession, can block shots, rebounds, gets after loose balls on the floor, has good lateral quickness in the post, has good hands, and can finish at the rim. He doesn't have back to the basket post moves, but neither does anyone else in the NBA's current coveted "elite rim protector" role. It isn't his fault that he has been forced to pay a more traditional low post role because the wings around him have sucked on offense. Switch Zeller and Capella from the their teams and they put up similar numbers. Yet some idiot is about to give Capella a max contract and you view Zeller as a lottery miss.
I'm not okay with them staying in mediocrity, but I also don't think that a Sixers-style Process is the only or best way to get out of mediocrity. The four most successful franchises of the last 20 years in terms of championships - Spurs, Warriors, Heat, and Lakers - had nothing near the Process to gain their success. There is definitely some luck and good timing involved in their strategies, but the overwhelming reasons for their success were simply good talent evaluation, roster composition, and coaching.