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Marcin Gortat Compares Boban Marjanovic, Who’s One Of Best Statistical Players In History, To Kareen Abdul-Jabbar
He’s 30 years old, he’s Serbian and a former Euroleague MVP … for three consecutive years! He has been quite successful whilst in Europe, so the Spurs (of course the Spurs, who else?) were intrigued by his combination of size, skill, attitude and decided to give him a try.
After making a name for himself in San Antonio, he signed with the Detroit Pistons and got paid big time, with a three-year, $21 million contract. Earlier this year, he was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers.
Boban hasn’t been playing an awful a lot of minutes in his NBA career, but he has been producing very interesting numbers every time he steps on the court. As crazy as it sounds for a role player, Boban is among the career record holders for career PER, ORTG, WS/48 and TS%. That’s in NBA history.
Teammate Marcin Gortat now even mentioned Boban in the same breath as the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, due to him being unstoppable.
Marcin Gortat put little weight in the Clippers' preseason, saying the competition wasn't great BUT as for Boban Marjanovich (who averaged a hilarious 55.3 pts, 30.4 reb per 48 minutes in preseason) he thinks Boban can be a regular-season weapon.
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— Andrew Greif (@AndrewGreif) October 13, 2018
He hasn’t played enough minutes to be judged accurately, but whenever he gets to play big minutes, he produces.
Yet, in all fairness, he has some weaknesses, obviously. Namely, the pick and roll defense. When there’s a high screen and he is defending a agile big man, you can see his flaws in these situations almost every time. He shows some stiffness. It’s tough for him to stay in front of a mobile big man. The situation gets chaotic if there’s a switch on that high screen and if he has to pick a guard, but he’s smart recovering and he pays back with effort what he lacks in speed and agility.
It’s still interesting to see, that a role player is basically one of the best statistical players in NBA history.
