Who is better as a third option: Serge Ibaka or Kevin Love?

[russwest0]

Points/rebounds/blocks

Serge Ibaka stats per 36: (As a third option)
17/10/3 on 54/38/78 shooting.

Kevin Love stats per 36: (As a first option)
26/12/0.5 on 46/38/82 shooting.

You also have to account cap value in here as well. Serge Ibaka's contract averages 12M a year while Kevin Love will demand either the max or something very close to it. Ibaka also provides DPOY level defense while Kevin Love is a poor man and help defender.

Who would you want as the 3rd option for your team, if your two main stars were a PG and SF like the case is in OKC and CLE?

[navy]

Kevin Love can win games by himself. I'll take him.

[KyrieTheFuture]

Love is better but not good enough to make up for having no bench

[russwest0]

Kevin Love can win games by himself. I'll take him.

James Harden can win games by himself as well, but would you prefer him as a 3rd option over Kawhi Leonard?

[Dragic4Life]

Serge Ibaka.

[miles berg]

Definitely Ibaka.

[dubeta]

Damn, Durant has quite a stacked team there

[navy]

James Harden can win games by himself as well, but would you prefer him as a 3rd option over Kawhi Leonard?

Depends on the team, but yeah probably.

[russwest0]

Damn, Durant has quite a stacked team there

Almost took the Spurs to 7 games even with Ibaka missing 2 games and being banged up in the others

[Dragic4Life]

Damn, Durant has quite a stacked team there

As I said.

Top 2 PG in the league

Top 5 PF in the league

Top 2 SF in the league

Top 5 supporting cast in the league

Didn't win the chip. Not even WCF.

How much help does a superstar need?

[navy]

Almost took the Spurs to 7 games even with Ibaka missing 2 games and being banged up in the others

When has a player ever gotten credit for almost taking a team to seven games?

What the hell.

[russwest0]

When has a player ever gotten credit for almost taking a team to seven games?

What the hell.

With a hurt Ibaka and vs one of the all time GREAT teams is when.

[aboss4real24]

[COLOR="Magenta"]neither 1 can create there own shot


both the same o# skill outside of Klove having more range


iLL Take the guy who plays d# n plays it well


Baka>Klove [/COLOR]

[JtotheIzzo]

upon initial examination this is a troll thread, but if we look a little more closely there is some validity here.

obviously Love>>>Ibaka, but if you think about it there are a lot of extenuating factors that play Ibaka's way. Like how well Oklahoma played upon his return, how much of a menace he is on the interior, how Love, despite monster numbers has never sniffed the playoffs (great players win chips, but really good players should make the playoffs), also the chasm between the two on defense.

[hawksdogsbraves]

upon initial examination this is a troll thread, but if we look a little more closely there is some validity here.

obviously Love>>>Ibaka, but if you think about it there are a lot of extenuating factors that play Ibaka's way. Like how well Oklahoma played upon his return, how much of a menace he is on the interior, how Love, despite monster numbers has never sniffed the playoffs (great players win chips, but really good players should make the playoffs), also the chasm between the two on defense.

As a third option Ibaka may be better. If you have a Durant and a Westbrook, you need some post defense more than you need another 25ppg scorer. Love is clearly a much more valuable player though overall.