Meet Aaron Gray

Bricklayer

Don't Make Me Use The Bat
#1
Aaron Gray
Position:
C
Hgt: 7'0"
Wgt: 270
Age: 29
Number: 98?
Nickname: Tiny
College: Pittsburgh
Yrs with Team: 0
Yrs in League: 6
Previous Teams: Chicago ('07-'09); New Orleans ('10-'11); Toronto ('11-'13)
How Acquired: trade for John Salmons, Chuck Hayes, Patrick Patterson, Greivis Vasquez, Dec '13
Contract: 2013-14 $2.6mil
Strengths: huge post player, rebounding
Weaknesses: slow footed, defense

Offense (Scoring & Passing)
Very poor athlete, kind of a throwback lumbering post player. Pretty good touch and capable of scoring in the paint, but range is strictly limited and is a poor FT shooter. Can set a mean screen. Will never be able to handle the ball but actually is a surprisingly slick passer from the post area.

Defense & Rebounding
One of the worst athletes in the NBA and it causes major problems on defense. Can defend the post against power players who want to get into a pushing and shoving match, but has no lateral mobility or ability to cover away from the hoop. Lack of foot speed also makes him ineffective as a shotblocker. Huge size does allow him to be very effective on the glass however, and once he gets position inside nobody is moving him.

Intangibles
Purest of pure Cs. Has never looked to be in the greatest shape, which actually may help his power game given his limited minute role and lack of footspeed anyway.

Stats 13-14: 5.0min 1.3pts (.667 FG% .000 3pt% .500 FT%) 2.0reb 0.8ast 0.0stl 0.0blk 1.0TO
Stats Career: 12.3min 3.5pts (.513 FG% .000 3pt% .562 FT%) 3.8reb 0.7ast 0.3stl 0.3blk 0.8TO
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KingMilz

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#3
He will come in handy when we go up against the likes of Pekovic/Howard/Hibbert/Bynum other than that I don't expect much tbh.
 
#6
He's exactly the kind of back-up you want behind Cousins. Big body, can rebound, capable of playing 10-15 minutes, some offensive skill, and most of all... cheap. We don't need a $5 back-up behind Cousins, who hopefully will be getting 33-35 MPG