This is what happens when you start Ryan Anderson. He beasts. You can’t tell me that Omer Asik at C and Anthony Davis at PF is a better frontcourt than Davis at C and Ryno at PF. Ryno can’t really play any defense with his pasty, flabby arms and poor lateral quickness, so that’s why you pair him with a defensive center like Davis. That’s like Coaching 101 right there. 102 at most.
It’s true that the Pels lost this game with Ryno starting, but that’s because they also had to start Alexis Ajinca, the most skinnyfat player in the league. I admit to not paying attention to the lineups that were out there for the Pels, but Ryno must have been getting at least some minutes at center and he was still beasting. If you could pair him with himself at the frontcourt positions you would probably be unstoppable.
To strengthen my case, here’s a partial list of players who failed to handle Ryno in this game:
-Adreian Payne
-Gorgui Dieng
-Karl-Anthony Towns
-Zach LaVine
-Tayshaun Prince
tl;dr Someone tell Alvin Gentry to start Ryno from now on. And Jrue Holiday while you’re at it.