Let’s play a fun game: name the centers in the NBA who definitely have more skill offensively than Alexis Ajinca.
-Anthony Davis
-Karl-Anthony Towns
-Enes Kanter
-Maybe Pau Gasol
-Jahlil Okafor
-Brook Lopez
-Joel Embiid (not really but if I didn’t put him here everybody would get all mad)
That’s it. You think I’m being funny right now? That’s the full list right there of centers who are undoubtedly more talented offensively than Ajinca is. I challenge you to come up with additional names that meet those criteria. Hint: there aren’t. You think there are but really your judgement is clouded by the fact that the centers you’re thinking of have the benefit of playing lots of minutes and being a featured weapon in the offense. Ajinca doesn’t have those advantages. He should but he doesn’t.
You and I both know there’s only one possible remedy for that problem: trade Anthony Davis and don’t get a center back in return.