NBA Championship: Lakers Vs. Magic

[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

I'm thinking more in the defensive sense. Both want to play on the perimiter on offense no doubt but which one would you want playing defense on the interior and grabbing rebounds. In that sense I think Lewis is superior.

Out of the two, I'd probably take Lewis to put on a power forward. But it's basically the same. I don't think either of them can do it effectively. Lewis is a 6-10, 215 pound lightweight that has a career average of 5.8 boards with a high of 7.0 In nine seasons as a starter, he's been under 6.0 four times. It breaksdown as 1.6 offensive and 4.2 defensive. His career average is 0.6 blocks with a high of 0.9

It's a little bit harder to use Turkoglu's career stats because he's spent so much of his career as a reserve. But in the last four seasons as a starter, he's averaged 4.3, 4.0, 5.7, and 5.3 boards.

Here's how they compare the last two seasons starting with each other

2008
Lewis 46% (41% 3's) 18.2pt, 5.4reb, 2.4ast, 1.2stl, 0.5blk
Turk 46% (40%) 19.5pt, 5.7reb, 5.0ast, 0.9stl, 0.3blk

2009
Lewis 44% (40%) 17.7pt, 5.7reb, 2.6ast, 1.0stl, 0.6blk
Turk 41% (36%) 16.8pt, 5.3reb, 4.9ast, 0.8stl, 0.2blk