I disagree with this
We'd have added another PG if not Walker prior to the season.
Which is why - if we arent playing Kemba - we will look to add one now.
Who would we have added?
I was clamoring for FVV, wanted BallZo, and would have settled for Rubio.
Preferring to spend big money on a starting PG and not add Fournier.
By the time we picked up Kemba, all those fellers were signed away.
I don't see us adding a PG. We have 3 PG's already & Kemba.
Perry reportedly was pushing hard for DeRozan.
Not sure why Ball was undervalued by our brain trust. Still a work in progress, but a 6'6" work who plays D.
I like Burks, but do not see him as a 40 minutes a night man, let alone a PG.
I like Noel, but he is prone to getting dinged up, and offers us nothing in the way of offense.
Mitchell and Evan? The jury is still out. Evan baffles me. Something to do with his role in the offense? Early on, he and JR seemed to be developing a nice two man game. Did I say Evan baffles me. He was sure a fierce baller in the Olympics. Mitchell still seems to be getting his hops back, but is getting schooled by bigs who can nail the three, which kind of obviates his effectiveness as a rim rocker, does it not?
AS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED.
Seeing the beautiful motion and movement, with and without the ball that GS evinced [and yet we remained within striking range until they turned up the jets late in the game], our offense seems stodgy and ISO Heavy. Of course, we don't have a Steph Curry or a Draymond Green, and RJ has a ways to go, Wiggins-Wise. And this is GS without Wiseman and Thompson.
Not quite Phool Jagoff stodgy, but overly mechanical...in the HeroBall mode when Melo was our #1-#2-#3 OPTION, AND TEAMS WOULD COLLAPSE ON HIM, much as they do on Julius.
Julius' shortcomings notwithstanding, clearly the brother doesn't know whether to shit or go blind. If he dominates the offense, as Thibs suggested in the press with his call for JR to be more aggressive, than JR is selfish. If he works to facilitate on a team full of non-cutters and very streaky shooters, than he doesn't make his teammates better. It's water under the bridge, but one can imagine Julius being far more effective as a second option with someone like DeRozan to be the main option and draw the coverage [he has supercharged Lavine and company with his old school mastery], or, as Bo suggests, a pure PG such as Rubio, to set the table. Julius is a good player. Early on when both Fournier and RJ were clicking, things looked promising. Options?As Trader Vics come out of the woodwork, I mean,
SERIOUSLY,
who is likely to take Kemba off our hands? Let alone Fournier. Or Noel Or Burks Or Mitchell for that matter?
Given our talent pool, it would seem like a seller's market. First rounders would likely have to be attached to get something useful back.
I like Turner. I like Sabonis even more, and think he could be a really effective small ball center. Indiana has issues, mainly THEIR COACH, who is a real douche [check out narratives emerging out of and around Dallas, and how much better, Porzingis, for one, is playing under Kidd].
I'm of a mind to develop our youth. Don't think Thibs quite sees it that way.
Players, such as Okoro and Toppin, benefit from getting to work out their kinks not just in practice, but on the court. Okoro, known as a 3&D dawg, and one of BoD's fave whipping boys, for his offensive shortcomings, was 7-9, 3-3 from trey and 3-4 from the FT last night in a Cavs blow out of the Rockets. All of a sudden Love is healthy, Rubio had 12 assists and 4 steals in 21 minutes, Allen has been developing nicely, as has Garland in the absence of Sexton.
All three of our puppies, Sims, Grimes and McBride, have excelled when given a chance, and Knox, still not a stalwart defender, has excelled as a sniper when finally given minutes out of sheer desperation. Sam-A-Knick has excelled in G-League as a 6'10" stretch-4/3 hybrid, a la the Cavs Markkanen, and Jokubaitis, our Euro Stash combo, has been tearing things up in Europe, so help is on the way.
STILL...
As prudent as Leon Rose and company have been [and, COUGH, Kemba, Evan, Nelens and Alec surely are not working out as projected], I AM TERRIFIED that we are going to sacrifice yute and draft assets in pursuit of some dubious short term "fixes."
Can Leon get creative, and use his 'connections" to convert water into wine.
STAY TUNED.
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