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[SleepingHero]

Can you define or try and box in "generate offense" and "super expensive"

Genuinely asking.

Generate offense is kind of self explanatory don't you think? It is someone that can create open looks consistently for themselves or others. Usually open shots go in at a much higher rate than contested ones. The location of the shots matter too. Do we want more open threes? More dunks? More midrange looks? Depending on what we're looking for I can give you a different answer for all three questions.

THJ for example can take and make some of the most contested difficult shots on the court, but he's not consistent. Exum can generate plenty of high percentage looks for himself and others, but he isn't available enough healthwise. Green is hyper efficient and almost every shot he takes is open, but he hasn't shown the volume to prove he can create a high quality look if needed.

The guys who CAN do that, and do it consistently while playing amazing defense are usually upper echelon guys. Those guys cost a lot. High contracts at the minimum starting 25mil+, and cost generally multiple 1sts along with prospects.