02-01-2025, 05:54 PM
(02-01-2025, 05:17 PM)Ghost of Podkolzin Wrote: This board GREATLY undervalues Gafford. It's crazy. We haven't had a physically dominant C since Chandler. It seems that we're all trying to acquire a player like Gafford, but once we have him we're looking to trade. Real talk, Gafford's performance this year makes me more inclined to trade Lively for a badass SF.
Lively's future is so bright. Gafford is a great pairing with him though. Both play really hard and that should not be discounted. Especially when bigs sometimes run hot and cold. I hope we find a way to keep Gafford. Maybe we can talk Luka into a discount to keep his Slovenian brother around.
I think they are both really effective if we can shore up our perimeter D. If you add an elite perimeter defender and maybe one more above average defender (maybe already on the roster) and just have everyone be connected then you can make finishing inside really, really diffcult. Unfortunately, we are asking our centers to really correct a lot of mistakes on penetration.