05-18-2025, 12:34 PM
Fact Kyrie Klay and AD have injury history and are ancient elders in NBA terms so we need to address the need to keep guys that fit as replacements. Lively is young so he and Cooper are the core of the team going into the future after the elder statesmen are out of the league or so much less effective they are only good as being on the court coaches to the younger guys. AD may be out of 30 to 40 games a season some years. You have to keep PJ around for that reason alone. We have Max to back up Klay and who knows what else we can cobble together with other guys on this team. I am just hoping we get NAJI to where he can start hitting 3 pointers because the rest of his game is a keeper. Brandon Williams is developing into a very capable Kyrie replacement so what we may need is a Luka replacement someone 6'6 to 6'7 who passes great and has a more finessed game to play with and a little bit of bulk to use and bang on others if need be but someone that can none the less plays as a point whatever. Still hoping we can find a Dirk clone as well. Cooper may be a bit closer to Larry Bird clone than anything. If he can play point forward then just use him to bring the ball up and play a bigger PG there like NAJI. Naji won't be the real PG or you can even use PJ there since he hits the 3 better, unless you just feel the need to put someone out there who is 6'1 or so to fool the other team into thinking he is the PG.