02-04-2026, 06:06 PM
(02-04-2026, 06:01 PM)Smitty Wrote: I think Gump and I have been beating this drum all summer/season that Flagg should not have some cap on his ceiling and that Point-Flagg is a real thing. That he’s not just some PF only guy and his rookie numbers so far are eerily similar to LeBron, Luka, KD, etc. There is no box in which Flagg should be placed.
On the contrary, I'd sprint as fast as I could to put him into the "PF with more ball-handling skills than his opposing PF" box. That way, I factually KNOW my team has an advantage every single night in the front court.
Doesn't mean he can't run the offense for a possession here and there, and he probably should. That has never been in question. It was, and always will be stupid to even attempt to play a Flagg/Marshall/PJW/AD/Gafford lineup with a straight face. It's so obvious that this was wrong it's not even worth discussing anymore, but as long as people keep bringing it up, I guess that's what we'll do.
The argument was NEVER about development. It started during a time when (some) people around here claimed that was a recipe for winning THIS YEAR.