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...and that would be a problem how and why? Should we sign Jalen Smith for 10M p.a. instead, so he can average 10/4, while shooting your desired 40% from three as a floor spacer with mediocre defense.

You all made the decision that Flagg, Marshall and Washington cannot play together two months ago and now decide to hang onto this idea, like the key figure isn´t an rapidly evolving rookie that could be a completely different player in three months.

Get two rookie guards. Get another MLE guard. Get Kyrie back. Then we watch

Kyrie/M. Brown/C. Anderson
Christie/Simons/Johnson
Marshall/Martin/Thompson
Flagg/Washington/Bagley
Lively/Gafford/Cisse

...and make decisions. This equation only changes, if we get Boozer or Wilson.

I mean...sure, you're correct about a lot of this. 

Still, I feel I've seen enough to know Flagg is going to be more of an inside player than an outside player, at least for his rookie contract. It's basketball 101 to understand that putting shooting around him will greatly enhance his game, and the team has very few shooters. I actually think this contributed somewhat to Luka's game deteriorating into mostly stepback 3's late in his time here. That started out as a great and unpredictable weapon for him and unfortunately became basically a crutch. I believe deteriorating spacing as we got farther away from the Carlisle years was a factor. 

Definitely, the guys in question are two way players and that shouldn't be taken lightly, but how "two way" can they possibly be if they aren't fits, offensively? 

I've basically gotten to the point where I'd rather not even acknowledge "counting stats" as a data point, as I believe most NBA players are capable of decent averages in any 2/3 of scoring, rebounding and assists, given enough minutes and a green light. What matters to me is synergy. Your point that we're making decisions on limited and imperfect information is a decent one, but the guys in question being able to put up counting stats doesn't move the needle for me at all.