02-12-2026, 09:44 AM
(02-12-2026, 08:21 AM)Smitty Wrote: Did my new signature give me away?
Look, I think PJW is a role player. What makes guys role players and not Stars is that they're either inconsistent, limited on one end of the floor, a flaw of some sort in their game. Imperfect. Do I think there are better players than PJ, yes, of course. Do I think there's a player available via trade, making PJ money, that checks more boxes than him? No. Here is the entire list of Wing names that are within 120% of PJ money or less next season:
Miles Bridges
Kyle Kuzma
Patrick Williams
Keldon Johnson
Max Strus
Brandon Miller
Obi Toppin
Herb Jones
Jonathan Isaac
Grant Williams
Bobby Portis
Zaccharie Risacher
Dorian Finney-Smith
Deni Avdija
The bold are the only players that have both a higher 3PT percentage and attempts per game than PJW. So, all of the rest don't even check the better "spacing" box.
So, do you want to trade PJW for Brandon Miller or Max Strus? Are either or both better and more versatile than PJ defensively? Maybe.
Miller isn't getting traded though.
So, it comes down to do you want PJ Washington next year or Max Strus?
What I'm saying is that I think even just playing Klay Thompson at the 3 more next to Flagg is likely to "work" better.
You're stuck on "what instead" and I'm not there yet because it's not interesting to me. No matter how many times you bring that up, it's not going to convince me that PJW fits with Flagg, because I (unfortunately) feel very strongly that he does not.
Also, anyone who has watched PJW play should know that percentages don't play into it. What's needed at that other forward spot is someone who's HOPING to shoot a catch and shoot 3, not viewing that as a last resort.