NEWS: RC out | Kidd hired as head coach & assembling staff

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In the playoffs (336 mins) KP was +18.7 on O and -8.8 on D....overall +9.9 on/off. 

That is positive......BUT he spent 191 of his 233 mins on court with Luka (+35.3) and DFS (+42.7) who had video game numbers. So the reality is this:




GOOD NEWS: KP with Luka and DFS was part of a lineup that would have soundly beat the Clippers.

BAD NEWS: KP without those guys was part of some of the worst playoff basketball of the year.


So to the point: I think KP in that "non-star" role CAN be a plus....but if you take him away from the heavy lifters he will not fill in to carry a team. 


NOTE: With a new coach this could ALL change potentially.

Main thing to KP to me is you just got to get him back to playing to 2020-2021 level defense as a 5/rim protecter.   He doesn't have to be Oscar Robinson, just back to what he was before the meniscus tear.