07-28-2021, 02:53 PM
(07-28-2021, 01:08 PM)VintagePejav2 Wrote: What is the realistic better option? Collins is not available - and I’m still stunned you’re so into Collins. Collins is a short-armed 4/5 who can’t create his own shot, yet you want to give the guy a max contract. The Hawks got better when he was less of a focus in their offense. Unreal. Conley is likely not available. They can’t pay Holmes unless they dump KP, and they can’t dump KP because they gave the guy a 5-year max with no injury protections. What exactly is the better option here? They can’t keep kicking the can down the road for the perfect deals because they’re not going to happen, ever.
Don't really agree with this other than he may not be available. Collins is a hyper efficient player that fits with many lineups, very close to the 1st ever 60/40/80 season. Showed very good defense on the perimeter and in the post. His max is around the same price as Lowry getting 3/90 as well except there's an extra year.
Hawks got better because they got Capela for rim protection and their young guys got better. They were starting like ... Bruno Fernando or something I think in 2019? Collins can score in the post over small guys on switches. He has room for improvement there too. His ball handling sucks, but that's fine. You don't need a max player to be a secondary ball handler for you. Brunson could do the job fine, his problem is he's getting destroyed on defense. The Game 3 Clippers Q1 comeback is mostly due to switching Kawhi onto Brunson. Brunson's offense throughout the series was more than sufficient though. He can't play next to Luka due to his defense, but he would be enough as the secondary ball handler if he could play.
The offense should be fine with Luka on the bench with any random pick and roll ball handler with Collins, so he still has an impact. The guy next to Luka can run a few plays to give Luka a breather off ball if they can run the pnr with Collins/whatever big as well. The secondary ball handler just needs to not be a huge negative on defense like Brunson is. Don't think you need to overpay for an amazing primary playmaker, Reggie Jackson is a shitty pure pg combo guard that could do the job, or Dragic. If you had both Reggie Jackson & Dragic, while Luka is on the bench, you could have them both out there for some flow offense and those guys shouldn't break the bank.
May all be moot though if Atl just matches whatever though. I think Nance or maybe Bagley could be decent fallback options. Bagley needs a lot of coaching on defense though, his bbiq is horrible.