08-02-2021, 10:44 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-02-2021, 10:45 AM by KillerLeft.)
(08-02-2021, 10:41 AM)StrandedOnBeauboisHill Wrote: What's interesting to me is why we're pigeonholing ourselves into a PG when it feels like we're really just after someone with just enough play making ability so that Luka has someone to dump the ball off to when being doubled in the playoffs. When I look at it that way then I'm hoping that Fournier is being considered, he's not a true PG but you can't just leave him to double Luka the way you can with THJ/Maxi/DFS because he can put the ball on the ground enough to make you pay. After guys like Lowry and Ball and maybe Powell he seems like the obvious choice to try to pair with Luka, signing Schroder as a plan C or D would make me very sad to be honest.
One thing that I believe might be part of the thinking, but that will drive people around here crazy, is that Luka is very clearly not an on-ball solution against PG's defensively.
During each of the last two off-seasons they've targeted PG or hybrid guards, and I think starting a smaller, quicker player with a career's worth of experience defending the point of attack might factor into that thinking.
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