2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

[DanSchwartzgan]

HAguiar95

I'd really like to see JB-Luka-DFS-Maxi-KP lineup to see the results.
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I'd like to see something close to this.  If we are going to experiment, why not try some time with KP/Maxi starting together.  However, I'd move DFS to the bench and start Bullock.  Powell/DFS would be the bench bigs with THJ and Frank as the bench wings.  This would work much better if we had Dragic or some other ball handler on the team.  The DFS based lineup isn't ideal against guard dominant teams like Portland.  The Bullock based lineup isn't ideal against teams with bigger wings like the Clippers (when everyone is healthy).  I'm not a fan of single-big Powell, but if you have to do it, do it against bench bigs, not starters.

Next up, how to get Dragic...or someone like him.  Inspired by Fifteenth, I've been playing around with Toronto deals.  I wonder if things are bad enough with Siakam that they would do some kind of major deal where we get him and Dragic and take Birch into our TPE for a pick.  I suspect it would cost Maxi and Green and a decent pick in addition to KP.  I think KP would fit well with the bigger wings they have.  Siakam (HS in Lewisville) would provide creation and on-ball defense at the PF position.  He's not the best 3 point shooter in the world, but lineups with him have been incredibly positive the last several years despite the lack of outside shooting.

Powell/Burch
Siakam/DFS
Luka/THJ
Bullock/Frank
Brunson/Dragic