(02-09-2022, 02:14 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: This is all fair.
I think I'm leaning the other way, mostly because I just don't think this team uses shooters the same way Carlisle's team did. I just didn't see them running Hardaway around screens before the catch like in years past, so I'm not sure what value there truly is in getting a guy like Hield who is qualified for a role like that but would be relegated to a standstill catch-and-shoot spacing role.
I honestly think you can find guys to do that well enough who are also defenders.
And maybe it's naive of me, but I'm starting to buy-in on this "defense first" thing they have going. I'm kind of ok with just letting Green and Ntilikina continue to duke it out for the 4th guard minutes. You're basically only going to play three of them in the playoffs, anyway. If one of those three gets hurt, I suppose I'd rue that statement, but something tells me Hield wouldn't be thrilled to come here and be the 4th guard, which is the role I believe he'd get.
Buddy had a great season in 18-19 when he was the guy. Things went downhill with the emergence of Fox and Luka Walton being the coach. Less of a focal point in the offense and less catch and shoot opportunities. He seems like a perfect candidate for needing a change of scenery and unfortunately for him, he landed with Carlisle which I think will be a disaster. A Kidd pairing would be preferable as would a defined and consistent role. He's bad on defense as everyone has mentioned so I wouldn't expect anything different. The nod I would give to THJ is effort. The question I'd have is who is better at creating their own shot, THJ or Buddy?
I'm not going to be bothered either way and we'll probably get outbid by the Lakers. I don't want to give up a FRP for the experiment. The Lakers trading for him would be funny because of his defensive weakness.