2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

[JamesConway912]

Yeah Bamba is a work in progress, especially motor-wise. IIRC that was already a concern around the draft, not a good sign. He shot 38% from three though on 4 attempts per game. That's pretty darn good although the concerns about everything PnR-related (on both ends lol) are real, too. So meh. If we're looking at our limited ressources to improve the team he's a good name to keep in mind though probably. We're really in a tight spot all things considered.

Sean Deveney linked us to Malik Monk in his latest article btw. I always liked him and he had a good season but not with Luka/Brunson/Dinwiddie/Hardaway already here.

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He gets absolutely torched off the swtich in a PnR setting. Bamba ranked in the 19th percentile in defending PnR's  (For reference, our very own Dwight Powell was in the 79th percentile in defending the PnR this year). 

He has slow lateral movements which isn't out of the ordinary for the behemoth that he his. He isn't very good as a screener in the PnR setting either as he's ranked in the 23rd percentile for PnR screener. But is this because the system doesn't play to his strengths or is he just truly terrible at the PnR, the bread and butter of Luka?

What Bamba does bring though is a unique stretch big. He's in the 47th percentile for spot ups, where most of his threes comes from. 

I don't see the fit for Bamba unless he's replacing Maxi, which is the role that most similarly plays to his current strengths. But we're also losing out on Maxi's elite D so it doesn't make sense to make Bamba a priority tbh.

I think you can exclusively view Bamba as a C here defensively, Maxi's ability to guard forwards / some wings needs a different replacement if we were to move on from him. I'd just keep Maxi though.

Maybe you can find someone in the draft to slowly grow into a replacement role though over the next years.