2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

[Jakeospikez]

Rest of centers are starting to deviate from ideal, imho. Turner can play defense, but he doesn't really PnR and his rebounding is questionable. I think Indy will play him as their featured center at least until TDL, unless he cleary indicates he wants out. Holmes can only PnR and doesn't shoot, but he has that nice floater from roughly free point range. Gobert can only PnR, the rest of offense is at Powell level. Vucevic could fill that role offensively, but he is a horrible defender. I think guys like Drummond or McGee can only be useful in regular season. Looney proved to be a fantastic defender, but other than that he would be at Powell level of offense in Mavs system.

I don't think Indy will keep Turner until the TDL. They are rebuilding and need to get as much value as possible. They don't really need to build him up further and he could get injured again. It's possible Turner didn't even get injured, he just got shut down to avoid injury and to help Indy tank for that high lottery chance. Turner/Wood are expiring on rebuilding teams so they should be dumped for assets. Hawks are trying to win now so Collins is probably apart of a big move for someone like Ayton.

Gotta remember with Turner he's almost always been playing next to Sabonis who is one of the best rebounders in the entire league and took a bunch from him. Turner has been their more perimeter focused player so he won't get as many offensive rebounds etc. He'll be the lone big here. Also wouldn't really get to roll into the paint much with that front court either. One thing to note is Turner shot over 66% from 2 last season, which is pretty insane. He's really good at scoring inside now and doesn't just dunk. His ball handling is really good for a big too. I like this video vs Boston, he attacks closeouts really well and does some finger rolls. This was while they still had Schroeder, but it's still Boston's defense. He can abuse mismatches.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUKlwXpl4Jg

Turner should be pretty close to optimal. He seems mobile enough and can work inside. Maybe the biggest concern is getting open 3s from Luka and clanking them but the defense should make up for that. He should probably be the first target they go after. Other centers that could be perfect for the system are likely still developing their game. Jaxson Hayes and maybe Mo Bamba? 2 other potential targets although both pretty unlikely with Hayes' court issues and Bamba probably requiring a S&T. Bamba pretty rail thin though so he might be like KP avoiding rolling to the rim for dunks to protect the knees. I think the effort issues are overblown when these guys are on bad tanking teams with expiring contracts. They aren't going hard to avoid injury and make sure they're healthy to sign their next deal. Injury = millions of $ lost.