2021-2022 AROUND the NBA: GSW Champs [ARCHIVED]

[sterlingmallory]

Completely agree, and for my my money you need a good mix of the emboldened AND the reverse of that (offensive skill, but not a a liability on defense). 

Two-way-players.

Correct. Two-way players are the future. The days of the defensive specialist and the all offense no defense type of player are coming to an end. Or at least, those types of players will not be getting major minutes deep in the playoffs for a championship team anymore. Pat Beverley was a defensive specialist that looked like an absolute liability in the playoffs against Luka. Lou Williams is one of those good offensive players but terrible defenders that is a liability these days as well. A championship team in the modern NBA has to have 7-8 guys that are credible, reliable two way players that can't be taken advantage of on either end. We should be collecting as many of those types as possible. Luka, Bullock, and DFS are 3 guys like that. THJ at least isn't terrible on defense and is a definite plus offensively. I have hopes that KP and Brunson can get there defensively as well. Maxi was bad in the playoffs on offense but I have confidence he can put it all together for a playoff run one of these days. That's 7 guys right there. It remains to be seen if Luka, KP, THJ, and Brunson can create enough offense to be a contender though.