TDL Archived: The 2nd Rnd Pick Yankee Swap

[mvossman]

Oh, I see.
He had the Randle year in 20/21.

He is an close-to-average 3p-shooter with a not-so-fast release and is played like that by defences.

And he is no real ballhandler/playmaker.
He can’t break down a defence.

I'm not saying, he isn't a useful player. But we need someone to relieve Luka and Din.

And we need to keep the spacing good enough.

Randle is really not a good comparison.  Bogdan has never shot under 36% in any year.  Guys that shoot league average or better from 3 and get off over 7 3s a game generate plenty of spacing.  He is not a Maxi or Dorian who needs to be wide open to take the 3.  His shot profile looks closer to Timmy than those guys.  There is nothing in the numbers to suggest he would be a huge drop off in spacing.

He is not an ideal choice to lead an offense for significant minutes, but he would be a significantly better option than anything we have right now, and likely better than anybody we can find on the vet min scrap heap.