TDL Archived: The 2nd Rnd Pick Yankee Swap

[ItsGoTime]

 

I really can´t see why you would want to change THJ into Clarkson.
If it´s Crowder, why not just Powell -> Jae.

I’d guess the reason is I don’t fully have the faith in THJ that you do that he’ll return to the player he was for 2 years (before the last) here. Clarkson gives us another ball handler that can run the offense on his own should one of Luka or Dinwiddie need rest or get injured. I prefer that in a guy taking up the minutes THJ will take. Bringing in any ball handler that is rotation worthy means someone isn’t getting playing time they’re used to (if we were keeping THJ). 


I think this trade puts us in dark horse contender status. I look at it as SD taking JB’s role and Clarkson taking SD’s role from the playoffs. SD in that role is the better “run the offense and distribute” to spell Luka on the court candidate compared to JB’s run the offense to score for himself mostly style. I believe that will bring the team together much more. Clarkson is more of the JB mentality that we had here with JB, but he’s coming off the bench so it’s just less worrisome in my mind.

Finally, switching Clarkson with THJ protects us in case THJ doesn’t have a good season where we have to look at him for 2 more seasons after this next failed one. Like THJ, Clarkson has shown up for the playoffs, so we don’t lose out on that aspect either.