01-01-2023, 02:54 PM
Not going to quote all that @"KillerLeft" simply because it’s huge (and I’m on mobile so it’s hard to take the pieces I want to respond to) but it’s full of good stuff and I honestly think we’re pretty much on the same page about most of that.
The list of players you gave is obviously on a giant spectrum in terms of impact (which you noted in the Lebron vs Rui example) so I guess with that in mind my stance would be this, we should go after two way wings no matter how they fit into the roster from a size perspective. If that player is someone like Siakim who would move DFS to the 3 then I’d be all for that experiment because of Siakims talent level on both sides of the court but guys like Vanderbilt don’t move the needle for me enough to experiment with DFS at the 3 because I don’t think he brings enough on offense for us to use our limited assets to go get him. Basically it would feel like we’re just shuffling in a new player that is a good role player but not a two way difference maker which is basically the current issue we already have.
A lot of my thinking comes from my belief that our size isn’t a huge issue because it allows us to be highly switchable on defense and bringing in more size can harm that sometimes (not saying someone like Vanderbilt would do that, just kind of stating my stance on size in the NBA in general). I’m also one of the folks who believe Maxi is pretty positionless as a big anyway and his ability to switch spots covers up a lot of roster issues for us (his health is obviously concerning long term).
The one thing I would also disagree with you on with Hardaway is that I actually do feel that if you plugged in Green into Hardaways role/minutes it does raise the ceiling of this team. Hardaways offensive numbers are BAD and I know he has bursts but I wish those bursts were coming off the bench. I would also plug Green into Dinwiddies role to be fair though, I’m just itching for more two way play and while Green isn’t perfect he’s the only option on the roster who can kind of scratch that for me.
The list of players you gave is obviously on a giant spectrum in terms of impact (which you noted in the Lebron vs Rui example) so I guess with that in mind my stance would be this, we should go after two way wings no matter how they fit into the roster from a size perspective. If that player is someone like Siakim who would move DFS to the 3 then I’d be all for that experiment because of Siakims talent level on both sides of the court but guys like Vanderbilt don’t move the needle for me enough to experiment with DFS at the 3 because I don’t think he brings enough on offense for us to use our limited assets to go get him. Basically it would feel like we’re just shuffling in a new player that is a good role player but not a two way difference maker which is basically the current issue we already have.
A lot of my thinking comes from my belief that our size isn’t a huge issue because it allows us to be highly switchable on defense and bringing in more size can harm that sometimes (not saying someone like Vanderbilt would do that, just kind of stating my stance on size in the NBA in general). I’m also one of the folks who believe Maxi is pretty positionless as a big anyway and his ability to switch spots covers up a lot of roster issues for us (his health is obviously concerning long term).
The one thing I would also disagree with you on with Hardaway is that I actually do feel that if you plugged in Green into Hardaways role/minutes it does raise the ceiling of this team. Hardaways offensive numbers are BAD and I know he has bursts but I wish those bursts were coming off the bench. I would also plug Green into Dinwiddies role to be fair though, I’m just itching for more two way play and while Green isn’t perfect he’s the only option on the roster who can kind of scratch that for me.
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