(11-20-2020, 01:42 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: So, you might be right, but just to play devil's advocate...what if he doesn't WANT to be in Luka's shadow? What if he wants to be the PRIMARY ball-handler for a team?There's a few things to this argument that need to be hammered out to reflect the nuance of my thought process. What you say in here is making the assumption that THJ is now and forever (while on this team, in this role) that same 3 pt specialist he was last year. There's got to be at least a bit of break tapping on that considering his numbers before he got here.
And, ok, you think he's better than THJ, so fine. I think that's fairly debatable, but let's go with that. Say you replace THJ with Bogdanovic...who's spacing the floor now? Richardson? Yikes.
I think there's a profound...I won't say misunderstanding, but maybe taking for granted of what great off-ball shooters like Hardaway bring to the table, and how that opens things up for others. It's not just about checking their damn 3pt%, guys.
On that same note, taking into consideration THJ's numbers before he got here and what he accomplished last year, why is it not in any realm of possibility to believe that a person who comes here as a better 3 pt shooter BEFORE coming here could at the very least replicate that success?
With that note, why is it so impossible to think that a person that comes here as a better shooter than THJ was before getting here while having more to his skillset that that person is not an upgrade?
Yes, THJ put in lots of work and had to be smart to do what he did. I just don't think it's impossible to believe someone else (or the aggregate of multiple elses) couldn't replace what THJ did last year all while adding more to their skillset to help the team out as a whole.