(02-23-2021, 06:13 PM)Omega_Supreme Wrote: You cannot win with KP being your number 2 and in and out of the lineup like that.
Karl Anthony Towns would be my number 1 choice as well as a trade target if he is available.
The issue with Towns is that he tends to play soft sometimes but he does play with his back to the basket and is an offensive upgrade over KP. A pairing with Luka could be really really dangerous.
Not to be Captain Obvious, but you can't win with ANYONE as your #2 that's in and out of the lineup all the time. I do get what you are saying...we need a #2 that's in the lineup way more than he's out.
I think the #1 and #2 guys have to be in the lineup for 80% of the regular season (65-70ish games in a regular 82 game season - 57-60ish games this year) and 100% of the playoffs to be serious about a championship.
He's played 17 of 29 games so far, but to be fair, KP was sitting 9 because of the mixup on the start of the season that which messed up his surgery that was scheduled. If you take out the first 9 games that were off-season surgery related...he's played 17 out of 20 games (85% of the games). He sits last night and tonight and that's 17 our of the last 22 (77%) --- and several back to backs.
If we are fair, Jaren Jackson Jr had the same surgery as KP, 15 days BEFORE KP did, and he's not back yet. We can cut him some slack, I think.
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