2020-2021 ROSTER TALK: Archived

[dirkfansince1998]

Can they really though?

Richardson has averaged more than 3 APG once in his career.
Oladipo has averaged more than 4.3 APG once in his career.
THJ has never averaged 3 APG in his career.

It´s not whether you do it, it´s whether you theoretically could be a virtual PG, if you are forced to by other teams.

On the other hand while DeRozan and Lavine are not classic PGs, they have played as #1 options as well. Lavine hasn´t averaged more than 4.5 APG in his career, but he´s never averaged below 3.0 APG either in any of his six NBA seasons.

Then you have DeRozan, who has become more and more of a playmaker throughout his career. Worked himself up from 0.8 to 1.8 to 2.5 to 4.0 and the last three years he´s been above 5 APG. I also read DeRozan finished 6th or 7th last year in total 3pt assists, so he could mimic Luka (he was top 3) most closely from the options.

Lavine has a terrible ast/tov ratio. Take a look at the opinion of Bulls or T´Wolves fans. All of them are telling the same story. Good scorer with tunnel vision. Next to Luka that wouldn´t be as much of a problem but he is not the kind of player that can the an offense when Luka is on the bench. Basically THJ with more athleticism and better iso scoring. Just as bad on defense. Maybe a slightly better shooter.