(02-23-2021, 11:20 AM)dirkfansince1998 Wrote: Only trades that I would consider for KP. Getting back another star level player in his prime. Getting back the NY package (picks, young players). ...
My concern for KP in Dallas has always been where would he play, how would he be used in the Carlisle system. Even though he's a star role (and salary) which means he will get his minutes, I think he faces the same question that Boban and other bigs face and that is who does he guard?
Putting KP at 5 makes sense IF his body can hold up as a 5 so that he's rim protecting and rebounding well.
Watching him though, even pre-injury when he was doing that very well for a stretch, it seemed to me too demanding for his body type and not ideal for his play style and the general injury prone history he now has.
His body and play style always seems more like a small forward or stretch 4 then a solid 5.
His offensive preferences are much more forward like than the inside/out or outside/in game of even a modern 5.
In terms of a trade, similar to what I said with Boban, maybe another coach feels they would use KP much differently just as Kerr, and then Lebron saw a usable force in Javale McGee who was going nowhere in Dallas.
Not sure just where KP's athleticism is now, but still looks like he can be a force offensively in the right spots, to the right degree. Defensively, who is the matchup and who is he on the floor with, especially on the front line. That's trickier.