2020-2021 ROSTER TALK: Archived

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Yes, yes. We've been over this a TON around here, and everyone agrees with you, including me. I've been on the Collins train for a long, long time. 

But, how do you reconcile your point above with the numerous KP statements that he needs to be directly involved in the actions. He has made it pretty clear that he's not content to be a floor spacer while Luka directly interacts with another player, like the way Luka/Powell/KP were used early last season. 

Do you simply go against his wishes and have him stand in the corner while you run pick and roll with Collins/Luka? I'm not saying that's the wrong choice, because that Luka/Powell offense was AWESOME, but there's a REASON they're not going back to that play style, and most of us agree that it has something to do with trying to make KP feel important and get touches. I'm not sure blowing that mission up will help the team much if he's still on the roster.

I think people take it too far when they say KP ALWAYS wants to be the PnR player, and that if he is ever asked to spot up for a 3 he's going to pout.   No, he'll probably be fine playing with Collins because Collins can play PnR roll AND ALSO shoot 3s as a stretch big.    So now you can mix and match your PnR combos and let's the big dogs take turns eating.   The problem is when you pair up KP with an extremely offensively limited big like WCS or Dwight Powell who can't shoot, then KP is always forced to be the spot up shooter because of the limitations of the other bigs.   DP and WCS can only do 1 thing well on offense, which limits what other guys on the floor can do.   KP looked like a blooming star at the end of last year playing with Maxi, because Maxi is our only big who can shoot.   Which, because of injuries/COVID we've really only had Maxi and KP playing together a small handful of games this year.    That's why I kinda hate when people try to mix and match 1 dimensional skill sets into the roster ... it's like, good NBA offenses are actually multi and versatile and have players who can attack you from a lot of different ways.    I reject this idea that we don't need another on ball scorer because we're just going to let Luka dribble the air out of the ball for most of the game while four other guys stand and watch outside the 3 point arc   That's just a very rudimentary and vanilla brand of NBA basketball that will get shut down in the playoffs.