(04-30-2021, 09:05 AM)dirkfansince1998 Wrote: No. I am using a 40 games sample size for KP. And a 61 games sample size for THJ. Chances are that both will have more bad/mediocre games than good games.
I´d say it´s save, they have more average/good/Great/THEYWOULDBE!M!V!P!IFTHEYALWAYSPLAYLIKETHIS games than bad ones. And that´s not just semantics, they are better than average players in this league.
(04-30-2021, 09:44 AM)StrandedOnBeauboisHill Wrote: If I felt that there was a player available via free agency or trade this offseason (without using KP) that would fit that star mold and give us the convenience of just using KP as an X factor then I would agree but I don't see that name available.
I would almost argue the opposite. Holding onto to KP makes us a team that is more focused on trying to force a square peg into a round hole and please someone's ego instead of focusing on winning. Trading KP does not signal a rebuild. We need to retool around Luka and working to find better skill sets to fit around him I think very much makes us a team that wants to win.
As for the very immediate future, I want the guy to be healthy and ball out in the playoff and contribute to wins like he did last year before going down. For the long term future next to Luka, we need to build a competent defense and moving KP is probably the only way to do that.
Are you getting this player by trading KP? True question. I don´t see it.
Working around the edges with our square peg to fit it in the end might be worth it. Trading KP now seems like throwing away all pegs and ending with a board (Luka) and a lot of big and small holes and some pieces way to small.
By the way in the NBA: 4th in Offense 15th in Defense >>> 10th in Offense 4th in Defense.
We all now that Defense can supercharge an Offense. But bad Offense kills every Defense.