04-30-2021, 01:38 PM
(04-30-2021, 01:01 PM)omahen Wrote: 1. Do you realize that your coveted LaVine played in 63 % of games in his last 5 seasons, doesn't excel on defense and was never really a positive for the team neither did he made playoffs? I have a bit of a hard time seeing how he is such a huge upgrade over KP. We can bring all other pieces you are mentioning without trading KP
2. You want to bring Collins by saying to him he will be a number 2 option, which is a clear lie, since you plan to bring not only LaVine/Beal as clear number 2 on the team but also Holmes, who's only strength is PnR. I wonder how happy will that make Collins.
Allegedly
1a) Lavine had ONE major injury in his career. He tore his ACL in February and was back in October OF THE SAME YEAR, not October OF THE NEXT YEAR. Since that major injury he has not missed a game, unless it was season-ending tanking or COVID protocols.
1b) Has Porzingis played for a winning team before playing with the European LeBron James? I must have missed it.
1c) Lavine has an identical (positive) DRPM to Porzingis this season, but he ranks 26th in the league in WIN shares, while Porzingis ranks 92nd.
1d) That´s before we simply go into the actual eyetest: the ridiculous degree of difficulty and defensive attention Lavine receives, while maintaining nearly a 50/40/90 split. Porzingis can´t even get close to those shooting percentage, while receiving maybe half the attention, being defended by SFs or left wide open, while Luka draws triple teams.
2a) Of course I´m lying IF everything goes right, but nobody can tell what will happen 12 or 24 months from now. So in that moment I was not.
2b) Holmes is getting 9 FGA per game currently, playing for the Kings. It´s reasonable he´d get the same around here, which is far less than Capela.