05-10-2021, 10:21 PM
(05-10-2021, 07:42 PM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: All of this is well put. I like the idea of one of Holmes/Powell/WCS on the floor at all times. DFS at PF has seemed to work well with Powell and WCS lately, where it hasn’t worked so well with KP. Part of that has been THJ has been on fire. But, you absolutely can’t even try KP/DFS/THJ as your front court. I also think it would be MUCH easier to build a team around a specific prototype as long as the version of that prototype is good enough.
With that said, I’m not totally convinced our PF rotation can’t be KP and Maxi as long as we have the right rim runners at center. I’m not convinced it can work either, but I’d like to see a little of it.
A couple of thoughts:
If we get Holmes, it has been mentioned that it likely won't be sign and trade which means we will be operating under the cap. In that scenario I don't see us taking on WCS team option. Maybe we can sign him for minimum, but good chance he is not on the team.
I assume by "the right rim runners at center" you mean guys who can rim run, but play power forward on defense? I feel like putting a rim runner on the court with KP takes away one of his most useful/unique skills (pulling centers to the three point line) but pushing him out to the 4 on defense would truly crater his value.
Powell fits that mold (you don't want him playing 5 on defense anyways) and Holmes would too. But adding Holmes (another ~15 mil) seems like serious over investment in our frontcourt. We desperately need a SG to take some pressure off Luka and I don't see fitting that in with Holmes (unless maybe it's Graham).