2020-2021 ROSTER TALK: Archived

[omahen]

I find it interesting the perception that JR is killing this team and we need to put THJ in the starting lineup.  The 4 man KP/Luka/DFS/THJ is a net -16 with 131 defensive rating.  That is terrible.  Replace THJ with JR and goes up to +2, and that is weighed down by THJ (KP/Luka/DFS/THJ/JR is -21).  

JR has been disappointing this year on offense and is not what we hoped, but he has been more effective with the starting unit that THJ.  That is likely due to the difference in defense.  Maybe putting Holmes in the starting lineup will mitigate some of that, but I just don't see a KP/Luka/THJ group being able to play contender level defense.

I am all for upgrading JR spot in the starting lineup, but THJ is not the answer and Green isn't either.  We are going to have to get somebody and they are going to cost at least 15.  That means baring trades, we can re-sign THJ or sign Holmes, but not both.

Very well written imho. THJ works well with starters when we lack offense from the rest. If we have Luka and KP with him it just seems there are not enough shots to go around between the three of them. You can see that all lineups (focusing on at least 30 minutes samples) featuring Luka, KP and THJ are more or less bad, most of them very bad. The best one is with Kleber and JRich with +8 net rating. Even offense is not great when the three of them are together.