07-12-2021, 08:07 PM
(07-12-2021, 07:44 PM)cjeter24 Wrote: To be fair, KP was equally torched in the Clippers series, we just didn't notice it all that much because it was for 2.5 games. But his defensive stats and off/on were pretty similar when I looked at them the other day.
The defensive player of the year in Gobert also got played off the court, or at least he should have. They kept him on the court lol.
Clippers are a brutal matchup for bigs and shouldn't be the standard for what you are up against. Any other matchup in the West and he's better defensively although probably still not great due to the offensive talent for the bigs.
Offensively he was simply game planned out but offense ran fine with him on the court still except when he was the only guy on the court aka Luka sat lol.
John Wall had one major injury and it was a killer. That's really not a fair comparison. Almost anyone on a max deal that's not an absolute superstar is untraceable with a single major injury.
- I don’t want the highest % of the cap going to a guy who can’t play against small lineups. Had this debate before but again wouldn’t want to be paying Gobert his current contract either.
- I don’t want the highest % of the cap going to a guy can be “simply game planned out” on offense. Luka needed help. He wanted to have someone else help. The idea that KP was capable to do more and just not allowed to by the game plan is ridiculous.
- Wirh KP’s previous injury history, if he suffer one more season ending knee injury you will not be able to trade him period. His frame, history of guys his size are scary enough. Since we will be operating over the cap for the foreseeable future, it’s imperative that we not waste his 30+ salary slot. Have to either trade for usable players who salary match or open up the space this off-season and sign FA.
Just my opinion. The answers to KP questions on Thursday at the press conference will be telling.