07-13-2021, 07:13 PM
(07-13-2021, 06:55 PM)Jakeospikez Wrote: Can't only use regular season statistics. Need to consider what happens to the effectiveness of lineups when in a 7 game series and the opposing team starts micromanaging their counters. Clippers see that 5 out lineup and play Batum at the 5 and have Kawhi + PG already. Lineup can't punish that at all since the roster has no counters for their counter other than a hail mary with Boban. Ty Lue already called it mid-series, just said, yeah they're gonna go to Boban. (and in his mind, he already knew he didn't care)
My argument was that Luka does not need special unique frontcourt players for offense. You are making a defensive argument. There is no question that KP was bad defensively and that if he can't get back to what he was prior to this season he needs to go, and he may need to go regardless. But you replace him with Holmes for half the price and you don't have these issues. No need to add Collins to the ledger.
As for the offense in the playoffs, the starting lineup (which replaced JRich with THJ) was 126 off with a +10. That group was not the problem.