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I agree; sf is his position
I know you are, but what am I?
I agree; sf is his position
Raul Neto just dropped 22/9 on DJ and basically carved us up. Does that mean he’s not really an All Star type player?
DJ could've been Danny Green , much more useful player instead of this triple double all star. You think Raul Neto would drop 22 points on 3 and D version of DJ. KJ should loose 20 pounds and play the SF he would lose his ability to absorb contact but at least we stop playing midget ball. Imagine a 180 lbs Danny Green and a 200 pound flat footed Kawhi Leonard, the dream.
I don’t think that’s a good take. DJ had a great game with a monstrous triple-double. I think there DJ had to pick his battle which is the best balance to win the game. I’m sure he’ll improve where Pop would show when he needs to focus more on D. But as Pop said himself, the guy was exhausted coming from the AS weekend and couldn’t more than he already did. Dang, what else do you want?
Likewise with Keldon, except Keldon doesn’t have as much responsibility facilitating and overall tempo of the game like DJ has. Last night wasn’t even guarding down a post but from the arch and still got overpowered driving. Pop had to pick Keldon’s scoring over KBD’s better cover but not scoring as well. I don’t know what would be the outcome with KBD slowing Kuzma because he was also passing great with 7 assists.
I think people are reading too much into the Kuzma game. Kuz hit a lot of tough contested jumpers. Homie doesn't do that on the regular and if he could he'd be a much better player.
I didn't watch the game but if what you are saying is true then it shows again why small ball with Keldon is not going to work long term.
Well Kuzma lit up Mobley for 34 the next game on better efficiency does it show tall ball is not going to work?
I'm sure Duncan got lit up every now and then in his prime, but the solution was never to have an undersized player replace him in the rotation. The odds are Kuzma is not going to light up Mobley again but there is a high chance he will be able to light up Keldon again. Keldon will consistently have these problems guarding taller guys who can shoot.
Odds are correct because they won't play again this season, but 3 out of 4 games Kuzma did went off on Mobley.
Keldon at the 4 is not a viable option long term but in certain matchups it’s more palatable. His instincts defensively are not where they need to be.
Agreed. We make some opponent play above his skillset to look like an all-star every game. It was Kuzma's turn.
But, I do think Keldon isn't as fit looking as he was last season. I wish we didn't have to play him on someone bigger than him every game.
Devin is blossoming with Derrick being gone. I wasn't a big fan of moving White but it appears to have been the right play.
Likewise consistency for the rest of the season for Devin and Lonnie. For Devin, getting stronger in the off-season and mental toughness. Devin needs to have the alpha at ude that he would be asked to carry a big part of scoring, being the better scorer of the group. Again, I see Devin as the 20+ ppg besides Murray.
it obviously was if youwant to get anything outta devin/primo next season. White is still struggling to shoot with the c's
Devin’s never shown any indication of not being mentally tough. Other than Keldon, I don’t recall any of our youngsters being tougher and more aggressive in year two.
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Hate to be captain obvious…..but you know
Vassell's not the guy we have been thinking he is. Sean keeps talking about what a sweet stroke he has on his shots, but stats don't lie. His two years of 3 pts shots have only connected at 34%. That's barely average. certainly not a good enough shooter to move into the SG position and not good enough to be a 3 and D SF if we have anyone better to slot in at that position.
Statistically he has a slight edge on Lonnie Walker in most categories including a perception that Vassell plays better defense.
Statistically, Vassell and Josh Richardson are also very close in most categories with Richardson having a small edge in shooting percentages. BFD.
The truth of the matter is that none of these guys is going to take us very far in the direction of a championship. We need to replace them with better players for the future SF or SG slot instead of blinding ourselves with hope that they will develop into the players we'd like them to be.
surprised i didn't see this posted on this thread. i forgot about it until ja morant did his nasty dunk last night.
Vassell with a pretty sweet dunk against the Heat a couple nights ago:
And I should say and1 on Duncan Robinson with his hand swatting down, could’ve been a dangerous spill
Does anyone still think passing on Haliburton wasn’t a mistake? I hope time proves me wrong.
We gotta stop worrying about the past. Every draft pick is a gamble because even lottery picks fail to achieve their supposed potential sometimes. Our FO has done remarkably well considering where we had to draft for the last two decades because of the team's successful years of getting into the playoffs. But now, we probably will have an opportunity for a good draft pick, even if we have to trade up to get there.
What I want to see is another draft pick in the top rung of the lottery to give us a better chance at getting some talent ready to go right now. We have openings IMHO at PF, SG, and SF if the right guy is available. We haven't been in such a favorable position going into the draft for a long long time.
I don't understand all this love for Haliburton. For how good he is supposed to be the kings were terrible with him and the pacers haven't been any better. Another one of those "doesn't seem to impact winning" players
Yeah, I've been thinking the same thing. He's actually gotten some national hype (blurbs) this season and a fair bit locally too, but he's been a slight disappointment.
I realize he's only 20-21 and I'm still confident he'll be a solid piece going forward, but as you alluded to, he's neither quite the legit 3 or D (off ball disruptor/play maker) type he was portrayed as and the better comp than Mikal Bridges is, as you said, Richardson.
There's nothing wrong with that in a vacuum, but at 11, with a team in desperate need of talent, to pass on Haliburton and Maxey (and this is not revisionist history) only could be spun as sensible under the guise that they were more committed to White than we found out they were.
He was 20-21 and played 109 games for a team that's been variations of bad for going on 16 years.
People need to stop spouting results without context period. Way too many innocent bystanders receive credit/criticism based off of it.
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