Vucevic is a legit all-star in his prime.
His contract is also great, 24 million in 21-22 season and 22 in 22-23 season.
I love Jakob, but if we're to be a legit playoff team, his flaws are just too much.
Amazing defender, sets great screens, but that's it. His finishing around the rim is soft, he's one of the worst FT shooters in the league and he's still a foul machine.
I can't see him playing more than 20 to 25mpg on a serious playoff team.
Now if you look at the rest of our roster, right now it looks like our starting lineup in a couple of years should be DJ/Derrick/Devin/Keldon, with Luka and Lonnie as the other players in contention to start.
None of them except for Devin will ever be legit 3pt shooters who're off-ball menace that causes chaos with their movement. Really bad spacing for modern game.
Lonnie is the other guy who can become an elite 3pt shooter, but he's been disappointing so far and I think he's the first one on the trading block if we talk young players.
If you start Jakob with those guys, it's simply not sustainable on offense. If we talk serious playoff teams, ofc.
Vucevic is averaging 6.5 3pa on 41% this season.
He might not be an ideal solution, but the facts are that we need some kind of a legit floor spacer on PF or C.
And I'd always take Vucevic over Collins, especially if we look at contract situations.