I feel like it's Scottie Barnes' destiny to become one of those guys. Bam is becoming one of those guys, or might be one already.
I think the dilemma is that right now we have a Top 5 guy (and that's conservative, I think we agree Luka is Top 2 when he's right), another Top...
Carry a team to what? Austin's really good, but I don't know that he's that good. The Ringer has him as the 44th best player in the league. I...
Yeah once the midrange jump shot went away AD was a 5. Plus LeBron aged into being more of a 4. We didn't invest in a 5 when AD was here because...
Derrick Jones Jr. He defended at the POA, Washington defended on the wing and they always had a center backing them up. We need both. Even if we...
This is where I’m at too. Fit is more important than ever. This idea that Reaves should only be traded for an All-Star is outdated. It’s not...
Yeah, I'd do that. Allen can get bullied by some of the bigger centers in the league, but those bigger centers are the exact types of guys we can...
Oh I definitely wouldn't move Reaves for guys like that. My ideal Reaves trades are something like Reaves for Suggs, Reaves for Kessler +...
It's a tough call. I'm more in the push the chips in for next year camp because I think LeBron will still be at a Top 10-15 level and its hard...
Well we need both. We need a real center and better perimeter defenders. Those Jazz teams had Gobert but Conley/Mitchell/Bojan were getting...
Yup, and the Artest signing in the summer of 2009 feels like a relic of another era. You just don't see high-end role players signing with...
NAW was the one guy I saw as a great potential full MLE option, he'd be perfect as the primary backup to Luka and Austin at both guard positions...
This is a good way of thinking about it. I think I'd go: Rim protection Lob threat Rebounding Switchability Floor spacing on offense Lob...
Vando is a 9th-10th man. He can give us some good regular season minutes, but the rest of the roster needs to be constructed such that he can be...
No, it doesn’t. The guy becomes unplayable every playoffs like clockwork because he is literally afraid to shoot the basketball. He’s at best a...
For sure, I in no way want LeBron gone. I hope he’s here for a few more years. But I think there’s a good chance next season is his last.
The big overarching question of the offseason is the push-pull between setting ourselves up for a prolonged run with Luka and going all in to get...
Yeah, I do think it makes sense for them to move Duren for a younger/cheaper shooter rather than paying Beasley or THJ, but if I were them I'd be...
After poking around Pistons Reddit/forums, it seems like their consensus is that Stewart is a better player than Duren and the one they want to...
Haliburton really is Reggie Miller 2.0. He's really not a superstar, or one of the defining players of the era, but he may be remembered as a...
