Nikola Mirotic
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Maybe. Might be more of an offseason move though. Why win 5 extra games or so and go from 8 to 12.
Look I’m all for it... currently Rubio is fine but he hasn’t meshed with Gobert at all and soon we may need DM to get more playmaking responsibilities. So he kind of clashes long term with our two most important guys.
You're smoking crack. Hood doesn't resemble even a shell of Ginobli.
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Our version of Manu doesn't mean the actual Manu. The best part of Manu was Pop's ability to bring a high quality starter off his bench to run his 2nd unit. Hood could be that for us, but never at the same level as Manu.
On a more serious note regarding Mirotic:
He's played very well over a small sample this year that he should expectedly come down from. Many people have referenced his 46.5% from deep and feel this is unsustainable as his career average is 36.1% and he will likely come down to 37-38%. Perhaps so. However, even if he dropped back down to that percentage I don't think people appreciate the full impact that would have. Even though his career % is sub-40%, he is a very high volume three point shooter -- attempting 8.5 per 36, not far off from 8.1 per 36 last year and 7.6 the year before. To put that into perspective, there are very few guys (who actually play) who are getting up that many attempts -- Harden, Curry, Hood, etc. The dude's shooting mechanics are real and he's swishing most of his shots. Even if shooting a lower percentage than he currently is, simply having his volume while maintaining respectable percentages is a serious floor spreading factor. Dirk is a career 38.3%, Kevin Love a career 36.8%, and Memo a career 37.5%. None of them are getting up nearly as many attempts per minute as he is. I'm not making any comparison of these other guys, but just pointing out three guys who are known to pretty hot outside shooters and floor spacers, despite shooting less than what the eyeball test would predict, and how that would really be a huge boon to complementing exactly what we need. I'm also more inclined to believe his trajectory is trending north of 40% -- he averaged 39.7% in 4 years of Euroleague (214/539).
Imagine the spacing dividends paid to Gobert and Mitchell by having the highest volume 3 point shooting big man (and it ain’t close) present on the floor at the 4 spot.
He's played very well over a small sample this year that he should expectedly come down from. Many people have referenced his 46.5% from deep and feel this is unsustainable as his career average is 36.1% and he will likely come down to 37-38%. Perhaps so. However, even if he dropped back down to that percentage I don't think people appreciate the full impact that would have. Even though his career % is sub-40%, he is a very high volume three point shooter -- attempting 8.5 per 36, not far off from 8.1 per 36 last year and 7.6 the year before. To put that into perspective, there are very few guys (who actually play) who are getting up that many attempts -- Harden, Curry, Hood, etc. The dude's shooting mechanics are real and he's swishing most of his shots. Even if shooting a lower percentage than he currently is, simply having his volume while maintaining respectable percentages is a serious floor spreading factor. Dirk is a career 38.3%, Kevin Love a career 36.8%, and Memo a career 37.5%. None of them are getting up nearly as many attempts per minute as he is. I'm not making any comparison of these other guys, but just pointing out three guys who are known to pretty hot outside shooters and floor spacers, despite shooting less than what the eyeball test would predict, and how that would really be a huge boon to complementing exactly what we need. I'm also more inclined to believe his trajectory is trending north of 40% -- he averaged 39.7% in 4 years of Euroleague (214/539).
Imagine the spacing dividends paid to Gobert and Mitchell by having the highest volume 3 point shooting big man (and it ain’t close) present on the floor at the 4 spot.
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Nah. You're underselling how good Ginobili was. By a lot. They are not comparable.
If he really wants to play for Utah that badly, it makes more sense just to wait his contract out and offer him in 2019.
Think LoPo is holding?
He hasn't meshed with Gobert because Gobert isn't on the court. As for his play style possibly clashing with Gobert and DM longterm, it's not really a problem since he's a FA in 2019,
Rubio doesn't need to be traded. His contract isn't hurting us at all and trading him wouldn't bring much in return. It makes more sense to keep him, make some other trades, get the roster healthy, and see if time and better team chemistry brings him out of this funk.
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His funk? His career long funk?
I agree we don’t need to trade him but if you can get off his contract we could allocate his salary number to something that fits.
If he is here we almost have to start him... I think DM should start at pg because that is the future. Do it now he is ready.
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Helluva post all around but the quoted part was my favorite part. Thanks for doing the research. If he can shoot the 3 like those guys then that would be amazing (i think its almost a certainty that he can shoot the three as good as those players). And none of those guys played great defense either. Lets not forget that he is also averaging over 10 rebounds per game per 36. Dirk nowitzki played 20 seasons and never once averaged 10 rebounds per 36. Memo played 10 seasons and never averaged 10 rebounds per 36 either. Of course Love has and he is a great rebounder. All three of these guys were all stars.Dirk is a career 38.3%, Kevin Love a career 36.8%, and Memo a career 37.5%.
Get him DL. Overpay a bit if you have to. Im fully on board getting this guy. My only concern is that i wish he was on a longer contract.