Here's my take on Davis:
You sign Davis because you're trying to somewhat approximate from the bench that which you have in the starting lineup. That is to say, a guy who comes in and can be relied upon for all the dirty work: grabbing rebounds, playing D, and knowing he's not the focal point of the offense. Now, Gobert is a bit different because he can open things up for other guys in different ways, but simplistically, you're mostly playing Gobert for his dfensive impact and you allow your other guys to fill in. The same thing with the bench. You aren't playing him to score. The problem has become is that you have a ****** offensive group off the bench, and none of those other guys do any of those "small things," so if they're not scoring, then you're screwed. It's harder to find a guy willing to play hard and do the dirty work than it is to find a guy who will shoot the ball. So yeah, when you have **** offense around Ed Davis, you expect **** matchups. But even when we were playing Bradley with the bench, those bench units were still worthless. Bradley gives up so many easy baskets that he's like Boozer and Kanter on steroids. His offensive stats look nice, but he's hurting you when he's on the floor. The problem isn't finding someone like Bradley to put on the floor with Niang, Green and Mudiay, it's about finding some better people or combos than Green and Niang.
I mean, imagine if Gobert was on a crappy team. Because your team sucks so bad, you wouldn't notice his impact, and you'd get frustrated with his "lack of offense," so you'd propose a stupid idea like replacing him with someone that puts up more points on the box score. That's our bench.
/Team Edward
You sign Davis because you're trying to somewhat approximate from the bench that which you have in the starting lineup. That is to say, a guy who comes in and can be relied upon for all the dirty work: grabbing rebounds, playing D, and knowing he's not the focal point of the offense. Now, Gobert is a bit different because he can open things up for other guys in different ways, but simplistically, you're mostly playing Gobert for his dfensive impact and you allow your other guys to fill in. The same thing with the bench. You aren't playing him to score. The problem has become is that you have a ****** offensive group off the bench, and none of those other guys do any of those "small things," so if they're not scoring, then you're screwed. It's harder to find a guy willing to play hard and do the dirty work than it is to find a guy who will shoot the ball. So yeah, when you have **** offense around Ed Davis, you expect **** matchups. But even when we were playing Bradley with the bench, those bench units were still worthless. Bradley gives up so many easy baskets that he's like Boozer and Kanter on steroids. His offensive stats look nice, but he's hurting you when he's on the floor. The problem isn't finding someone like Bradley to put on the floor with Niang, Green and Mudiay, it's about finding some better people or combos than Green and Niang.
I mean, imagine if Gobert was on a crappy team. Because your team sucks so bad, you wouldn't notice his impact, and you'd get frustrated with his "lack of offense," so you'd propose a stupid idea like replacing him with someone that puts up more points on the box score. That's our bench.
/Team Edward
