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If not Rubio then what?

Saint Cy of JFC said:
Why do you want him to have to learn how to conserve energy rather than just focus on what he does at a high level and be elite at that? You really want him to start playing 0 defense like Westbrook cuz he is too tired?
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Fair enough. I understand that there are downsides to it. And you might be right. I'd still love to see it for a year or two.
 
And Harden is a great example.

He played PG, he was really good.

By the time the playoffs came around he fell off hard and he developed bad defensive habits due to too much responsibility. Then they added Paul, his defense got a lot better and they performed much better in the playoffs.

I've never said Mitchell can't be the PG. I'm just saying he shouldn't.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
And Harden is a great example.

He played PG, he was really good.

By the time the playoffs came around he fell off hard and he developed bad defensive habits due to too much responsibility. Then they added Paul, his defense got a lot better and they performed much better in the playoffs.

I've never said Mitchell can't be the PG. I'm just saying he shouldn't.
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But even with Paul, Harden is still the main distributor and ball handler. I'd saying it's 65/35 just from watching them. Do you think it would be better with Paul handling most of the PG duties?
 
I think it's simple.

When Rubio is shooting somewhat competently. Rubio>Mitchell at PG.

But if Rubio is shooting as badly as he is now, it completely kills spacing and dudes sag off him, in that scenario Mitchell>Rubio at PG.
 
Alfalfa said:
But even with Paul, Harden is still the main distributor and ball handler. I'd saying it's 65/35 just from watching them. Do you think it would be better with Paul handling most of the PG duties?
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Am I arguing for bringing in a PG that gets more usage than Mitchell? Rubio doesnt do that. No PG we get is probably going to do that unless we add Walker.
 
Bawse Dawg said:
I think it's simple.

When Rubio is shooting somewhat competently. Rubio>Mitchell at PG.

But if Rubio is shooting as badly as he is now, it completely kills spacing and dudes sag off him, in that scenario Mitchell>Rubio at PG.
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Sure, but Rubio is at an all-time low right now, so do you just abandon ship or do you wait it out?

I think the latter is obvious. Even if you are favor getting a trade done, that **** just doesnt happen until closer to the deadline, or at least after January 15th.
 
If we were to move Mitchell to the 1, then there's just no doubt that whomever replaces Rubio has to be good as a PnR ball handler. Even someone like Dinwiddie could work well. Not a floor general, obviously, but can take a lot of reps in the half court, and allow DM to focus on scoring (I agree with Cy on that point).

EDIT: Dinwiddie is unrestricted this offseason. He's pretty high on my list of free agents that I consider realistic.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Sure, but Rubio is at an all-time low right now, so do you just abandon ship or do you wait it out?

I think the latter is obvious. Even if you are favor getting a trade done, that **** just doesnt happen until closer to the deadline, or at least after January 15th.
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I agree. And this is kind of looking like a 'figure it out' year anyway. So sure, let him get his groove back.

My question is what happens when/if he does. If starting tonight he shooting decently the rest of the year, great. But what if it takes awhile again? Who is the real Rubio?

That would make it really tough this offseason.
 
Bawse Dawg said:
I agree. And this is kind of looking like a 'figure it out' year anyway. So sure, let him get his groove back.

My question is what happens when/if he does. If starting tonight he shooting decently the rest of the year, great. But what if it takes awhile again? Who is the real Rubio?

That would make it really tough this offseason.
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I've been a staunch Rubio supporter....... But there's just no doubt in my mind that the beginning of this year -- his second in a stable system, with the same cast of players -- was the most important stretch of games in Rubio's career. He could have really changed the narrative about him as a player. And these are the results we're getting instead. It's disappointing.

We definitely cannot effort to sleepwalk to 25% of the season's losses because we have "slow starters."
 
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