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Carroll just led Atlanta in scoring in the playoffs-- why in the **** would he play out of position, juked between Hayward, Burks, and Hood? Baffling.
 
dalamon said:
Who? And to address which positional need?
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think roles not positions

We need a shooter. A volume 3pt shooter preferably one that plays D. If that is at the 2 or the 1 it doesn't really matter but we need one. That's why I like Green.

My preference would be to move Burke. Pick up Green. Give Burks 20 min at backup PG, see if it fits him. If he can't manage it than we need to go get a combo guard.

I'd be pretty happy with this being the basic rotation to end the season(if Burks and Lyles can play their roles)

Exum 28min/Burks 20 min
Green 28 min/Hood 10 min/Burks 10min
Hayward 30 min/Hood 18min
Favors 30min/Lyles 18 min
Gobert 30min/Pleiss 18 min

Of course there would be a few minutes anight for guys like Ingles but this gives you a basic idea
 
Green makes slightly more sense-- but again, will he accept a non-starting role? Maybe if we pay him a ****-ton of money-- but is that even worth it?

I'm very fine with Millsap's perimeter defense backing up Hayward. Very, very fine. Favs and Rudy have the 4 & 5 locked down. Exum was marvellous and he'll only get better.

That leaves us with one question mark in terms of defense. Give Burks and Hood a season to try and figure out defending the 2 competently-- and if they can't, we'll know by next off-season where we can either make a splash using the multiple assets we have, or simply sign an FA at that point in time.
 
dalamon said:
Over-spending on a player who is by all-means very in demand this off-season, in order to give him a smaller role & play him out of position is simply a stupid idea on multiple fronts.

Carroll simply does not make sense on this team with Hayward starting. Our defense was fine without "a bulldog" last season.
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Because we had two. Millsap and Exum played great D.
 
for those of you who want to talk about basketball, here's this:

I watched 75+ games of the Hawks last year. Carroll still can and still does play D on 2s and 3s. He's a spot-up guy, so his position on offense doesn't matter, 2 or 3.
 
NAOS said:
for those of you who want to talk about basketball, here's this:

I watched 75+ games of the Hawks last year. Carroll still can and still does play D on 2s and 3s. He's a spot-up guy, so his position on offense doesn't matter, 2 or 3.
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If the Jazz get Carroll, which I'm ok with, who do you let go? Ingles or Millsap?
 
Not bad, alt.
The same could work with Carroll. Not quite the shooter Green is, but a better defender. The key is to have everyone buy into the fewer minutes plan. And your plan relies on having Burks play backup PG. That latter part scares me.
 
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