I would have to see some advanced number on Thomas's defense. He also played on the Kings, who as a defensive unit, where terrible. Would his size disadvantage be negated with the likes of Gobert and Favors locking down the paint?
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I would have to see some advanced number on Thomas's defense. He also played on the Kings, who as a defensive unit, where terrible. Would his size disadvantage be negated with the likes of Gobert and Favors locking down the paint?
I would have to see some advanced number on Thomas's defense. He also played on the Kings, who as a defensive unit, where terrible. Would his size disadvantage be negated with the likes of Gobert and Favors locking down the paint?
Plus, I could see a player like Thomas, who is a very good player out of the PNR thriving in Quin's offense. If he just a backup to Exum in the future, he would make for a good change of pace player. Also a very trade-able contract in the future.
8 million a year for a good 3rd guard is a good price.
I'd rather have Alec for 10, but I can't even begin to guess what he might be able to command this off-season. It would be nice to have some insurance because if we lose Alec, we will lose our best 1-on-1 scorer.
I'd rather have Alec for 10, but I can't even begin to guess what he might be able to command this off-season. It would be nice to have some insurance because if we lose Alec, we will lose our best 1-on-1 scorer.
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Just think this is a make or break year for Burke. If he doesn't show improvement on the defensive end or getting to the FT line, he is just a player in the way who doesn't have any skills that let him play a defined backup role to help us win.
It's possible but it's not like our defense was better than theirs last year and it's not like we know if it's going to be much better this year. The problem is that Gobert and Favors can't play together and that I am not sure either of them is enough to neutralize the defensive deficiencies of our guards. I recently saw some analysis that showed that you need at least one great(elite) post defender and at least one great(elite) perimeter defender if you want to hide the deficiencies of even the worst of defenders in your team. The examples given were how the Bulls hide Boozer and how the Warriors hide Lee, and both of those teams had top 5 of defenses last year. Now those are both big men and I don't know if the same will work for a guard, but I suppose you can always put your best perimeter defender on the better(offensively) of the opponent's guards thus minimizing the impact on Thomas or Burke or whoever is your defensive liability at the guard position.
Makes sense. We really lack that elite perimeter defender to matchup with the super-stars. Hoping 2015 produces that elite athlete SF we need.
Gobert and Favors actually shows some aptitude for passing (at times) , so I still hold out hope for them to be able to play with each other (solid interior passing can overcome lack of shooting from the bigs). And hopefully Kanter's range gets nasty so he can play with either of them, because I'm not holding my breath for Kanter's passing to improve that much.