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I'm basing most of that on the few UK games I've watched and the stats/analysis from DX (and elsewhere). If you have a team that is going to get pick and rolled to death and depend on halfcourt offense through a ball dominant post player, it sounds as if MKG's strengths will be nerf'd and his weaknesses amplified (he's a physical defender in the halfcourt and a fantastic finisher/initiator on the break).

If the Jazz are committed to playing Favors and Hayward, adding MKG and a 1 who can shoot and run the break, they could run a lot of teams out of games and still play really tough D (think Suns meet Celtics).
 
A starting 5 of:

Kanter
Favors
MKG
Hayward
Nash/Lillard/Machado

wouldn't be much fun to play against. Run a bunch of high screen rolls with Favors and either Hayward or a point guard, with Kanter (mid-range on the weakside) and the other guard (again, either Hayward or a point guard from the corner) spreading the floor and MKG working the baseline (from the weakside). Try to get out in transition, and punish teams on D. Could be really fun to watch.
 
Bodhi said:
Because he does what besides shooting better than average in catch and shoot situations?
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Are you kidding? He's excels at carrying a team on his back.




As troust would say, by "a team" I mean hype. Just say no to Harrison "Matt" Barnes.
 
PKM said:
What's average? He shot 35.8% from 3 this past year.
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I qualified it with "catch and shoot" because I think I remember seeing a stat to that effect about him. But yeah, we are saying the same thing.

You obviously know where I stand on he and QMiller, but no one has really been able to tell me how Barnes will translate in the NBA. They were told he's a shooter so all of a sudden they are convinced he'll be a star. There's more to the NBA than that, and even that has been overblown and proven to be wrong.
 
Bodhi said:
I qualified it with "catch and shoot" because I think I remember seeing a stat to that effect about him. But yeah, we are saying the same thing.

You obviously know where I stand on he and QMiller, but no one has really been able to tell me how Barnes will translate in the NBA. They were told he's a shooter so all of a sudden they are convinced he'll be a star. There's more to the NBA than that, and even that has been overblown and proven to be wrong.
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I believe he's a much better shooter than what he shot this past year. I think he'll make it and be good in the NBA .. it's just that he was so hyped coming out of HS that he'll likely never recover from it. Therefore, he'll likely 'bust' from what people originally perceived he'd become/was. That doesn't mean he can't have a very solid career and even worthy of this years top 6.
 
Barnes is one of those players who received too much hype so now he receives too much criticism. He wasn't as good as everyone thought he might be, but he also isn't nearly as bad as some think he will be now.
 
PKM said:
I believe he's a much better shooter than what he shot this past year. I think he'll make it and be good in the NBA .. it's just that he was so hyped coming out of HS that he'll likely never recover from it. Therefore, he'll likely 'bust' from what people originally perceived he'd become/was. That doesn't mean he can't have a very solid career and even worthy of this years top 6.
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What do you see him averaging at his peak in the NBA? I see him as a 14-15pt a night guy on about 13-14 shots, 4 boards and not much else, at his peak. Overall 15 and 4 isnt terrible but I'd point out the fact that I think he'll do it on almost as many shots.

Maybe I'm wrong on he and Miller and wrong the other way on Lillard and MKG, I guess we'll see.
 
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