05-16-2024, 09:01 AM
I suspect Kidd would really like to have a consistent rotation player who is unafraid of shooting in a playoff environment.
Josh Green is not that guy, and no amount of saying "he's really getting it" will make it so. I think Kidd would like to find the player Hardaway used to be, but that player is no longer available. Fortunately, there's a cumulative aspect to our bench that makes it good enough in aggregate. Josh is good enough in other aspects of the game to be really useful. I do wish the rotation players had better defined roles and were a little more predictable, but I can settle for what it is for now since they play pretty well together. With Kleber out, the biggest player in the rotation in my mind is Lively. He's the one player in the rotation that really effects the game. He once again had the best +/- at +22. No one else was close to that. Lively truly is a pleasant surprise. He may be the only rotation player who seems to be playing "up" in the playoffs. What a great future he has.
Josh Green is not that guy, and no amount of saying "he's really getting it" will make it so. I think Kidd would like to find the player Hardaway used to be, but that player is no longer available. Fortunately, there's a cumulative aspect to our bench that makes it good enough in aggregate. Josh is good enough in other aspects of the game to be really useful. I do wish the rotation players had better defined roles and were a little more predictable, but I can settle for what it is for now since they play pretty well together. With Kleber out, the biggest player in the rotation in my mind is Lively. He's the one player in the rotation that really effects the game. He once again had the best +/- at +22. No one else was close to that. Lively truly is a pleasant surprise. He may be the only rotation player who seems to be playing "up" in the playoffs. What a great future he has.
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