06-30-2021, 12:48 PM
(06-30-2021, 12:45 PM)Okstate819 Wrote: Is it really up for debate? We all just watched a 25 year old with issues in both knees who got substantially less mobile and lost his ability to defend the rim. Crazy season coming off a short offseason or not... He isn't going to miraculously re-gain athleticism. Fact is, he could be significantly worse defensively at 27,28 than he was last year.OF COURSE IT IS! That's what not established means. I'm also not going to go into it yet another time, there's no need to rehash this disagreement over and over and over again.
That's not to say he cant still be an effective NBA player, especially offensively but he was just essentially played off the court in the playoffs (Carlisle went zone to avoid it). Does the new regime want to have a 30+ cap hit on a player who can be played off the court? Time will tell