08-06-2022, 12:01 PM
(08-06-2022, 09:38 AM)Chicagojk Wrote: The only pushback I would have is it Beverly was the only addition, we would still lack a creator. Beverly, I do t believe, has ever been more than your third creator on the court. Here he would be second and some cases the first. I don’t think he can play that role in this team.
If JB played D like Beverley, he’d have been a max player. Put another way, part of why the team didn’t like the long term fit with Luka (their words) was largely at the defensive end.
So, if you are going for someone who is a better fit, they can’t be exactly what JB was (that is Dinwiddie’s job now). So, you get Beverley’s D, but you have to give up something. Otherwise you are bringing in Jrue Holiday and sending out multiple firsts and pick swaps.
I think Beverley is just find as a second creator (especially against bench units). The argument I keep hearing is that what we had last season with two hall handlers on the court at all times worked. So, PB would be on the floor with one of Luka or SD at all times. That is basically a secondary role where he initiates a couple of plays designed to get Wood or Hardaway a look and give Luka or Spencer a play to two off the ball.