09-29-2023, 11:56 AM
(09-29-2023, 11:49 AM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: I love OMax, but his best position is probably not guarding smaller point of attack guards (and neither is GWill's). Josh is the better candidate there.
This is what I keep thinking as well although we did use Dorian as a POA defender (at times) before Bullock came along because he was kind of all we had so I don't necessarily think using OMax that way is completely out of the question given that they seem like very similar body types/defenders.
I do tend to think it's just Kidd's version of putting Green through some adversity and seeing what happens. I'm not necessarily the biggest fan of messing with players heads through the media but it does seem to be a trend.
The Claxton thought is really interesting. I am glad that we get to see Lively progress for a full season before making decisions around free agency needs because who knows, maybe Lively shows that center is one of our furthest needs long term pretty quickly.