Trade & FA 2023-24: HOU Targeting Mikal Bridges again!| Mitchell is LAL #1 Target

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DJJ is a low volume shooter and defenses will be leaving him open while concentrating on the stars and the paint. He is shooting just a bit over 2 threes per game so far in the playoffs. Key is if he can contribute without shooting and he has been so far. Good in transition, had some really nice cuts in a couple of games. He shot 12 threes in total and 22 two pointers. He is scoring almost 10 ppg (that is with a zero in game 1), which would be his career high over regular season. If he can keep this up, I would rather do whatever is needed to keep him than pay assets for Thybulle or Caruso.

That limited shooting is part of the overall offensive problem.  That fact that he is left wide open means Luka and Kyrie have much less room to operate.  An occasional cut and minor plus in transition does not make up for the spacing issue.  As I mentioned, way too small sample to think he will shoot like this going forward.  

I would definitely not argue for paying assets for Thybulle.  He is more offensively limited than DJJ.  Caruso would be an upgrade, and a Timmy for Caruso swap would make it more likely you can retain DJJ (who would still be a very useful rotations piece regardless.