10-06-2022, 04:43 AM
(10-05-2022, 11:29 PM)cow Wrote: I've long wanted to see if a 6th man role akin to Kanter/Randle could be successful. Gifted bigs who could get their own, especially against weaker second units. Maybe Wood is a good player for that test. When Luka and Spencer are off the floor, hand him the keys and let him cook.
Unless they find a way to bring in a legit backup point guard, I think this is exactly how the second unit will have to play for now. That stretch where we ran the offense through Wood was probably a pretty good preview of how we're going to play this year when Luka and Dinwiddie aren't on the floor.
Wood looked good once he got into a groove during that stretch and I see no reason why he can't continue to do that all year. You can already see that he's a pretty dynamic scorer, able to generate offense a few different ways, whether it's shooting the three, rolling to the rim, or taking big guys off the dribble. I really like that about Wood, he allows us to give the opposing defense a different look instead of being pretty much locked into the predictable drive and kick style we were in last year with the Luka/Brunson/Dinwiddie driven team.