04-22-2025, 05:23 AM
(04-21-2025, 05:46 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: I would very much like the answer to what I've been asking since the trade: "What is the PLAN on offense?" If/when there IS one, and if/when said plan is revealed to us, THEN I'll happily offer my opinion on how to best go about getting there.
If you're asking what I, KL, would do, that's fairly irrelevant, but I'd jump into finding a pick and roll ball-handler to replace Luka with everything at my disposal. It would be tough, and they're not going to get someone as great as Luka, obviously, but it's not a super rare animal in the sport these days. Can they find someone at the Brunson/Haliburton level whose team would consider moving him? Probably not, so I'd go to the next tier down, and so on. Whatever level of player you land on, it would unquestionably require inclusion of either Lively or Gafford to get them, in which case Davis might actually start to look more like "the answer" on the resulting team.
I don't really entertain the thought that Davis will be moved, whether or not a GM change is made, although I'd never have imagined the Luka deal we just saw, either, so...
https://www.nba.com/stats/players/ball-handler?dir=D&sort=POSS_PCT
It doesn't mention the assists they get from the move, but it seems guys like McConnell or Schroeder are gettable, maybe Russ considering he is another Nike former super star.