12-15-2019, 10:29 AM
(12-15-2019, 10:14 AM)ItsGoTime Wrote: One other thing to note about consolidating. One of the reasons I like trades of either Wright or JB is because they are guys that want to run their "own" team. We know that's the case with Wright cause that's why he wanted to come off the bench. We see it with JB even if it isn't spoken. That makes 3 guys on the team that want their own team and we have 2 units to accommodate the 3. Luka gets the 1st team, I'd be fine with either JB or Wright being the guy for the second unit, don't care which, but I think "There can only be one". "This is the way" and "I have spoken".
Very good points. I wanted to add that more and more I see JB as a SG rather than PG. Yes he has very good passing skills, but one place he excels I think is when he is 1-on-1 against a defender in the paint and makes the jumper back and gets a two pointer. I could see a unit with Wright running the show passing and JB getting the ball in the post and taking advantage in this way. I think this could be a way to incorporate both of them in one unit. However for that to work there would be needed to be called many plays on design to get the ball to JB in these areas where he is effective 1 on 1. Ultimately i think Wright is far superior PG for the reasons of penetrating and not making many mistakes, and yesterday we saw that Brunson does make mistakes running the offense. However, he has been spectacular in the role where he either gets the ball in the post or gets there by himself, here he is ahead of THJ. I see him being able to develop into a good SG, if he develops that post game further, catch and shoot and works more on his defense.
As long as both Wright and JB try to run the offense and also JJB and Luka, I agree there are too many. I really see potential for JB to play more off the ball and get the ball in the post rather where he can then use his post game and passing abilities, he might get his scoring numbers and efficiency up this way.