07-26-2020, 03:03 AM
(07-25-2020, 10:54 PM)fifteenth Wrote: Sending THJ away for Gordon seems too risky. THJ works so amazingly well with Luka while Gordon's fit here has to be projected.
I've been a proponent of bringing Gordon here, but I have two questions to ponder. 1. KP's game seemed to have picked up quite a bit when he didn't have to play with another roll man. Does that make Gordon more of a fit risk here? 2. Should we have Gordon or Powell, rather than both? Seems like he'd be similar to Powell offensively here.
Maybe THJ is just good, cause he plays with Luka.
3pt shooting percentages
THJ (career-high by 4.4%)
Curry (career-high by 0.3%, on +0.5 in attempts, not that easy when your career-high is 45.0%)
DFS (career-high by 6.3%)
Kleber (career-high by 2.3%)
Brunson (career-high by 1.0%)
Wright (career-high tied, from his rookie season, when he took 13 threes total)
Take a Aaaron Gordon or Kris Dunn (who has shown shooting improvements during his NBA career) and say they improve on their career-best 3pt shooting season by at least 2%. Suddenly you actually have D and 3 guys (+37% from three).
Fair point on Porzingis at C, though I think Gordon is a much more natural PF than Powell. For example we are talking 29.3% career on 0.9 attempts vs. 31.8% on 3.4 attempts. Plus Gordon would be a prime candidate to improve his percentage significantly, when you consider, who where the PGs in Orlando the last few years and how the defensive attention would shift away from him.