07-09-2022, 10:39 PM
(07-09-2022, 10:30 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: Genuinely how many guys did Brunson set up while on the court next to Luka? He was routinely criticized for having his head down and being score-first guy. Of course JB made plenty of hockey assists, but I wouldn't say the biggest issue of losing Brunson was his playmaking. I'd say it was his ability to create a shot for himself seemingly at will, AND be relatively efficient while doing so. That is hard to replicate.
THJ can create a shot for himself, but efficiency was never his strong suit. Dinwiddie has the ability to set other people up in droves (more-so than Brunson ever has), but again he's streaky in making his own shots.
1) Yes JB's ability to create offense for himself is his big strength, to go one on one.
2) JB's Ast% for his career is 23.6%, SD's is 29.2% to affirm your point that SD does indeed set up others better.
3) I personally am not confused by the lack of Dragic signing because we don't yet know the roster that will be starting training camp.