07-21-2022, 03:50 PM
(07-21-2022, 03:34 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: I think Isaac knows basketball, but doesn't think detail-oriented debates like this one are important. I think these types of things just roll past him.
Nick, I think, is not very knowledgeable about basketball at all. Like, most of the people here get it more than he does, imho.
I would have to hear the context of them using that term, but Hardaway is a wing to me. Definitely more on the off-guard side of the spectrum, but definitely not a point guard, and definitely not a guy who can play 4. I think there's a little confusion right now around Hardaway because of the state of the current roster. Do they view him as the 3rd guard, in rotation with Luka and Dinwiddie? If so, then yes, they need another wing to rotate with DFS/Bullock. I think most of us see him in the DFS/Bulock rotation and think another guard is needed more, and there are probably some who think Hardaway doesn't fit anywhere and the roster needs one of BOTH.
It is kind of a "know it when you see it" thing for me, as you say. When it comes to Kleber...he never faces up and floors the ball, is constantly being used as a screener on offense, even when there's another big on the floor (leading me to believe he's playing the 4 only when they're using a multi-big lineup). It's a combination of things - there's no one thing that defines my view.
And I could be totally wrong, so there's that.
I think THJ could be termed a wing, as much as he could an off-guard. I wouldn't so much call him a "quasi-wing," but the big issue with him is defense. I'm sure someone will provide some stat or another to rebut me, but the eye test showed me last year that Spence - reputedly an awful defender - had done a far better job of buying somewhat effectively into Kidd's team defense concept in a couple of weeks than THJ had in a few months. To me, that's why THJ ought to be trade fodder prior to the season, regardless of how "sell low" a situation it is.