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[SleepingHero]

Problem is: didn’t he play with great creators in Harden, Embiid and even Maxey in Philly? So he basically got open shots all his life. I‘m not against the signing, just thinking the situation with the Sixers wasn’t that different to ours.

I wouldn't call Maxey nor Embiid a creator. 

Ben Simmons+Harden were definitely great creators but the issue with Simmons was his lack of shot kind of overlapped with Thybulle and only further stagnated their offense.

Harden was probably the best creator out of the bunch, but Thybulle only shot 1 three a game. Hard to draw any conclusions on that small a sample size. For example, Green during his rookie year was quite awful at the 3 but he barely shot them. 

Thybulle doubled his attempts and his efficiency hit career highs. That alone should be promising. Although again I'm not putting any expectations on Thybulle's contributions offensively. That's like getting a water gun and expecting it to be able to provide adequate home defense. It could but is that really how it's best used?

Thybulle's ability to get blocks+steals and his general activity on the defensive end will radically transform this team.

Look at him move around here against the Lakers. He hounds Russell, prevents a multitude of drives, and lets Portland get plenty of transition buckets.