08-02-2023, 04:36 PM
(08-02-2023, 04:06 PM)mvossman Wrote: There was a ton of smoke regarding them trying to move Wood at the deadline, but I'm done arguing about him. As a point of clarification, when a player can't get along with any of his coaches, I consider that a locker room problem, but I have no interest in getting into that semantical argument.
I don't have a ton of time to spend on digging up all they players that had dips in their late 20s and turned it around. A few of many examples:
DeRozan looked on the decline in his late 20s/early 30s at SA and then had maybe his best season ever in Chicago at 32.
Conley looked cooked at 32 in his first year at Utah, and then had a huge bounce back your
Horford looked on the decline at Philly and OKC in his early 30s, and then went back to Boston for a big rebound at 35
I'm sure there are plenty others.
You like to call out strawmen that are not there. Timmy is not a DOP candidate but he is actually decent. Bagley is basically Powell defensively without the BBIQ. The only thing he has going for him is youth, but a poor defensive center that can't shoot just does not fit today's NBA.
Good examples.
We'll agree to disagree on THJ. I'd say he's at best a mediocre defender at SG/SF, which certainly has a lower defensive threshold comparatively than bigs. Point being you want scoring from your 6th man; I'd much rather than from either a ballhandler like Brogdon or a big like M.Harrell's SMOTY in LAC.