11-15-2023, 06:44 AM
Depends on the role.
If it ends up being Vuceving starting and playing 30mpg with Lively/Powell/Kleber fighting for the C-scraps behind him = ugh
If Lively keeps his starting & high minutes role and Vucevic basically splits the 48 Center minutes with him 50/50 then I’d be all on board. Powell would be turned into a third stringer though and Kleber would have to play PF almost exclusively. I’d be okay with both but Lively has been so good this early that he has absolutely earned his spot. You can not ruin that now by forcing a 30+ year old non difference maker ahead of him into the rotation.
Irving | Exum
Doncic | Hardy | Curry
Jones Jr | Green | Omax
Williams | Kleber | Morris
Lively | Vucevic | Powell | Holmes
Hardaway would be going out and be replaced internally. I am not as high on Hardy as others around here but it would make sense to free up minutes for him. If he fails to succeed you’d still have Exum/Curry/Green to replace him, should be alright.
Besides the physicality and skill Vucevic would bring he’s also - at times - been a very good shooter from the C spot. That’s something we could REALLY use.
If it ends up being Vuceving starting and playing 30mpg with Lively/Powell/Kleber fighting for the C-scraps behind him = ugh
If Lively keeps his starting & high minutes role and Vucevic basically splits the 48 Center minutes with him 50/50 then I’d be all on board. Powell would be turned into a third stringer though and Kleber would have to play PF almost exclusively. I’d be okay with both but Lively has been so good this early that he has absolutely earned his spot. You can not ruin that now by forcing a 30+ year old non difference maker ahead of him into the rotation.
Irving | Exum
Doncic | Hardy | Curry
Jones Jr | Green | Omax
Williams | Kleber | Morris
Lively | Vucevic | Powell | Holmes
Hardaway would be going out and be replaced internally. I am not as high on Hardy as others around here but it would make sense to free up minutes for him. If he fails to succeed you’d still have Exum/Curry/Green to replace him, should be alright.
Besides the physicality and skill Vucevic would bring he’s also - at times - been a very good shooter from the C spot. That’s something we could REALLY use.
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