Trade & FA 2023-24: Stein-Ingram Trade Inevitable| LAL Want Lebron Back On Any Terms

[mvossman]

I was with you all the way til the end.  I would start either DJJ or Exum with Stewart and push GWill to the bench.

Which brings up an interesting question.  If we had Stewart on this team already and someone proposed a trade for Boston's backup 4/3 (some guy named Grant Williams).  He's a bit undersized (especially next to our skinny rookie center), but he hits a high percentage of corner 3's.  Do we make that deal?  Having seen the GWill show for two months now, I probably stick with the bigger guy who rebounds (and probably defends) better.

Yep, need a point of attack defender in that starting lineup.  Lively/Stewart/GWill/Luka has way too much overlap.

The real question regarding Stewart (and this applies to DJJ as well) is can he truly space the floor.  Can he consistently make teams pay for leaving him wide open.  We know GWill can.  He has been shooting around 40% for years on decent volume.  Historically the other two have shot less volume and much less percentage.  If Stewart was getting left alone regularly and shooting 33% from three like he has done every full year in the league, and also struggling with perimeter defense against quicker forwards, I could easily see folks talking themselves into trading for GWill (and then being disappointed with his perimeter defense as well).