01-01-2024, 10:07 AM
I have long been a proponent of targeting Siakim. I've been talking about that for YEARS, actually. Now, something about the fit with Lively (and Kyrie) doesn't quite work for me. I probably still do a deal (if I'm confident he'll re-sign), and I know this will illicit eye rolls, but...we really, really should be talking about the fit. It's not ideal at this time.
He's not much of a catch and shoot guy, Siakim. I stand by what I said a few weeks back: In a post-Lively world, wherein he's a screener on MOST plays and the generation of driving lanes for BOTH Luka and Kyrie (and now Exum, even) is everything to the team, shooting/spacing is the #1 box you have to check with the 5th guy. Maybe Siakim gets that, is happy with an off-ball role and even improves at shooting off the catch in this system. I can't deny that's a possibility, and he certainly fits in from a defense/rebounding/running the floor perspective.
But...I see some Porzingis fit potential here. I really do. I know it won't be popular, but I'm just saying. Talent-wise, we've at least ventured into a situation where using '27 makes a little sense, and I'd have no objection to sending any of the players mentioned to Toronto (except O-Max, who in one year might be all the parts of Siakim we want and none of the parts we don't). My concerns are all about fit, and I could be talked into it for sure.
He's not much of a catch and shoot guy, Siakim. I stand by what I said a few weeks back: In a post-Lively world, wherein he's a screener on MOST plays and the generation of driving lanes for BOTH Luka and Kyrie (and now Exum, even) is everything to the team, shooting/spacing is the #1 box you have to check with the 5th guy. Maybe Siakim gets that, is happy with an off-ball role and even improves at shooting off the catch in this system. I can't deny that's a possibility, and he certainly fits in from a defense/rebounding/running the floor perspective.
But...I see some Porzingis fit potential here. I really do. I know it won't be popular, but I'm just saying. Talent-wise, we've at least ventured into a situation where using '27 makes a little sense, and I'd have no objection to sending any of the players mentioned to Toronto (except O-Max, who in one year might be all the parts of Siakim we want and none of the parts we don't). My concerns are all about fit, and I could be talked into it for sure.