01-01-2024, 11:46 AM
(01-01-2024, 10:07 AM)KillerLeft Wrote: 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.I think there’s ways to avoid this situation with creativity. When everyone is healthy and on the court together i could see Siakam taking on more of the Kyrie drive to the basket role. Make something happen one on one. Kyrie is capable of being a volume catch and shoot player if there’s stretches where it makes sense to do that. It probably would save his legs some and allow for better health throughout the season
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.