01-05-2024, 04:30 PM
(01-05-2024, 04:28 PM)StrandedOnBeauboisHill Wrote: Siakam is also 29% on the year and 32% on his career on a much larger sample size but I agree he's a much more proven talent overall. It honestly makes his fit here concerning to me because the time he's on the floor with Luka he will be shoved in a corner and he's not super affective from there. He will absolutely help defensively and with the rebounding and non Luka minutes.
Honestly, just bringing in a bigger body who has shown a knack to defend and has a little more talent than the players we have now will be an upgrade because bringing in a bad shooter won't bring our shooting around Luka down because it's already been very down for a while now (which will be an even bigger problem if THJ is the outgoing piece for a PF).
I'm not surprised that folks have started souring on GWill because his ability to get to the rim is pretty crappy so when his shot isn't falling his negative impact is a lot more noticeable than other players BUT I am surprised that folks haven't begun to sour on DJJ more. I think the reality is starting to set in that we can't space the floor properly with him (in my opinion). He attacks closeouts off the dribble well so it's helpful but playoff defenses are going to ignore him completely and just pack the paint so he can't just take off over them and dare him to shoot. He's quietly shot under 25% from deep for basically an entire month and I'm surprised that hasn't bothered many posters here yet.
Overall point is that is that we already have pretty crappy spacing as it is so bringing in a Siakam or Kuminga will not make that worse, depending on who is outgoing.
Want to add for context that PJ Washington is 32% on the year and 36% on his career and Jerami Grant is 42% on the year and 36% on the year. I personally think they would both be better fits on this roster when you consider that plus the money you will have to spend on Siakam. Any one of those three would help the team though.
At least DJJ's descent to earth will make it a lot easier to re-sign him.