02-24-2024, 10:28 AM
(02-24-2024, 09:56 AM)Chicagojk Wrote: Yeah Hunter is a good name. He has some Harrison Barnes lite in him to me. Looks the part but I never feel like he is going to hit the big shot. He is shooting over 40% from three though. The contract is bad but he would be someone to consider. Maybe Bey too but he hasn’t been shooting or defending well. Atl may look very different next year.
So I am unsure him yet but he is probably gettable with the assets we have. With the contract, you are only probably targeting him if you view him as a starter, right?
Well, I was trying to talk myself into him as a backup. The idea being that overpaying might be acceptable if he was viewed as the primary wing off the bench in a shortened playoff rotation. Looking at the defensive assignments it would be something like this:
Irving/Exum
Green/(Exum)
Luka/Hunter
PJ/(Hunter)
Lively/Kleber
But for the price you would pay Hunter I may be reaching too far here. They would have to be really confident he's the perfect fit and he's willing to accept that kind of role. Especially given that Kleber at the 4 and Gafford at the 5 may be more common during the regular season. I suppose there's a shot he could start over PJ which might make this more sensible, but I'm not that down on PJ's shot just yet.