03-18-2024, 12:26 PM
(03-17-2024, 01:43 PM)mvossman Wrote: I know there is not much point in arguing this as the Kuz train has passed (thank god) but there is so much wrong with this post.
He did not start half the games for a championship team. He started 9 games. In that playoffs he didn't start a single game, played a little over 20 minutes a game with inefficient chucking and had the worst on/off on the team. I have no idea why folks use that playoff run as a positive for him. Grant Williams did more in the Celtics finals run.
Your comparison with Tim is flawed. Tim has the better true shooting 4 of the last 5 years (every healthy season). Kuz has more assists, but a much worse assist to turnover ratio and he still manages to put up more shots. I don't think Kuz is a much better defender than anyone. Folks get frustrated with Timmy because he takes bad shots and plays bad defense. It will be even more annoying with Kuz because he will do it from the starting lineup after we paid a lot more for him.
Why do we need another PF/SF as a starter when we already have PJ and (defensively) Luka? What we need is a point of attack defender. Thats why we have been rotating Green/DJJ/Exum.
Kuzma starting... ya, my bad. I looked at the year after the championship team.
My point with a comparison of THJ and Kuzma is there is no comparison. The players are too different. Yes, potentially Kuzma would be the sixth man. I look at a championship level team (the talent as it is right now) in regards to an 8-man rotation.
I'm not in love with Kuzma. I do think we need a 3rd scorer who can be called upon to give you 20+pts on any given night. If that's a THJ replacement, so be it. I think too much bad shot selection and poor defense comes with THJ, with the exception of his taking charges, which is outstanding.
POA defender... I thought that was Green. Any time I mentioned moving Green for a better fitting part I was told we can't lose our POA defender (?). Green is a SG by all measures. This is why I'm in love Tari Eason. We need an OG starter kit. Mikal would be fantastic, but as others have stated he's probably untouchable. Tari has yet started a game and is buried behind Brooks, Tate, Thompson, and Whitmore.