07-05-2021, 05:03 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-05-2021, 05:22 PM by KillerLeft.)
(07-05-2021, 04:50 PM)cjeter24 Wrote: KP is 20ppg efficient scorer. That's a very solid offensive player. Again it's not a common thing to do and because of his stretch ability as a center it makes that even more valuable. I mean how many centers are able to stretch the floor like that?
1) Valuable, and rarely so, as a stretch center? YES, though that value is offset more than somewhat by his suddenly becoming one of the least playable "starting" centers in the league on defense.
*Due to point #1, I feel it's irresponsible and fairly pointless to remove contract value from the conversation, because his contract takes the option of making him a 3rd big (or 2nd - whichever is the team's first big off the bench), which is probably where he'd be best used, completely off of the table.
2) "efficient scorer"...not buying that, sorry. The numbers might show that he's an efficient finisher of plays that other people create for him, and that's great, but it's not who the Mavs traded for, extended, and maybe more importantly, it's not how the player sees himself. We've seen what happens when the Mavs try to run the offense through him - it dies. We've seen what happens when a team (NY) commits to that as a plan - they lose.