Giannis, tatum, KD, and Embiid have the ball in their hands a TON. kawhi doesn't play very much basketball. Of course you wouldn't want westbrick and trae but not becasue they have the ball alot, its because they aren't efficient with the ball.
Not really. We are in the perfect position to add two stars on max deals if we wanted to.
That is always the question and worry. Imagine if the cavs were offered Tracy McGrady for the #1 pick in 2003. How do you turn down a 23yr old superstar yet that obviously would have been a horrible trade in the long run.
Well, those are not mutually exclusive.
Huh? Luka takes up much more cap than Wemby would, which means less room for more talent. Period.
I consider guys who can shoot 3s, play good D and don't need the ball in his hands a whole lot to impact the game as “3D wings”. Jaylen Brown, for example. KD, Kawhi and Tatum would also fit into that category. You can be both a star and 3D wing, not “either...or”.
I didn’t say that he didn’t. We have enough room to add Luka and another star. Full stop.
Those player do touch the ball a ton, but it is much more a part of the offense, and people move around and there is still a gameplan happening. Harden (In Houston) and Luka do the dribble the air out of the ball thing while teammates stand around. then shoot or pass to an open man. I definitely think there is a distinction, even if the usage rates are similar for all the players.
Okay, great. You could add more talent (TWO max players?) in addition to Wemby.
We’d have to drain all of our assets to do that. With trading Wemby it’s one asset only this year while retaining every single future pick we own.
Like if Harden/Trae/Luka/Westbrook/Jokic don't have the ball in his hands then what are they. People underestimate how difficult it is to be find these guys the ideal teammates.
Wemby will make ~$12 million. Luka makes ~$35 million. That’s >$20 million more in cap space and I don’t know how that is either not clear or how that’s a relative advantage to having Luka.
I’ll still take Luka over Wemby plus 20M in cap space.
Luka by himself has made more WCF than us since 2007 and he’s only been in the league since 2018. He is on a trajectory to be a top-15 player of all-time.
It’s actually $30 million difference and that is fine, but all you’d have to do to get two max slots is dump THT (he might even opt out).
And how are the Mavericks doing this year and every other year?
One advantage is we have Lauri, who's already like the perfect fit for those ball dominant stars. But I'd still prefer a two way wing and Wemby could be one of the biggest(literally and figuratively) two way wings the games ever seen.
Right and then trade every future pick we have.
Is it Luka’s fault they traded their depth and defense for Kyrie?
