Conley is a bad fit. Donovan needs an offball shooter who can guard multiple position as his backcourt partner. Malcolm Brogdon for example. Conley is a one-position defender. Having Conley on the court means Donovan will have to mismatch with bigger players on every possession. Not to mention Conley is more of a ball dominant PG than an offball shooter. He takes the ball out of Donovan’s hand and has been slow on his feet all season. His decline on lateral quickness has everything to do with our struggling on perimeter D. And even though Bojan’s been a good shooter for us, he’s been a big minus on that end as well. His lack of defense/rebounding/hustle play, all leads to Rudy having to overwork himself to 200% every game to cover his teammates defensive miscues, and all of our backup Cs failing to keep up in that regard.
They are far from good signings at the price we paid for. If we just need a guard who can create(but lacks consistency) so DM can take a breather, isn't JC already doing that for us? If we need an offball shooter who absolutely sucks at everything else(<3ast,<4rebs per game), I'm sure there are cheaper options than Bojan as well. So we wouldnt have to give up Ricky/Favs/Crowder, actual role players who dig in and do all the dirty work for us so our stars can shine. But now our stars have to do these dirty works themselves because now all we have are “stars” and “Gleaguers”, with little in between.
except Favs was not just a backup 5. he also happened to be our starting 4 in 70 out of 76 games last season. and guess how many 4s do we have on this current roster right now? ZERO. yes ricky wasn't great in the playoffs last year. yes, crowder's been a career journeyman. but those guys are the very definition of "role players" that every team needs. they do dirty works so our stars don't have to do them.
This is probably true right @oneye? I am guessing with all the obsessing and following anything posted about Mitchell on twitter that might be the case. Which I guess is somewhat normal.
?? Yeah idk about this whole post. They’ve given these guys help tbh. Bogey being out is a significant hit. The issue, too many guys have underperformed all season. Now Mike is playing fine but Bogeys gone and literally everyone else is playing like trash outside Rudy, Mike, and Donovan.
Maybe somewhat lol, we’ll see. Idk if PP take was perfect itself lol. 6’6” is the cutoff for superstar who can win you a title.
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This is an excellent post.
Bojan and Conley were core players for Pacers and Grizzs last season in which these teams had role players/supplementary pieces around them. Not saying core players couldn't transition into good supplementary pieces later in their career... But we have not seen that sort of transition in Bojan or Conley so far this season. I don't see them doing any sort of role-player-style of dirty work that Favs/Crowder/Ricky has been doing for us last season and that's the problem. Too many core players that need role players around them... But not enough actual “role players” to do the jobs that actual stars wouldn't wanna do.
What kind of help? Would luka appreciate it if Mavs kept DSJ and told him "yeah, we are helping you out"?
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It is absolutely no secret that the front office is giving him a full max contract. Tony has reported it for months now. Tony even reported that even if he got injured in Orlando, the FO would still give him his max extension. This isn’t a secret.
