ugh. you about to draw him into a separate line of conversation.
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ugh. you about to draw him into a separate line of conversation.
Dime Dropper
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He's really not. IT isn't a better PG than 'Reke, he just can't play any other position. But please, can we not derail the draft thread with the same nonsense? It's so tiring.
Glenn
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We cannot suck that bad with McLemore and Cousins on the team no matter what you think of Reke.
HereWeBoogie
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so now we have DMC and BMC
rainmaker
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Even the anti Reke at PG crowd must acknowledge he's never had a shooter like McLemore next to him. He'll have better spacing than he's ever had. He'll also likely have the best NBA coach he's ever played for, by a good amount as well, as well as most likely a real system to play in for the first time. And, they're a better defensive pairing potentially than anything we've thrown out there next to Reke previously.
The question just is, is McLemore here to join Reke or replace him, and that is something I'd hope someone in our organization touches on today. If you're planning on a Reke/McLEmore backourt you'd come out and say it right away due to the excitement surrounding the potential fit together.
The question just is, is McLemore here to join Reke or replace him, and that is something I'd hope someone in our organization touches on today. If you're planning on a Reke/McLEmore backourt you'd come out and say it right away due to the excitement surrounding the potential fit together.
beb0p
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Tyreke is a good player.
McLenmore could turn out to be a good player.
But Reke and McLenmore isn't the ideal pairing; it just isn't. If the plan is to move Reke back to PG and put a shooter next to him, the coach can easily trot out a Reke/MT backcourt; the result wouldn't be that different from a Reke/McLenmore backcourt.
I think this is only the first of many moves, more to come this off season.
McLenmore could turn out to be a good player.
But Reke and McLenmore isn't the ideal pairing; it just isn't. If the plan is to move Reke back to PG and put a shooter next to him, the coach can easily trot out a Reke/MT backcourt; the result wouldn't be that different from a Reke/McLenmore backcourt.
I think this is only the first of many moves, more to come this off season.
The Hammer
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I'd actually throw in MT before IT, with McLemore in house now. IT now finally has his ideal role to come in as a spark off the bench, next to one of two guys that can help mask his defense.
HereWeBoogie
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i still hope we trade Jimmer for another first round pick. maybe Tony Snell?
Kingster
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So then please shut **.
Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
Sure you squint and have a front office with vision and you:
-- draft McLemore
-- trade Thornton and/or Jimmer and/or Salmons etc.
-- resign Reke
-- sign Iggy
And go:
C- Cousins
PF- Patterson
SF- Iggy
SG- McLemore
PG- Evans
And have plenty of ballhandling/creativity/ways to attack, potentially dominant perimeter defense if Malone can coach it, and on almost every night one of our 3 littles is going to get to bulldoze a wildly undersized PG.
Now how many times have you actually seen one of these plans work out like that for us?
The Hammer
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This is the real beauty of how this played out for us. Noel Schmoel.
This is about as good as it could have gone for us now.
I mean, do you wanna spend an asset to trade up to get Noel, or do you wanna get a potentially double all star backcourt with DEFENSE and still have a plenty of chips to get Adams and maybe even Snell... then you've got a team with GREAT potential both ways.
rainmaker
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McLemore has considerably more upside than MT, is superior moving off the ball, more consistent shooter, much more athletic, better defender, and much cheaper at this point.
Can't afford Iggy
The sad reality is that Reke is probably gone but its fun watching the anti-Reke crowd whine and cry one more time
Depends on what else we do with the roster.
Kingster
Hall of Famer
So their #1 plan was to get a prototypical big 2 who could shoot a jump shot and play D. It wasn't to get a shot blocker or a 3. Or maybe it wasn't need that drove their bus, maybe it was just they thought he was the best player in the draft.
The Hammer
All-Star
You and Gary are weird. Malone, PDA, and Vivek are right.
IT is not a starting pg on a championship team. Sorry.
Chicken Chaser
Bench
Source?
MassachusettsKingsFan
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Would love Withey in the second round.
Uncia03
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I know that this feels like the Noah/Hawes thing all over again...but there are plenty of defensive bigs left in the draft...so it's possible that we can turn some of our other guards into an asset to pick one of them up.
If the idea is to play Tyreke/Ben together...that is a plan that you have to like with the size/defense/athleticism/shooting/rim attack that they both bring as a pair. Hopefully we can find ourselves a better rim protector and solid SF either today or the coming weeks.
OptimusRhyme
Jive Turkey
From the games i've watched Ben he is a considerably better passer then MT aswell.
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