After this season are we allowed to talk an extension with him? Do we get his birds after 2 seasons of him being under contract?
If your role-playing 5 can't space, you basically want him to do exactly what Richaun is doing right now. Drastically improving the defense, solid in the glass, low USG, but incredibly efficient offense.
His On/Off numbers are still hilarious:
ON Court: 225 minutes:
Offensive Rating:114.4
Defensive Rating: 108.6
Net Rating: +5.8
Off Court: 207 minutes:
Offensive Rating: 99
Defensive rating: 119.5
Net rating: -20.4
Total: +26.2
Still small samples with only 400+ minutes this season but essentially, we've been a solid playoff team with him on the court and then by far the worst team in the NBA with him off the court. Play (and pay) the man
It's going to be very, very interesting how the team performs with both him and Bagley on the floor together.
Holmes hasn't been paired with a PF who isn't known as a floor spacer. Holmes has played 226 minutes this year. Below are the minutes shared by his other teammates:
Harrison Barnes = 171
De'Aaron Fox = 163
Buddy Hield = 157
Nemanja Bjelica = 23
Bogdan Bogdanovic = 102
Trevor Ariza = 97
Cory Joseph = 64
Wenyen Gabriel = 13
Yogi Ferrell = 9
Caleb Swanigan = 3
Justin James = 3
How will his and the team's performance change when you paid a non-perimeter threat in Holmes with another big that is still working on developing his perimeter game? I'm predicting his overall on/off will look worse after Bagley gets back.
But this begs the question...if Holmes & Bagley on the floor together is not a successful team pairing, what do we do?
I have a hard time seeing Bagley's style of play helping a team win a lot of games right now. As a big, if you're not either a good shooter or a good defender, it's going to be hard for them to make a big impact. Holmes is a good defender & Bjelica is a good shooter. Both are helping the team win right now. Bagley doesn't do either one particularly well yet, but we're likely going to give him a heavy role on offense.