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Malik Monk may have something to say about that.I'm not at all worried about him fitting in. He's going to lead the bench in scoring, unless he moves into Barnes starting spot.
Malik Monk may have something to say about that.I'm not at all worried about him fitting in. He's going to lead the bench in scoring, unless he moves into Barnes starting spot.
Monk/Sasha pick n pop will be interestingMalik Monk may have something to say about that.
Monk/Sasha pick n pop will be interesting
Exactly.If they do run Lyles as a smallball five at times you'd have a 2nd unit with Monk, Vezenkov, and Lyles. Lots of spacing and pick & pop options.
Then you sub Domas back in for Trey to give Sasha some minutes to cut and space off of Sabonis.
Lots of options with this roster.
This is an underrated aspect of Sasha's D. Team D. He may not be the greatest 1v1 defender but due to his experience and bbiq, there is almost no chance he fails on team defense, switching, zone, junk D, etc. He's not going to be some black hole on defense that some might be fearing.On paper he looks like a tremendous fit. His defense isn't the strongest 1v1 but in a team concept he knows where to be.
Kleber is a elite defender who is ok from 3 and can finish ok above the rim (nothing like Sasha) and Melli is like Bjelly a all around player who came too late to the NBA and needs the ball to be effective and was only used as a spot up shooter and failed completely. Obviously Sasha will not be a 20ppg guy (at least I don't think so) but if he's giving the Kings 8-14ppg on 40% on 3 that's a amazing return for his contract. Maxi Kleiber is literally only been stopped by injury/no hype from being a All-NBA defender imo or at least regarded as one of the better defending bigs.Some interesting points are being discussed here by our European counterparts. They seem to think this is Sasha's peak last season in Euroleague because NBA teams will use him as a role-playing spot-up shooter, wasting away like Nicola Melli, and Maxi Kleiber before him.
Kleber is a elite defender who is ok from 3 and can finish ok above the rim (nothing like Sasha) and Melli is like Bjelly a all around player who came too late to the NBA and needs the ball to be effective and was only used as a spot up shooter and failed completely. Obviously Sasha will not be a 20ppg guy (at least I don't think so) but if he's giving the Kings 8-14ppg on 40% on 3 that's a amazing return for his contract. Maxi Kleiber is literally only been stopped by injury/no hype from being a All-NBA defender imo or at least regarded as one of the better defending bigs.
I’m not sure I really see Lauri in Sasha. I wonder how their model actually works.
I’m not sure I really see Lauri in Sasha. I wonder how their model actually works.
jersey looking fresh