TucsonClip wrote:Roscoe Sheed wrote:Dunleavy is a good shooter, but he doesn't solve the problem of a lack of defense at the wing.
Taking a shot on Stephenson helps solve that problem. We add his perimeter defense and creation plus Dunleavy's shooting and floor spacing.
Stephenson's "defense" is about equal to Crawford's. It's hard to find a more toxic player than Jamal in the NBA, but Stephenson is definitely that guy. He has never been useful in the league, for a brief time in Indiana he seemed like he was, but he was just putting up useless boxscore numbers while his coach and teammates managed to hide the many flaws that were hurting his team. Then he bombed the season of what looked like an historic defensive team. His "creation" is about as useful as Crawford's isos too, he either plays hero ball or stat-pads a drive an kick assist for a hot-potatoe bad shot. Seriously, he's really bad at everything he's supposed to be good at. He's sabotaged the chemistry of every team he's been on. He's not even interested in all the small stuff role players are suposed to do, and he's not good enough to be doing the stuff he thinks he's good at.
Getting Stephenson is about the worst thing I can imagine the Clippers doing, which is exactly why I can perfectly see it happening. I can even see us giving a pick for him.
Not to be a Debbie downer, but none of the useful guys (Aminu, Dunleavy, Green) are not gonna come here for the minimum. Our dram offseason is probably getting Tyshaun Prince and Alonzo Gee. And then have them out of the rotation by mid-December.
Call me a cinic but best case scenario I can see for the Clippers next year is to have Blake and/or Paul have serious injuries so we can tank for a good pick.