cl2117 wrote:He had a brutal start to the season but he levelled off a bit in November: 42% from the field and 37.5% from 3. Still not good enough given his defensive shortcomings, but the horrific start really skews things.
I think a big part of the issue is that there aren't enough rotations you can fit him into that play up to his skillset. We've got a ton of ball-handlers already between Jrue/White and the Jays, a lot of the time he's not needed to run the point. And then all those guys are scorers plus KP/Horford/Hauser, so there aren't many lineups where we need him as the microwave scorer off the bench. He's never going to be a plus on the boards or defensively either.
So if your'e not having him handle the ball more than bringing it up the court and/or putting him in situations to score, what's that leave for him to do? If he was shooting +40% from three it's a different story. Or if he had more success breaking down defenses off the dribble to create more for others, which he's hit and miss on. Otherwise it's hard for him to make a positive impact.
I'm struggling to see lineups where he's going to shine when we're fully healthy.
Yeah I think they like him as sort of a game manager type. I'm still torn what a better spot is to upgrade, the back up guard or the backup big. Starting to feel like it may even come down to playoff match up but it's not super obvious yet what the most difficult match up is yet.
And I still say it will get only better and better..
