Chi town wrote:GimmeDat wrote:ZOMG wrote:
Lauri is not shooting at 33%. He's at 40% in December (13 games) on heavyish volume (7 3PA). That's certainly a large enough sample to tell us he's left his horrible slump behind. There will be others, of course, as there are for most guys, but Lauri and Zach have been neck and neck for a while now when it comes to being the best outside shoorer of the team.
He is. Since I wrote that he's moved up a fraction to 33.7% on the season. December is not the whole season.
As I said, he projects to shoot better than that mark - as I cited, he's shot better than that at every other level. But I don't think you can say he's close to Lavine as a shooter when he's shot 35.6% from 3 over 153 games in his career. Lavine's been a much more prolific shooter whilst taking harder looks from 3 over his career.
But yeah, both guys are good 3 point shooters.
Gimme, what do you think of Hayes and Avdija?
What about Mannion and Haliburton and their fit?
Hayes is really good. Extremely good passer, good size, can shoot both spotting up and off the dribble, etc. He's pretty well rounded. I'm trying to figure out exactly where I have him between all these PG prospects, but I feel like it's pretty high up.
Avdija is an interesting player - some really interesting tools, love a forward that can pass, solid athlete.. but it might be easy to overrate him as well, I'm a little scared of touching him in most of the top 10. He's playing 13 mins a game and averaging 2.9 points a game in Euroleague. Shooting 21% from 3 (3/14 sample) this season. Could see an outcome where he busts and people go 'I can't believe we were so high on him' in retrospect. But I do believe there's a lot of potential there.
Haliburton maybe a little lower, but I do think he's a pretty good fit. He can catch and shoot, not the same shooting versatility as Hayes, but you have to respect him. Excellent passer with great A/TO rate, and again, a big/long PG who is a good defender. I like the fit, my only concern as currently constructed, is whether this team needs a guy with a bit more on-ball dynamism - his ceiling as a penetrator/ and overall scorer feels limited, to me. Somewhat in that Lonzo Ball type archetype.
Mannion's having a good season, great shooter, strong facilitator, I'm a little lower on him because of the tools though, he's smaller, weaker defender, can't really get into the paint and score. He'll be a really solid NBA player, but not sure he's our 'answer' at the PG position.
My shortlist right now is probably -
Cole Anthony (if he somehow drops because of the injury stuff)
Killian Hayes
RJ Hampton
Isaac Okoro
James Wiseman (don't think he'll drop but I have him later on my board)
Onyeka Okongwu (obviously not in the market for a big but I think he's great value where we'll be)
Then the 2nd tier has your Haliburton, Mannion, Maxey, Avdija, Maledon, maybe Toppin and McDaniels come in around here as well.
Ball would be top tier, I think he's out of reach though.
