Slava wrote:Phreak50 wrote:I know it's only been a few short stints but how are you guys liking Lonnie Walker?
The guy is inconsistent but can explode for a breathless 30 on the right night. That is on a lottery team without two all stars.
I really think if the team shows trust in him, he could flourish.
He's only played in the last two games, so not much to make an assessment but he has skill in maneuvering and running pick and rolls in tight spaces. In actual games though, he'll either have to make his open shots or make his living off of regular cuts to keep his defender honest to earn game time in a rather crowded backcourt rotation.
He's a fine player but we have a million guards. He'll have his explosive moments where the shots go in and he looks great but he'll have games where he misses shots, gets trampled on D, and barely plays. That's our MLE signing: Jordan Crawford. Not Jamal Crawford - Jordan.
Who plays for sure on this team?
- LeBron
- AD
- Nunn
- Beverley
- Russ
- Reaves
4/6 of those players are guards. During the regular season, we'll probably only have a 9-10 man rotation.
You need another wing player with size:
- JTA
One of the big men is most likely going to play at minimum:
- Bryant, Jones or Gabriel. (PS - I'd rank this Gabriel, Bryant, Jones. Jones has been bad)
If two end up playing, that's your 9 man rotation. Which means the 10th and final spot comes down to Schroder vs Walker.
And when Troy Brown Jr (a guy with size and shooting ability) comes back and gets his sea legs under him, that's another guy who will need to play basically just because he has what our two biggest weaknesses are: Shooting and size on the wing.
Walker was a total waste of a signing.
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