Tim_Hardawayy wrote:The question you have to ask with Tyler is, if he's not going to be "the" guy (which he probably won't be on a real contender), will he fit? I'm liking his progress this season as a player, just hoping/wondering if its going to translate to a better team with a better #1 option, should that arise in the next year or two.
For whatever reason, he couldn't make this happen next to Jimmy. The question you have to ask is, was he just not ready yet as a player, or was it an issue with not being the primary option? And if it's the latter... sigh.
You know what I miss most about #3? He was the only player I can ever remember following that had supreme superstar talent, but could just blend in to the action whenever it was required, like he always knew exactly how much a team needed of him. Whether it was being an ensemble guy in his rookie year, deferring to Shaq year 2, taking over in year 3, being the spark plug off the bench in the Olympics, deferring to LeBron in '12/13, letting Bosh lead the show for a bit before he got sick... I wish every player could just seamlessly swap roles like that.
Unfortunately it still remains to be seen, like you’ve mentioned before majority of our deep playoff runs came without Tyler and with a specialist in his place willing to fall in line and play their role. I’m going to say he just wasn’t ready but he still hasn’t shown us he can really impact winning.
And people will say “we’d be a bottom team in the league without Herro this year”. Well, we just lost to the Mavs 4th string who didn’t have a single big man on the roster. I know we had guys out too but we still had our our bet guys, Herro, a ROY candidate, and other 1st round guys playing. A true all star wins you that game, instead we let Dante Exum be the best player on the court.
Tyler is an elite shooter, if he’s willing to play off ball in a role that has him getting 8-10 good looks from 3 a night and a few layups here and there I think he can help a contender but it can’t be at a higher value contract than what he currently has. You can’t build a true contender with a guy making $50M if he’s only a scorer and somewhat a playmaker here and there with little to no defense if they’re not a top 5 or maybe 10 offensive player in the league.