NBADraft2003 wrote:BenoUdrihFTL wrote:NBADraft2003 wrote:We talking like 41% on 9 attempts per game isn’t elite. That down year is a career year for majority in the league. How was he underwhelming? The shot clock thing isn’t on him, look at the coaching staff on that issue as well as your star players. He came back a better player this year than he was last year, a more consistent effort on D, the passing out of the traps coming off handoffs, etc.
He was underwhelming because a) his 3pt efficiency substantially declined from 2020, and b) so much of our offense was geared towards getting him open looks and 40.8% from 3 is no longer super special in this league; there were 37 players who topped that %. Now granted, Duncan had higher volume than them but that's because our offensive system was hyper-focused on spamming Duncan 3s at the expense of burning a ton of shot clock and possibly foregoing other potential options. The system obviously isn't Duncan's fault but it's the system that got him so many 3s. Ultimately we had the 18th ranked offense so the question becomes whether the system needs some reworking and if that reworking is gonna result in less Duncan 3s and what that means to Duncan's value
But I'm not sure why we're even going down this road because like I already said, I think he can get that efficiency back up closer to the 45% from 2020 and I'm happy to re-sign him at the $15 Ethan is reporting
Duncan can easily get 8 or 9 threes per game on 29 other teams, offense spamming DHOs has nothing to do with it. Essentially, that dude is the system when our possessions revolve around him running like a chicken without a head and opening up other guys for their opportunities. I’ll take a slight decline in 3 point shooting for more defense, still better than most. The system absolutely needs some work, having a long off-season for the first time in two years should do wonders for everybody.
I agree, $15 million per in today’s market is a steal for a guy like him easily. The question is, will we be aggressive on getting that done or tell him to go set his own market?
I can't believe that we're having heated discussions about a guy who averages 13 points a game, can't create his own shot, and does next to nothing besides launch 3s. Robinson was a steal as a minimum salary guy. He'd still have value earning $5 million a year. He's a regret the minute we sign him for any significant amount of money.
I don't care how accurate he is, Robinson is more Jason Kapono than Steph. He's more Jason Kapono than Jason Kapono.
