chonestown wrote:Look, it's garbage time, but when Nwora gets time he shows the capability of being a 3-level scorer. His off the bounce game is displayed with purpose and he has touch both when pulling up off two feet or putting up a runner. Likewise, Merrill shows more variety than an exclusively spot-up guy and he isn't the turnstile on defense as feared. Pretty easy to envision them as end-of-rotation guys as opposed to merely end-of-bench guys. Bucks need cheap guys to fill up the roster and youth. I wouldn't move either for a two-month rental of a decrepit fossil. They've shown enough in G-League to warrant patience.
As for Diakite, he's smaller than I thought. More likely to work as a 3/4 combo than a 4/5 unless it's a small ball matchup. Whoever made the comparison to LRMAM [Em, maybe] seems to have it right.
1) I think Diakite can still be a 4/5 combo, especially once he adds some lbs. I believe others have mentioned it, but he reminds me of Chris Boucher, who's played a lot of 4/5 for Toronto this year and has been great.
2) Agreed on Nwora. He's too good of a scorer not to see more action next year. I see Nwora more as the Forbes replacement next year. Conny moves up to the backup SG and Nwora slides in as the primary backup SF.
3) Merrill is a great shooter and a passable defender, but he really needs to shore up his ballhandling. I'd love to see him take over the backup PG minutes next year.
There's a world where all three of guys are rotation players next year, especially with their cap sheet getting full. Don't know how realistic it is, but it's also not impossible.