derek360 wrote:Bucketgetter wrote:derek360 wrote:
Top 60? I wouldn't go that far. I understand (kinda) your love for Covington but young? He is only a year younger than Butler and is BY FAR the best 3 point shooter the Wolves have at the moment...It obviously is not enough and Wiggins has been shooting more 3s, but still reverting back to his jack up long 2s mode sometimes...Saric is 24, which fits the timeline of the Towns, Wiggins and Okogie core, but looks like a streaky shooter at best and a product of great players like Simmons and Embiid commanding double teams so Saric has open looks... Don't think he'll get as many open looks on the Wolves...
Wolves gave up Patton so why couldn't they get the 76ers to give up Fultz? Both are younger guys that still have to prove themselves.. Fultz would have fit the timeline with the Wolves core and allowed him to grow with them.
1. Covington is still 27
2. Tolliver is a better 3 point shooter than RoCo. So not even the best, and certainly not BY FAR.
3. Those two aren't even comparable lmao. Patton has played 4 minutes and is so injured we declined his 3rd year option. He's a FA at the end of this year, worth nothing to us. Fultz still has major upside and is a part of the 76ers future plans.
1. Read it wrong about Covington's age. He'll be 28 next month.
2. Percentage-wise Tolliver is better but that is skewed because Covington attempts more 3s than Tolliver. Tolliver has never averaged more than 4.6 3s a game in his career (per basketballreference.com). Covington has averaged 6 3pt attempts since his 2nd season.
3. Fultz has only played 27 games, which isn't a big sample either.
Both have major upside but have yet to prove their potential. I would've added another player (Tyus or whoever) to get Fultz.
1. Are you saying I read it wrong or you did? Because you also said "As for Covington, he is the 3 and D guy Wolves need, but he is already 28 (only a year younger than Butler)" in another post.
2. And that's also skewed because RoCo plays more minutes. Their per 36 attempts were actually very similar last year, with RoCo at 7.8 and AT at 7.5. However AT shot 43.6% and RoCo only 36.9%. This year in a small sample size AT is actually shooting more 3s than RoCo per 36, as well as shooting them at a better percentage. Tolliver is the better shooter. RoCo is the better player, and therefore plays more.
3. You don't understand the situation Patton is in. We already declined his option. He's a FA next year and currently doing nothing this year with a broken foot. There was no upside to keeping him and his value was literally zero to us.
