GT: Nets vs. Warriors 2/5/20 7:30pm EST

[ecuhus1981]

TLC is currently a free agent.

I’m assuming they’ll bring him back after the trade deadline?

Not sure what's happening tbh

SHHHH, don't worry, don't worry, don't worry.

TLC understands, we probably have spoken with him about the need for roster flexibility until the trade deadline. I am confident that we will re-sign him tonight or tomorrow, unless we execute a trade that brings in more players than we send. We know his worth.

[gigantes]

Dealing with injuries and less-than-ideal usage seem like his biggest hurdles, in that order.

I'd like to think that if the former is less of an issue, the latter will mostly take care of itself, given the hardworking Nets culture.

That said, and given that I was juggling the last couple games, it does look like Caris is still kind of fishing around, figuring out how to best apply his game. Which makes perfect sense to me.

IMO he shouldn't be considered late in his development the way most guys in his situation should. He still has unusually high potential for growth due to all the past missed time.

Probably just preaching to the choir here, but...

I feel you, man, and I was right there with you until the start of this season. I said to myself last summer, "Caris is just scratching the surface of his potential, he has all the tools to become the defender and 3-point shooter we need to complement Kev and Ky." I thought that all of his missed time due to injury, including some offseason training programs, meant that he could continue to develop more than the average 25yo.

But then the season started, and his play showed me that over the summer he had not improved in ANY of the areas that would complement a star bigger than him. Instead, he had worked on all of the facets of his game that are superfluous and redundant around stars, almost like he expected to be the alpha on this squad. He's the delta at best. He has regressed defensively, and I dare say his shooting stroke looks worse. He's better from 3, but worse from the FT line, which is usually a stronger indicator of sustainable shooting success.

As I've said elsewhere, I still believe that Caris Levert has 20/5/5 potential. I used to think that he could do it even on a team with two HoFers. Now, I'm very beaarish on that.

Yeah, that's true. His summer work surely was a big fat let down from what I can tell.

I'm definitely giving him credit for future adaptation towards sharing the court with higher-usage players, and I may be very mistaken in that.

Put me someplace in the middle, at any rate. I'm certainly not crazy about the "Look, see! Caris has arrived!" line of thought.

[MGrand15]

Caris has been really bad this year and 2 games doesn't change anything but I don't think it has to do with usage or wanting to be alpha. He wasn't getting to the rim and breaking down defenders like he did in the past. If he can't do that, his whole game falls apart. Whether he's taking 5 shots a game or 20. He's at a career high 36% from 3 and still having his least efficient year BY FAR. He's at an awful 50% at the rim even though he's not getting there as much as he has in the past. That makes no sense for a 25 year old.

Hopefully he starts to turn a corner. We need to figure out WTF we have before KD comes back.

[MrDollarBills]

Trade deadline has passed, sign TLC for the reason of the season.

[DarkXaero]

Trade deadline has passed, sign TLC for the reason of the season.

There'll be a buyout market though.

[Prokorov]

Trade deadline has passed, sign TLC for the reason of the season.

There'll be a buyout market though.

I'd also be in for Shumpert back