MrDollarBills wrote:Hello Brooklyn wrote:vincecarter4pres wrote:Even moving on from Jrue talk, the bottom line is this isn’t baseball or football. You can’t just sign Scrubby McDefense Vet Min the Third and Jayless Lockdowningson and throw them out there and expect to keep pace with other contenders with stacked lineups 1 through 5.
And to be clear, I don’t mean you need a star, or even true stud at every position at all times. But in the playoffs, in tight big games, you cannot have lineups where 2 to 3 of Taureen Prince, MKG and Harkless are out there at the same time and hope to beat teams like the Lakers, Heat, Celtics, Nuggets, etc.
I mean the Lakers were out there playing Alex Caruso in crunch time.
I don't think the Lakers or any other team right now is stacked. Clippers were the closes but they somehow collapsed.
Who is better, Caruso or Dinwiddie? exactly.
the Nets have a deep roster right now. we just need 2 moves at minimum to tighten things up.
I'm not trying to jump on the Caruso train too and I get the context that he benefits from the roster around him, but he grades out as an excellent defender on many metrics, looks like a pest on the eye test and is a capable shooter and passer.
And that's not to compare him to Dinwiddie either, because in crunch time and for any extended runs, he's not out there with a couple other Caruso's. It's him, 2 superstars, a stud role player point guard and either another shooter or Dwight, lineups like that.'
I agree, we don't need another star. But you can't play all our top guys at once, so again I agree, we need a couple moves to tighten things up and a good signing or 2, to then replace quality depth, with quality depth.
We don't need to trade for Jrue. We don't even necessarily need to trade anyone of the Caris, Din, Allen trio. But we need to add at least one legit 3&D starter, like a Robert Covington, Derrick White, Oubre Jr., Harrison Barnes, Terrence Ross, Norman Powell, Gary Harris, etc., and/or move up in the draft for one young guy who immediately 3&D's at a high level, with upside to be one of the best 3&D guys in the long run, like Mikal Bridges for example.
If they can even consolidate Claxton, Rodi, Musa, the 19th and some 2nd's with Prince's contract into a higher draft pick and one of those 3&D guys that would be great.
Something like that for Barnes and the 12.
Or move back in the draft to 29th with the above for Powell.
Maybe the above for Rudy Gay and the 11th.
I would love Jrue here, he's a great fit and very underrated. But for me, he's not even the top target and I do think you can get away with what we have, plus a great MLE signing and a trade similar to some of the above. Then maybe pounce when Harden or PG, or someone becomes available, or just remain as is.
