therealbig3 wrote:Davis doesn't handle the ball, pass, or shoot like Draymond. In what way is he going to do better than Draymond on the Warriors?
he does pass. he just doenst have that role with the pelicans... his role is to score and create offense. he doesnt catch the ball wide open at the FT line with tons of room and options playing 4-3 cause curry got trap double teamed at mid court.
Asking him to score more points than Draymond while probably taking more touches away from Curry and Klay is exactly what not to do.
he wouldnt need more shots. Davis is one of the most efficient players in the league. you are talking about a guy who posted a 31 PER last season. give davis the ball with no one around him at the FT line and their offense gets even better. other then shoot 3s, there isnt one single thing green does better
Defensively, Green can legitimately guard 1-5 and he's the driving force behind the Warriors being able to play pretty much any lineup they want. His mobility, his versatility, his IQ...it's all time great, and it really goes way beyond simplistic "well he's not shutting down these guys 1 on 1" kind of analysis.
Davis is a better defender then green. put him on the warriors and he is doing all the same things defensively, only at a higher level.
Of course he's aided by the talent and the system in place...but that talent and system also thrives in large part because of everything he brings to the table, which Davis wouldn't be able to do, LMA wouldn't be able to do, Cousins wouldn't be able to do, etc.
Davis wouldnt only do it, he would do it better... singificantly better
Literally all they can do better than Draymond is create shots for themselves, which is pretty useless on the Warriors, because they don't rely on that most of the time, and when they do, they have Curry, who's better at it than anyone else, so you don't really need Davis's creation. You need more complementary skills, and nobody does that like Draymond.
I think you're confusing "talent" with "good". Davis and LMA and Cousins have talent, but the fact of the matter is, their talent doesn't help their teams nearly as much as Draymond helps his.
again, other then shoot 3s davis does everything better. score, pass, rebound, defender in isolation, defend the pick and roll, protect the rim, etc. its not even close. davis is twice the player and the warriors would be even better with him
