Claud wrote:
Respectufully disagree.
Clax has the tools needed to be a PF.
I don't disagree. the problem is we dont use a PF in our offense
He has some handles, good IQ and activity, good looking jumper, makes a difference on D, etc.
I dont think he has the shot to warrant playing next to allen or jordan. He shot 28% from three on 2 attemps per game from the college line, with most of those uncontested. I think for a center, he has a decent shot. as a F he would need to space the floor and i dont think he is doing that at this point in his career from the pro line. If he works on it maybe in a couple years?
Prince give you nothing except a streaky 3pt shooter. He gets killed on D on a nightly basis and commits dumb play after dumb play. You aren't winning anything with him playing heavy minute as of today. He is much better suited coming off the bench as SF and Chandler playing backup 4 to Clax IMO.
"streaky 3 point shooter" is the most important thing markison looks for on the wing. For as bad as everyone makes it out to be, prince is shooting 36% from three. He is a much better player than chandler. And he is a much better F than claxton. His defense hasnt been nearly as bad as you make it out... its not like he is levert or harris out there, he has been at least avg defensively.
We dont have a 3 and 4. we just have wings. we dont play a PF. our court is mirrored offensively. 2 ball handlers, 2 wings. sometimes 3 wings. never 2 bigs.
Clax brings much more to the table and even though he's very green might as well start giving him minutes since it's a gap year.
I disagree... i think this is the classic grass is greener/backup QB is always the most popular in town situation. in small samples with no expectations Claxton looks great, you start giving him 25-30 minutes a night and all of a sudden his flaws and short comiongs are more apperant. like when kyrie and spencer run into walls because they dont respect claxton from three and he throws up brick after brick like musa did.
I know it's 2020, but Clax has a jumper and can play in the perimeter if need be. Prince isn't 10 times better than Clax as PF ... I guess we'll find out soon.
There is no PF spot.
There is no evidence claxton has a reliable jumper... let alone 36-38% from three like prince
About the other point...Kyrie and Harris are knock down shooters, Caris gives you similar % as prince around mid 30s... Clax has bad #s but hasn't played much and it's a very small sample. Has good form.
Kyrie usually has the ball in his hands, so he isnt spacing the floor, he is the guy you want to space the floor for. Caris is not a good three point shooter. 33% for his career and 34.5% this year. Prince is shootign 35.7% on 3 more attempts per game and alot of that is being forced to shoot while kyrie and levert were out. With Kyrie in the lineup prince is shooting 39.8% from three on 5.8 attempts.
All I'm saying is that I'm curious how long it will take Kenny to make the adjusment.
it will never happen unless kenny and marks are fired. They might change their system if there was an elite PF here like Sabonis or Zion. They arent going to change their entire offensive philsiphy for nic claxton... especially when they have 2 guys who fit their vision of a 4 perfectly (Prince and temple) and have KD to play that spot next season.
Kenny has made tons of adjustments. most recently replacing spencer with temple and putting 3 floor spacers around kyrie. he tried levert and kyrie, spencer and kyrie. he started jordan for a while. he has begun mixing rodi into the rotation. he has flipped from musa to TLC when musa struggled. He gave heavy minutes to nwaba and shump once D really became an issue. Kenny has been anything but rigid.
People wanting marks and kenny to change their entire offense to get a second big in the lineup are not being realistic. they make plenty of changes. just not the ones fans here want