Indeed wrote:KrazyP wrote:Indeed wrote:
I am not sure I agree with that. Siakam and the guard should able to handle the handling / dribbling. Furthermore, we traded one of OG for a wing and a guard, that only resulted in .500, which clearly isnt a balancing issue, but lack of talent / skill.
Disagree. Lots of teams have forwards capable of handling the ball....that doesnt lead them to completely ignore the backcourt and fill it with trash.
For years the Raps basically had the worst (or close to the worst) guard rotation in the entire NBA. The roster was completely imbalanced because of the focus on the 6-9 movement. The fact that Malachi Flynn was actually part of the rotation here says a boatload.
Look at how a team like the Magic is built....Banchero/Wagner are both forwards capable of play making and handling the ball but the Magic still have multiple guys in the backcourt with basic NBA level guard skills.....Suggs, Fultz, Anthony, Harris which is significantly better than Schroder/Flynn or VanVleet backed up by nobody.
I'd argue the team actually looked half decent immediately after OG trade but it was too little too late as Siakam already had started to mail it in in anticipation of a trade.
Flynn was never part of the rotation, and the problem isn't the back court, but lack of shooting to space the floor.
It really has nothing to do with 6-9 movement, as we see other teams can make it work. It is just we overrated our development program (or we underrated some of the assistant coaches who left), particularly, our shooting improvement, which we believe we can fix players and stack up on non-shooters. Now we went with extreme opposite, and we have many shooters who can't defend.
Completely disagree. Roster balance was a major issue....it goes beyond just not having enough shooters.
During the VanVleet led era, he was the only guard in the lineup with basic NBA level shooting, passing and dribbling skills. When he left, they replaced him with Schroeder and Flynn became part of the rotation.
Can you point to me which successful team in the NBA this year had a guard rotation this bad?