ConSarnit wrote:Scizzup wrote:LBJKB24MJ23 wrote:
well i doubt Bam would be even remotely effective as a 1st option. he's pretty one dimensional on offense.
why does 1st option on offense matter for either players? neither are top 20 offensive players(impact) in the league.
Bam is more valuable than Pascal overall because he is far superior defensively at a position which allows more lineups outputs out there. Pascal is better than Bam on offense obviously but he is just not that great of an offensive player even if he is playing of a better offensive player. He just is never going to be that efficient of a scorer due to his shot diet and pull up ability.
Impact stats would say FVV been the best offensive player on this team last 2 years btw.
I think Bam with Lillard > Lillard/Pascal personally due to him doing a lot of **** Dray does for Curry on offense (screening/short roll playrmaker, relocation passing). Pat wouldn't trade him though.
Where are you seeing this? Last year (first half of season) we had the worst half-court offense in the league by far when Siakam was off the floor.
Rockets half-court: 89.3 off rtg (29th in league)
Raptors without Siakam: 83.9 off rtg
With Siakam we were really bad. Without Siakam we were one of the worst offensive half-court teams of all-time.
EPM/Darko/bball index/Raptor all have FVV as more impactful player on offense (I don't necessarily buy it this season but he was definitely better than Pascal on offense last year in RS).
Why are you focusing on first half of the season? lineup data in small sample is useless.
Edit: I am not saying FVV is better than Siakam because I factor in roles. I am just showing that stats see Siakam as a 2a/2b type on offense. You can't be a league average scorer (Ts) with that usage and be very impactful on offense unless you are at least giving Ja playmaking/creation at rim.