RaptorsNorth wrote:they won't give him the starting spot ahead of norm from the jump unless he just blows nurse away. They'll still give norm the chance and might even play the lowry/fred line up at times, but by the allstar game he'll be starting infront of norm. 3 point shooting in that line up will be important to space the floor like green did in the regular season. Norm powell is not consistent enough to keep him out of the line up. Thomas don't even have to be that great defensively. All he has to be in a capably defender and do what joe harris does and he'll keep norm out of starting line up.fbalmeida wrote:I took a moment to go down the Matt Thomas rabbit hole and I come out of it convinced he will be our starting SG this season.
No surprise by now to state that he has some serious shooting ability.
His 3pt% over these two years in Spain, would prop him up as the most accurate 3pt shooter in the NBA, above Joe Harris and Danny Green. Given Green's departure I can see him running around Gasol's hammer screens or putting up threes on passes from Lowry or Siakam, as a reliable perimeter scoring option. And I wouldn't be at all surprised to see him averaging 12-15 ppg.
This would also help take some of the steam off of Siakam and OG's development.
Anyway you slice it, we still have a pretty serious team to contend with.
Gasol and Ibaka erasing Embid and Giannis once again. Scoring depth and defence. Etc. I couldn't imagine a greater riot than watching this squad, as is, repeat. Minds would explode.
When he takes the starting spot away from
Norm remember who called it first on here.
Can’t see him taking Norms spot unless he is a lot better at defence than his reputation says he is.
