stevemcqueen1 wrote:Morris played through foot injuries early in the season. He's probably playing better now because it healed. He's not a bad player, he's average. You aren't going to get a stud at every position, you live with average. Especially in your front court. And there are good teams that are absolutely starting worse in their front court. Zaza Pachulia starts for the Warriors and Pascal Siakam starts for the Raptors. Tristan Thompson is no great shakes either and he costs twice as much as Morris. Keef isn't our problem. The bench is. Jason Smith has been our most reliable bench option on the season, that tells you everything you need to know about how bad it has been. We've had somewhere between a five and seven man roster throughout the first half and it's killing us. We can't trust anyone except our starters.
If we could bring in an upgrade over Keef at the PF position at a sensible cost, then great. But upgrading him isn't a priority and the most direct and least costly way to make improvements in our net performance is to find upgrades for our bench.
I tend to agree, and I also think Morris is an "average" player. At his contract $ you arent going to find much better that isnt a rookie deal.
However based on our roster and our need for rebounding, I actually think upgrading the front court should be a priority if we want to win. Whether that means finding someone to replace or start in front of Morris, or finding someone to replace Gortat. Either way, its a glaring weakness.
That and the neverending quest for a decent backup PG that can score.
