OxAndFox wrote:TyFrekey wrote:City of Trees wrote:I heard Matt Barnes during pre game talking about the possibility of moving Davion and I honestly believe Davion would welcome a trade to a team he can start on. He's never going to supplant Fox so what is the endgame for Davion on the Kings? Provide defense off the bench until it's time to hit RFA? I understand why moving Davion makes sense to some. Is Davion's value high enough to justify a trade?
I'm of the opinion that we look to move him not because I don't think he's a good player or doesn't have the potential to develop into one, but because I don't think he can develop one in his current role as mentioned before, which means I think he would be more valuable to another team than he is to us. Of course, that is predicated on other teams sharing the opinion that he has the potential to be a valuable player. He's obviously great defensively, but offensively he just doesn't match what this team needs given that Fox and Monk provide most of the playmaking from the guard position. Davion, much like Holmes, needs to be in a system where he can run pick and rolls at will, and in Davion's case use his strength of his burst of speeds to attack the rim. I actually think the two of them should be really good together if given the opportunity/time, which is why I kind of think there could be some value in trying to move them together.
Anyway, I would have to think some team out there sees value in Davion after how he ended last season offensively and his defensive reputation.
The problem with Davion is there simply aren't many teams needing a starting PG, well more to the point, Davion isn't better than them.
The teams that might be able to start him at the position would be Chicago (depends on how they view Dos/White), Dallas (Luka is the "PG" but they could work a PG into the line-up), and Clippers. I can't see any other team, right at this moment either trading their starting PG for Davion or trading for him to take over from the current starter.
It doesn't get much better when looking at the backup. Charlotte, Chicago (again depends on how they view Dos+White), Dallas, Clippers, Minnesota, New York, OKC, Toronto.
I don't think the issue is that he needs to be a starting PG, but rather he just needs to be in a role that suits his strengths given how limited he is offensively. He doesn't stretch the floor, isn't very effective in a motion offense, and doesn't really do anything without the ball in his hands. His sole use offensively is attacking the rim. He is elite at getting to the rim (though not at finishing) and if he isn't in a position to do that, he's such an offensive negative not even his defense can make up for it. So a bench role where he can be the primary ball handler 15 minutes a night is essentially the only place where I think he can be effective.
