tleikheen wrote: Why would Avdija flourish at the 4?
He rebounds the ball better than probably everyone on the Wizards and playing the 4 doesnt necessarily have to take the ball out of his hands to bring the ball up. His chance of sticking with the Wizards will be better playing the 4 than SF as he cant shoot.
But the big problem is the stand in the corners ,no player movement or ball movement in WUJs offense.Its ISO heavy with my turn ,your turn .
Seems like every year the last teams standing are teams who move the ball and have player movement. I cant remember the last good team that was a heavy ISO commited team.
I think the Washington offense will be better with KP at Center ,Avidja at PF, Kispert at SF, Beal at SG, Anthony Black ?????? PG. Even better if somehow they got Amen Thompson for PG ....... Lets hope the PG position is addressed this Draft.
I don't want to turn the draft thread into a Deni Avijda thread, but needless to say I think the team needs to make a choice between Kuzma and Avdija. The argument that you make is a fair one, but it also doesn't follow that Avdija should be the cog to make the ball movement offense flow. Look at the teams in the finals. Yes they have good ball movement, but they also made sure to sign good three-point shooters. Denver specifically traded for Kentavious Caldwell-Pope because he could shoot the 3 better. Ball movement + 3-point shooting. Avdija's lack of 3-point shooting renders your whole argument questionable.
Defensively, Avdija is a good/great defender (would love to see him cut down his fouls) but the reality is that in 2023 teams seek out the weakest defenders on the floor. So the overall benefit of Avdjia's defense, though he is a good individual defender, is overstated.
C - Porzingis
PF - Avdija
SF - Kispert
SG - Beal
PG - ????
If Avdija is making 37%+ from 3 and shooting 5+ 3's a game is a solid team. Especially if we have a PG who can shoot. But the time is far too late to start looking at Avdija like he's some kind of blank canvas. He's played 3 seasons and his 3-point shooting last season was the worst of his career. In your post you mentioned Anthony Black. Black is also not a good 3-point shooter (30% from the college line is concerning). So that lineup with Black at the 1 and Avdija at the 4, would lack floor spacing. The ball movement that you hope to create would be negated by the fact that the defense could easily help off of the 1 and 4 positions. Any good defensive team would just basically make Avdija and Black beat them from deep.
More so, Avdija's contract is coming up. There is no shortage of players in either the draft or free agency that can do what Avdija brings to the table. Bad 3-point shooting, secondary playmaker, good rebounding and solid defense is a dime a dozen. So where does that leave us with an Avdija contract extension?
