ShootingtheJ wrote:old skool wrote:KidA24 wrote:
I mean, sure, but Middleton missed 2/3 of the season, so that was sort of a necessity, given Grayson played all his minutes at the 2.
Connaughton has played most of his minutes at forward in each of the last 3 seasons, and I don't see that changing. Connaughton has always been a role player off the bench. 410 of his career starts have been off the bench, and he has only averaged more than 24 mpg once in his career.
Beauchamp obviously only has a one year history, so maybe he can play SG. I still think it is worth noting that he played twice as many minutes at forward as he did at guard and did not show that he could guard SGs.
I just think projecting either of them into a starting role is dubious. I think Connaughton is what he is. A very good bench SF who can finish games in some situations. I hope Beauchamp develops into a productive rotation player, but that jury is still out.
Sure, no arguments on either, but isn't it even more dubious to project Beasley into a starting role? He been bad for a few years now.
I think a SG will generally be better at SG than a SF playing out of position. No need to force a round peg into a square hole just because we don't like any of the square pegs. (apologizing in advance for the convoluted analogy)
I don't endorse Beasley, but since you asked, he is one of the few players on the Bucks roster that is an established NBA SG. Not starter quality. Maybe not even rotation quality. Signed for the vet minimum, after all.
But what are the true SG options? I am assuming that Horst had a plan to fill the hole created by trading both starting backcourt guards for Lillard. I assume that he did not wake up September 28 and say "oh my gosh, who do we have to play SG?". I assume Horst considered the hole at SG when he let Ingles sign with Orlando and Matthews with Atlanta. Maybe Green has impressed this summer. Maybe AJJ or Livingston has looked good. Or decent. I don't like any of the options. Connaughton is the only solid NBA player in the group of Beauchamp, Green, Jackson, & Livingston. I trust/hope they have a solution in mind.
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And maybe the bigger question is why do we care about the "starting 5"? Last year the "starting 5" only started 10 games together. The year before that the "starting 5" only started 1 game the entire season.
