ProcessDoctor wrote:^^^has Tobias vibes all over again, despite them being vastly different players. Tobias was "just entering his prime" when we traded for him but he never took a considerable leap compared to his last full year in LA.
Not opposed to OG the player, just the idea of trading multiple picks for him THEN paying him $40+ mil/year. That's all-star player package stuff, and OG isn't that and probably never will be.
My issue with OG, is that he feels like a final piece luxury type of move, when I think we need something a little more than what he can bring.
However it's not fair to OG at all to compare him to someone like Harris who brings nothing significant to the table. OG might be the best perimeter defender in the association, he's a player you can leave on an island against Pascal, Tatum or Giannis types all game long and their shooting numbers fall. He's elite in all defensive facets - isolation / post ups / against spot up shooters / on hand-offs. He's a defensive weapon that also shoots the 3 ball on huge volume at an extremely high level. He's also a 26 year old 6'7 freak athlete in the midst of his athletic prime and with a +7" wingspan.
I just hate the price you'd have to pay for someone like OG, but he would unquestionably transform us as a team.
I was looking into Keldon Johnson's numbers recently too following his name being floated around, and I'm all in on that idea as well. Shooting on high volume, athletic, + wingspan, locked down on a declining contract until 2027 that he'll surely out perform.
Personally I'm interested in guys that do things at a high level, play quickly and can co-exist around Maxey and Embiid. Batum and Oubre have shown almost instantly that it isn't very difficult at all for High IQ basketball players to co-exist with one of the greatest centers this game has ever seen. The only thing Mr. Assassin does at an elite level is leech off of Joel Embiid and hinder momentum by constantly turning down open shots.
This season:
Joel, Maxey and Harris: +8.2 net rating in 1018 possessions
Joel, Maxey and no Harris: +35.4 net rating in 112 possessions
'21-'22 Prior to the first Harden trade:
Embiid On, Tobias Off: +19.7 NRTG
Embiid/Maxey On, Tobias Off: +20.3 NRTg
Embiid/Tobias On: +3.0 NRTG
4-0 when Embiid played and Tobias didn’t
Playoff net rating splits during the Rivers era (with low-leverage minutes removed, aka garbage time)

Markkanen, Bojan, Grant, Keldon, OG etc etc etc.
The
third star has simply always just been anyone besides Tobias Harris.