Negrodamus wrote:stormi wrote:Negrodamus wrote:Once again, the “we need three point shooting” crowd every off-season and trade deadline is seeing our team of three point shooting hitting average to below average from the outside. No one gets clean threes in the playoffs unless they suck from outside or are playing against us. We need guys who can get baskets from inside the arc.
We need guys that can get others looks. We need someone that can put the ball on the deck, collapse a defense and then create a shot for someone else. Maxey is a score first guard with developing passing instincts. Embiid is a 7' giant with inconsistent coordination.
We need a guy a non-geriatric hub of offense that ideally can also shoot the three ball and isn't a total defensive liability.
The guy you've been pounding the table for would help us out because he can do things that we're lacking on this roster, but his deficiencies are damn near suicidal in today's age of constructing a modern contender.
If you're referring to DeRozan, I think he worked in a vacuum of this year. If his contract is going to be 40 per, then it's a stupid investment. But his ability to get baskets, particularly in crunchtime, would make us a top 3 team in this playoffs, imo. Replacing him with Tobi and starting Batum at the 4 would be the most deadly lineup.
But I think this would limit our options this offseason if someone like Doncic or Zion want out and would consider us since we would have had to part with assets to get him, so I get it.
Before we existed, Demar was the embodiment of a Playoff Dropper. He's miles better than a layman like Tobias and ironically in a vacuum fits seamlessly alongside a healthy Embiid tilting the floor with his defense and Maxey's Steph-lite impression but he'll be 35 in August.
We have five(?) tradeable firsts, a max slot this summer and essentially punted '23-'24 because of Morey subterfuge. He needs to aim a bracket or two higher.