bpcox05 wrote:TheZachAttack wrote:bpcox05 wrote:Malik Monk for Jaden McDaniels?
I personally would do this 100%. McDaniels is a really good player, especially as we've started to use I'm as a 4 and take advantage of his midrange/floater touch/body control & length around the rim. On defense, he's one of the best POA defenders but he's also one of the best help defenders. It's tough though because we have Gobert and McDaniels has been an inconsistent shooter and so with Gobert, Jaden, and Randle... teams just absolutely load up on Ant and faceguard him even if he doesn't pass half court, hard double, and even hedge at the elbows behind a face guard and don't worry about the short roll or shooters.
The Wolves need ball handers who can get defenses into rotation, kick to 3 point shooters, and score to created more spaced floors and help Ant out. Ant probably has the worst offensive structure around him of any star in the league right now
Monk
Dante
Ant
Randle
Gobert
Naz
Naw
Conley
Rob/Minott/Shannon
This would be a pretty good group. I think then next year:
Monk
Dante
Ant
Naz
Gobert
with
NAW, Rob, Conley, Minott, and Shannon JR plus the Detroit FRP off the bench gets the Wolves to a lot better roster construction.
Yeah I think it makes a lot of sense for both parties. I’m going to post this as its own thread and get some more feedback. Thanks for chiming in!
Agreed! I will add that you will see some people talk about McDaniels inconsistent shooting, but in his own right he would be a lot better offensively for a team where he didn't have to play with Gobert and Randle. For a team that played more up tempo and more flow, he would look a lot better. McDaniels shot over 50% in the floater range and on long 2's and over 60% at the rim last year. He's a pretty good cutter and legit is probably close to 6'10 with over a 7 foot wingspan. For his career, he generally "has" also been close to 40% on catch and shoot 3 point shots. Again, many of these shots are pretty wide open but in the Wolves roster construction and spacing you see a lot of players struggling offensively on the Wolves. You've seen how much better KAT is playing with a more spread floor and a PG that can collapse defenses/score/dribble the ball to draw defenders and give KAT good touches. Spacing and roster construction does matter when it comes to counting stats and efficiency.