BlacJacMac wrote:winforlose wrote:BlacJacMac wrote:
Tyus as our PGOF?
Point Guard of the Future. Tyus is 29. In 6 years by the time he is 35 and in the twilight of his career (he was born in May,) Ant will be 30. Seems like a solid back court duo.
I know what it means. I was just questioning the idea.
Tyus is perfectly cromulent. But that's it. The idea of Tyus is great. Good shooter, great assist/turnover ratio, doesn't seem to really hurt you defensively - until the Playoffs.
But he really just doesn't move the needle. He's safe and basic and kind of blah. He's like the perfect Flip Saunders PG. Pass to the open man for the assist, don't do anything reckless, don't gamble, don't push things. Stay in your lane.
He took a minimum deal last year to try to improve his value and he ended up getting benched for a kid on a 2 way...
We REALLY could have used a guy with one of the top two A/TO ratios in the league every single year to organize our offense in that OKC series.
You can't judge Tyus by last year in PHX, that team was a dumpster fire of epic proportions with zero big men and 3 of the most ball dominant wings in the entire league. He's smart, he makes the right play, he can push the ball and hit open shots.
My only question on him is if he is physical enough to play Finch-level defense, but he's certainly smart and seasoned enough to execute our defensive schemes. Rob is neither. He is food right now.
I watched a youtube the other day about how during a Cavs playoff game against the Celtics years ago, LeBron ran the same play for an entire quarter because ONE GUY was being lazy on weakside defense.
If you want to win at the highest level you can't afford to play a guy who is food out there.
And we already start Julius Randle and back him up with Naz Reid.
If your team is losing or even middling you take the upside play and play Dillingham.
But our window to win is now, maybe the next 2 years before Gobert and Randle start seriously deteriorating.
Mike had a big drop off last year and we can't afford to have another year with such ineffective PG play.