stan francisco wrote:tamaraw08 wrote:stan francisco wrote:Marcus Smart if waived is a no-brainer. Perfect fit.
I don't know about being a perfect fit.
Marcus Smart is a below average 3pt shooter at 32% career from 3, and therefore be a liability on offense.
Vando was the Lakers best defender and JJ only used him for 12 mins/game vs Minnie.
Kris Dunn was the Clippers best defender and Lue was forced to limit his mins to 22 mins.
OKC pretty much gave up on Giddey because of his inability to hit open 3's.
Lakers also had a decent defender in Goodwin and yet barely played in the playoffs.
Now I am really hoping and praying that Rob can somehow trade for Royce O'Neal. The guy is a pretty good defender who has a career 38.5 3pt%.
Hopefully at the same time acquire Nick Richards as their actual back up Center.
Grayson Allen is actually a better shooter but I am not sure if he is a good enough defender.
Smart shot 39.5% in DC last year, I heard. He’s still an elite defender. That’s what we need him for — to cover for Luka’s half-assed defense. And for when Reaves is too small and boney to be useful.
I’d love Royce O’Neal here.
Quentin Grimes, Dyson Daniels, DeAnthony Melton are also good options. Powell, too. And Nesmith and Nemhart. And Hart and Caruso.
We need a defensive dawg
with a shot.
I think we should trade a combo of Rui, Klieber, Knecht and Vando for a quality POA defender and a second string C. Four or three players for two, get lower under apron 1. Then sign Bazely from summer league, who plays with enough desperation. Leave one spot open and some $ headroom for Giannis for when he bails.
We have enough offense as is. Not enough defense to win anything.
Try to avoid basing 3pt% based on last season because it can get really fluky like what happened so MANY times before.
I remember Pelinka proudly stated the fact that a good defender like Kent Bazemore shot 40% from 3 in Golden State. Then boom, shot miserably overall for the Lakers. He was so bad that he hasn't played in the league after the Lakers stint.
Reggie Bullock shot great before the Lakers got him at 39%, 34% with the Lakers.
Mo Bamba shot 40% in Orlando, then was awful with the Lakers at 31%.
Toscano-Anderson with 32% in GSW, shot 18% in LA.
I heard Grimes is looking for a 20 Mil/year contract and Daniels is also a bad shooter and probably would rot in JJ's bench.
Look, most good defenders who can hit open 3's are already under really good contract because most teams really value them a lot.
Josh Hart, Caruso, DFS, PJ Washington, Derrick White etc etc are getting paid by their teams and are unavailable.
You can check sites like ESPN, bbref etc if available players are indeed good enough shooters.
