musiqsoulchild wrote:Brewer is far more skilled than Butler. However, the impact of that skill (man defense,team defense and ball pressure) is not going to win you or lose you games in the regular season as it pertains to the talent differential between Butler and Brewer.
In the playoffs, it becomes more pronounced.
I disagree. I think Jimmy is likely to do everything Ronnie can do, but better. Ronnie is an elite wing defender and straight up sucks at everything else that Thibbs can't coach (Thibbs can teach Jimmy to run the baseline too). Jimmy is every bit as good in on ball D, but shows more potential on offense, is more athletic, and has better shot mechanics by far.
Korver's skill on the other hand will directly translate into games won. Replacing him will be much more difficult than compared to Brewer. We will have to do it with volume....we cannot match it with percentage makes.
Korver just won't be a good fit without Rose IMO. As I said, if he weren't going to be a 30-something UFA after this year, I'd like to keep him. He's not a long-term solution, and won't improve.
I do think that if there is no Dwight trade to be made or any other obvious upgrade, then we will go with CJ, Lucas, Hinrich, Korver on our roster.
I'll probably vomit if Kirk is brought back. Just an FYI.

Regarding Nocioni:
I have'nt been following him in Philly and Sactown...how is he doing? If his heart is not in the US, then he wont be able to help. If he is engaged, he is a really good basketball player...will be able to help us at SF if Deng needs time off.
Noc got cut by Philly because they couldn't use him behind Iggy, Young, Brand, etc. He only played 8 games for them I think. He's tough, can shoot the three, and can be a serious upgrade of Scal IMO. Hell to this day he still has career numbers in points and boards/36 and shooting %s that meet or exceed Deng's. He's not on the same planet defensively, but at least he's a good teammate, knows Deng, Rose, Noah, some of the coaches, the FO, and would hopefully come very cheap. I'd only sign him for the vet min or at most the BAE. I mean even he is much more versatile than Korver. He also gets under peoples skin which can help against the better opponents.