jakebernat wrote: -aaron gordon will not play SF in the nba, at least not the majority of his minutes. i can guaransheed that.
Well then they have even fewer minutes for him! There's Frye, O'Quinn, and Nicholson ahead of him now at PF. None of those guys can really play much C, and Gordon absolutely can't.
jakebernat wrote: -payton is a much better playmaker than smart. he might not be as versatile defensively, but he's still a dog on that end and should have no trouble giving opposing PG's fits. it's possible they sought after payton because they view dipo and smart as similar players whose basketball abilities don't compliment each other.
From what I've seen Payton's vision and passing skills leave a lot to be desired. He's extremely quick and a nice athlete but he's a scoring, driving guard like Smart. I get Smart's questionable fit next to Oladipo, but I don't know that Payton--another athlete that can't shoot and excels only when he's diving at the rim--solves that issue.
jakebernat wrote:-it's entirely possible that they're stockpiling young talent to try and land a star player via trade much like the rockets did a few years ago when they landed harden
That's true, but what I don't like about these moves is that they're decreasing the value of the stockpile they have. Nicholson and Fournier will never see the court so they can't raise their value, and guys like O'Quinn and Harris will get a lot less chance to shine too. If they got the SG version of Frye I would understand--they actually had him in Afflalo!--since that way they could clear up time for the younger front court players. It's not a disaster and in many ways their position is enviable, but I wouldn't be surprised if they stockpiled their way into one seriously messy roster in a year or two.
