Post#979 » by chitowndish » Sun Jan 8, 2017 3:53 pm
To me the big question with Butler is he wants to be the main guy but is he good enough to lead them to a championship. I'd say this year he earned the right for us to give it a shot, with what he's showing I think you have to see what happens.
It's a big change though like I don't think a fast paced ball movement team suits what he wants to do at all. Everything good that's come to Jimmy is because of his improvement as an isolation scorer. That's what took him from lock down defender to max player. Problem is what we need is we need a grind it out tough defense, Butler dominates the offense, clear the paint out and surround him with shooters so he can penetrate or post and kick out. Give him a good #2 that can create a shot to take pressure off, Wade is probably pretty good for this but his skills are really similar to Butler so that is far from perfect. It would be really nice to have a good defender that is a good shooter that can get their shot off but Wade is still pretty good in this role so wouldn't really mind keeping him around either. I think Rondo has to go, Wade I think could be improved upon fit wise but I'd be fine with keeping him around too he does fit that safety valve role, defensive shooting good distributer PG like a Duhon type and if Mirotic can get his defensive game together and get his offense on track he'd be a nice fit. I think that can be a viable strategy. Someone to move the ball and get out of the way so Butler gets his usage but can defend and be a viable 3pt threat, shooters to keep the paint open and provide outlets for Butler, 2nd banana that can create (jump) shots and defend, strong D and rebounding to keep the games close for Jimmy to take over in the 4th. To me that seems like the team that suits Jimmy but it's pretty much the opposite of what we've been trying to build.
Big shift, I think we have to get rid of Gar, hire a GM, fire Hoiberg and let the new GM hire their coach and start to build a team like I describe above around Butler. Is Butler going to want to wait for this? I kind of think we have a decent shot because he really wants this to be his team so if they involve him in the process he can have his imprint on of all of it which I think this is exactly what he wants. So I say take your shot with Butler and see what happens. Probably takes 2-3 years to do this stuff but I think you take the chance.
