Neddy wrote:love the guy, but without CP3, I don't think Luc fits in any capacity for us. we have Blake and Gallinari, with Dekker, Brice, and Harrell behind. Luc would offer a sure backup 3/4 player without offense. correct me if I am wrong, but defensive specialists work when you have a prolific offensive starting unit and the defensive ace gets enough minutes to hinder the opposing ace.
Defensive specialists off the bench have a lot of value, and disregarding that has been one of Doc's main mistakes since he's been here imo. If we're gonna play guys like Lou, Brice, Harrell and Dekker off the bench, we better anchor them with someone who can play defense or it's gonna be the same scoring-some/allowing-a-lot that our recent bench units have been. Look at how Aldrich's been pretty much our best bench player of the Doc era by playing solid defense. Or how the Raptors have had one the best bench units in recent years by playing mainly defensive guys around Lowry.
If I had any say, first thing I'd do would be trying to trade Dekker and/or Harrell for a big man project that can play both ways (Diallo of New Orleans is my favorite), then re-sign Luc to help the 2nd unit. My ideal team coming off the bench consists of Beverley/Lou/Luc and two big men that can play both ways, even if they're not too polished. I can live with one of those being Brice, Dekker or Harrell, as long as the other one can play good defense. Otherwise we have the same problem we usually have with the bench, but with different people.
That's before getting into staggering the starters by the way, which will also be a necessity.
