ducler wrote:To me, Blake has to work hard on his 3 pointer this off-season: he would be an even more dangerous threat with the ball in his hands and also a better fit next to Drummond if he can knock down 3 pointers aka Tobias without having to be the guy that initiates the offense.
If he becomes a knockdown three-point shooter, great... provided he can quicken his release, as his conversion rate dropped into the 20s last season when he had a defender anywhere near him. That said, that improvement will simply lessen the poorness of his fit; he'll still have zero game between the paint and the three-point line, zero shooting off the dribble, and no game between the three-point line and the paint. Even in the unlikely event that he becomes Tobias's equal in three-point efficiency, he'll never be Tobias's equal in overall scoring versatility. And he'll never be anywhere in the same universe as Tobias where fit with Drummond is concerned. As a non-ball dominant, highly versatile shooter, Tobias was an ideal match for Drummond.
We can use both Dre and Blake as anchors of the offense, the variation of our offense is our key to success to me.
We really cannot. Beyond the fact that Drummond cannot create for himself, Griffin is still at his most effective when playing on the block. That necessarily pushes Drummond off to the periphery at the same time as it reduces spacing. They're an exceedingly poor fit together.
I think it's highly unlikely that Drummond would ever have become an initiator on offense, but he had become effective in his role prior to Griffin's arrival. Now he's a sideshow, and having them both on the court means a substantial reduction in Drummond's potential contribution to go along with a disastrous reduction in spacing. These two-big frontcourts don't work anymore. That's why nobody else has one.