Pillendreher wrote:Dn4sty wrote:acheema0 wrote:
I can't agree with this more. Look at Milwaukee as well. Almost every rotation player they have around Giannis is at least a league average 3 point shooter if not better, and they continue to add more shooting. Some of their guys like Mirotic and Lopez regularly stand 3-4 feet behind the 3 point line and add even more space. On the other hand, we have Presti who seemingly refuses to add shooting and instead tries to buck the trend every year with something new, whether it's stacking up on big men, or whatever "controlled chaos" he was preaching this summer. Sucks that Russ's prime is nearing it's end, and we have yet to see him on a team with adequate spacing.
I don’t necessarily think we can say 100% for sure that Presti hasn’t tried to address shooting. At some point it’s true that players have just decided to go play elsewhere. I do think he’s made mistakes drafting certain players (Huestis, McGary, etc...)
This isn't the first year we lack shooting. The lack has moved towards taking more 3s and we don't even have a handful of reliable 3pt shooters on the roster. And it has been that way for years.
I agree, yet the solution (better shooting) isn’t always readily available. I do think there is a roster construction issue, yet I also think that some of the construction is not on Presti, players sometimes (and in many cases every time) have simply chosen to go elsewhere, or OKC hasn’t had the assets to acquire the players necessary.
I think my biggest trade/draft frustrations are Huestis and Waiters trade.