Eli Babak wrote:Pillendreher wrote:payitforward wrote:Kieff's got a job -- picked up by OKC to play out the season.
Quick question for you guys: Any chance he can play the 3, especially in bench lineups? I would like Donovan to at least give a Schröder-George-Morris-Patterson-Adams lineup a try. I figure it could work against opposing benches unless they have multiple quick wings.
No way. He did a good job when he played against bigger 3s like Melo but nowadays most of those guys tend to play at the 4. Only way I can see it work is if for some reason opponent decides to play very slow-paced game. At least Markieff is a decent shooter.
He's also not a good rebounder and very lazy at times. I'm happy that he's not wearing Wiz uniform anymore but I'm sure he could be useful player for you guys as long as you don't play him more than 10-15 minutes per game. Here he was badly overrated by coaching staff and media I guess.
Kieff has real talent if he wanted to use it. There have been brief moments (maybe 5% of the time) where Kieff has been everywhere defensively, switching defensively onto anyone and covering the weakside. But 95% of the time, he is lazy AF on team defense. He stands flatfooted and ball watches from the weak side instead of moving into position to take a charge, block a shot, or box a guy out. The one thing he is quite good at is one-on-one defense. He's an excellent post defender and can guard some of the best PF scorers one on one. He does a nice job on guys like Blake Griffin and Paul Millsap.
Offensively, he's a good shooter, a decent passer, and can get you a half decent bail-out shot at the end of the shot clock. But he's not a good cutter or pick-and-roll finisher and doesn't really know how to get a lot of easy shots, which causes his efficiency to suffer. Also, the ball sticks to him a bit. He's best suited for a bench scorer role. He's a terrible rebounder and will give up way too many offensive boards to his man.
He can't play the 3, unless your 3 is just going to stand on the perimeter and do nothing. Morris certainly isn't going to come off a pin-down screen to hit a 3-point from the wing. He can guard 3's better than a lot of 4's can, but it's still not ideal.
Lakers are a freaking joke. Hopefully they don't get Davis or any real big name there this summer.
