ExplosionsInDaSky wrote:51X3RF4N wrote:The more I think about everything...
If EB really sits down with Joel and Ben, and asks them who they want to play with...
I could definitely see Embiid taking JJs advice and telling Brand he wants to play with Buddy Hield. It really just makes too much sense. Embiid wants to run his 2 man game with an elite shooter. Hield wants out.
Seems to me like Tobias at the stretch 4 role for them makes a lot more sense than Buddy off the bench.
Tobias, Furkan, #21, and a stash of 2nds
for
Buddy, Bjelica, and #12
I would slide Matisse into the starting lineup in a match up based role.
Teams may target Buddy on switches in the playoffs but a good coach won't get killed the way Brett did with not being able to adjust defensive schemes.
Ben covers the best player from 1-4, Matisse covers the 2nd best player from 1-3, and Embiid covers the 5. Buddy covers the worst offensive player from the other team at the 1-3 spots. There aren't too many purely bad offensive players at the SF spot in the NBA, so likely Buddy would end up on the SG who can't shoot, or the defensive minded PG who isn't very quick most of the time.
2nd trade
Horford and Richardson
For
Feliciano, Arcidiacono, and Otto
Chicago gets a mentor to WCJ and a nifty defender in Richardson who they could also flip in another deal. And they don't give up much to get better on the floor.
Sixers get better fits and then go draft Saddiq Bey at $12. Bey works behind Thybulle at first, but eventually replaces Porter in the starting lineup next year.
Embiid/Feliciano
Porter/Bjelica
Thybulle/Bey
Hield/Milton
Simmons/Arcidiacono
This team is built around flexibility on defense and working the offense through Hield/Embiid with shooters and Simmons around them.
There is greater depth and fit.
Blend of youth with vets.
Championship!
These trades are not only logical, but the pieces fit quite well, and there's appeal for the teams we are working with. Chicago gets Lavine some instant help with Richardson and Horford and Chicago can make their playoff push. Internal growth from White, LM, WCJ with Thad Young, Horford, and RIchardson? Yeah...Chicago would say yes I think. I mean, that's a playoff team if the young guys take the next step.
Harris is a good fit in Sacramento, both Hield and Bjelica want out. I don't necessarily think they will go for the pick swap, so we'd probably still be working with the 21st pick in the draft. FWIW I like both of those deals. We're a playoff team for sure, but we're still missing a halfcourt scoring guard. Someone that can break the defense down and score off the bounce. That would be my only complaint about that roster.
My thought on the halfcourt offense is we let it run through the Embiid-Buddy 2 man game.
Post Embiid with Buddy and Porter on the floor, and they will double at their own risk. Porter and Buddy are both elite catch and shoot guys. I can just imagine the pass out to Thybulle with the swinging of the ball around the perimeter until someone gets an open catch and shoot look.
If the post up game needs a break for a few possessions, use the old JJ game with DHOs for Buddy. Let Buddy run the PNR with Embiid or Porter.
And all else fails, spread the floor with Porter and Thybulle in the corners, Buddy out deep on the right, Simmons at the top of the key with the ball and let Embiid come up to set a pick for Ben.
If Ben still won't shoot, then Embiid pops to the top of the key and Simmons breaks down the defense to get into the lane. If someone helps off, you have 3 legit catch and shoot guys plus Embiid waiting at the top of the key.
In this lineup, you'd essentially give Ben the keys whenever the Buddy/Jo combo needs a rest.
But honestly, if Buddy can learn the DHO like Redick, it would quite possibly be unstoppable.
Buddy has better handles than JJ, is better at driving to the hole, is a better passer, and is just as good a shooter.
