zeebneeb wrote:In this Joseph/Hayes thing are we conveniently overlooking the fact that Hayes is a much better defender, and is 6'5 and can gaurd SF's as well?
Asking for a friend.
I think if you're talking about roster balance, and Frank Jackson is your backup SG.... there is a pretty strong argument that Cade/CoJo balances and FJ/Hayes balances better than the backup unit of Jackson/CoJo.
Hopefully Diallo gets it together and starts earning some of those backup SG minutes, but overall Frank and Cory make a pretty small backcourt in that 2nd unit.
Before the last few games, Killian showed no ability to sit in the corner and hit an open 3. That was the #1 reason why the fit with Cade was in question because you want to give Cade space to operate with the ball in his hands.... Now that we've seen Hayes do just that several times there is much more reason to believe that he can (and will) fit well with Cade. Killian has also taken a huge step forward in taking care of the ball. Its come at the expense of him also dropping his assists, but his reduction in TOs is another great sign of him improving and looking more and more like an actual NBA rotation player.
Either way, everyone is correct that its clear this season doesn't really matter. I was hopeful that we'd at least put up an early fight for competing for the 9/10 play in spots but its pretty clear we're no where close so the reality is it makes the most sense to just let all the kids play through all the mistakes and brace ourselves for a 22-26 win type season as one of the worst two teams in the East along with Orlando.
