Doctor MJ wrote:falcolombardi wrote:Doctor MJ wrote:
I get that conclusions, but it's hard for me to dismiss the scoring threat he poses along with the fact that he was regularly tasked with guarding the best guard on the opposing team. To me you're quite lucky to get what he gave you (in his prime) from a 3rd banana.
you could actually argue that klay was "only" the fourth most important player in the warriors behind curry/dray/iguodala first, then behind curry/ durant/ draymond later
being 3rd option in offense =/= being the third most important player and klay had two or even three mvp level impact players in dray (borderline mvp impact), durant (mvp player), curry (mvp player with historical impact metrics) and other really talented players like iggy taking care of thinghs like playmaking or defending the opposite tean best player
yes, he was unusually good for his place in the pecking order as a 4th best player or 3rd option but more because his team was so talented than he was "overqualified" for his place in the warriors "depth chart"
I'm skeptical that Iggy was more valuable than Klay - and I do like Iggy more than most.
Re: option. I think Klay was pretty clearly the 2nd option on offense prior to KD. It's a tricky term because a point guard can be something less than his team's Top 2 scorer and still clearly seem like a top 2 option, but in this case, as much as I admire Dray's offensive work, this was never a case of him being a major shooting risk and just being more passing-oriented than most. The Kerr Warrior offense was built around the threat of the Splash Brothers, Green just ended up being the perfect guy to fit with the Bros.
is it that odd to consider iggy as maybe better than klay?
he was probably the most inportant defender of the two, the best playmaker and he was not a scorer like klay, but klay scoring was very average efficiency wise anyway
i honestly think i would prefer iguodala over klay in many situations including a team with curry and draymond but i may be alone here
