KF10 wrote:I get the Ivey appeal. I think he can be really good. At the end of the day, the Kings gave Fox the reigns of this team. This team is a Fox-orientated team. Haliburton was traded away and he is way less ball dominated player than Ivey. Ivey isn’t a good shooter yet and needs the ball in his hands to be effective. If Ivey is the pick, I believe the Kings will find themselves a similar situation like the Haliburton one.
I see the fit a little bit different tbh. Haliburton didn't have the usage but he was definitely less impactful without the ball. He didnt beat guys on cuts or off the dribble, and his main value was passing the ball in the pick and roll (rendering fox a spot up 3pt shooter). There's some value in ivey using his athleticism in the fast break with Fox, and cutting off of Sabonis.
Also I'm not sure the fox/hali pairing would have been as bad if we had sabonis. As it was Fox was consistently drawing doubles and playing off ball with absolutely zero interior presence. I can't remember how many times I begged hali to be more aggressive but it seemed he refused to shoot and constantly look for the pass..
Here's a little write up about ivey "Active cutter and mover without the ball. Purdue loved to use him in handoff and screening actions that would slingshot him toward the basket."
That plus Ivey being more of a scorer than a playmaker, I think he would help take pressure off fox. Fox can settle into the lead role, but ivey can also get his. Hes definitely not a natural playmaker. It's like young beal or donovan mitchell, there's room for them to play with a guy like fox.
In terms of ivey shooting. I think it's important to look at his age, and the massive leap he took last year. Also read he shot and made more deep 3s than any other player so he wasn't just hitting random corner college 3s. That plus his 75% ft shooting, he can easily become a 37-40% 3pt shooter in the league imo.
In short, I think he's much more of a natural fit with fox tbh. Hali is slow, hali needs to be surrounded like Ben Simmons. A big man who can roll, and a bunch of shooters on the floor. But I get how you'd see it as a worse fit because haliburton was definitely a great 3pt shooter.
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