BroncoBuck wrote:mattg wrote:BroncoBuck wrote:
Can’t stand watching him play. He’s Harden lite, there’s no way he should go to the line as much as he does. He’s a pretty **** player in the playoffs when refs tighten up on their whistle.
So you hate watching Sweet Lou only but you loved and vehemently defended Tony Snell when we started him here.
Don’t see any comparison style wise between Harden and Lou other than being guards who run PnR. As far as the playoffs, Lou was incredible last year and almost led LAC to an upset over GS as their best player. Then you have his playoff performances when he was younger, but those are sorta dumb to use when you look at his progression and improvement as a player who just kept getting better every year and evolving. It’d be like pointing to Giannis’s playoff performance against the bulls his first time as if it’s even relevant to the player he is today.
Lou shot 43% and 33% last year in the playoffs. His usage was sky high and he was a big negative defensively. He was anything but amazing. He had 2 good games and 4 terrible ones in a 6 game series. He hit more than 1 three in only one game. He shot 3/21 in Game 6 lol this board went bananas when Khris went 3/16 against Toronto. He’s become the most overrated player on here.
Awesome 6th man. Starter? Meh
First there’s no way you watched that series last year. Let’s address a few things:
Why would you use averages over a six game sample size? That doesn’t make sense and tells so little of what actually happened, just look game by game. You say 4 terrible games? Did you just pick the losses? What is game one?
Lou definitely had 3 bad games including one epically bad game (you know, the one that drastically skews the full playoff averages thus obscuring impact). But, he was also the number one option playing against full strength GS with Curry/Klay/Durant/Green. He absolutely dominated them twice by masterfully running the PnR nonstop. Lou isn’t a #1 option and isn’t expected to be one, so why would you judge him on the standard of not being able to lead a team past the healthy warriors? That’s also why the Middleton parallel you mentioned is absurd, Khris has Giannis getting triple teamed in the paint when he goes 3/16.
It’s hard to say for sure with how our whole team melted down last year, but I feel pretty comfortable saying if we had Lou instead of Khris last year we win the title just based on the stylistic advantages he offers with his ability to play ball screens and run an offense. Like think of all Lou does to help Harrell feast...now imagine that with Giannis.
