Comments on: NBA Free Agency: Clippers Point Guard Targets

By: mlslaw1

mlslaw1 — Tue, 03 Nov 2020 21:55:14 +0000

Darius: did you know that Lou was carjacked a while ago and the perp who pointed a gun at Lou recognized him. Put the gun down, sed he was sorry and got very emotional because he, the perp, was so bad off that he had to resort to crime. Lou ended up talking him down, got a meal with him and basically befriended him. That’s the guy you hate so much.

By: Lucas Hann

Lucas Hann — Tue, 03 Nov 2020 16:54:19 +0000

Catch-all defensive stats are never very reliable–when a metric ranks a player like Augustin ahead of players like Paul, Smart, Lowry, and Bledsoe, it probably means “this metric has some flaws” more than it means “this guy is a better defender than everyone thinks.” No offense to the 149 players ahead of him but I’m not bending over to accommodate a defensive metric that has Anthony Davis 150th in the league.

I think DJ is probably more solid in his 1-on-1 matchups with other small guards than Lou is, but he might even be an even bigger team defense liability because he’s so tiny that you can’t cross-match, you can’t rotate, you can’t switch. You can live with DJ in your rotation, to be sure–just like you can live with Lou in your rotation (as I’ve pointed out, for all the talk about Lou’s struggles he clearly wasn’t “unplayable” vs Denver as the team won his minutes by a huge 47-point margin). But both have defensive deficiencies that limit your ability to have another tiny guard who brings some offensive creation in the lineup with him.

By: Robert Dailey

Robert Dailey — Tue, 03 Nov 2020 15:19:26 +0000

To finish: Or do his defensive smarts, positioning and fundamentals more than make up for his size deficiency?

By: Robert Dailey

Robert Dailey — Tue, 03 Nov 2020 15:18:11 +0000

I have not read the entire thread of comments, so apologies if someone had addressed this: Hann notes that Augustin is a minus defensively. He is certainly under-sized, an indication he could get targeted on the defensive end in the playoffs, but he was fourth overall among all point guards in defensive real-plus-minus (and ahead of noted defensive stalwarts CP3, Marcus Smart and Eric Bledsoe).

Is this meaningless? Or does his defensive positioning

By: G RAP OLD SCHOOL LIKE YOUR DAD

G RAP OLD SCHOOL LIKE YOUR DAD — Tue, 03 Nov 2020 11:07:42 +0000

I like LaVine too but the hypothetical trade wasn’t for pg13. It was what would it take if we kept pg13 and kawhi ? Could we get LaVine for Lou and Bev? Lou sham mcgruder FI ? Bev mcgruder sham?
I’m just trying to match as close to 20 mil as I can for LaVine while keeping kawhi pg13 just wonder Chicago would really want for LaVine??

By: G RAP OLD SCHOOL LIKE YOUR DAD

G RAP OLD SCHOOL LIKE YOUR DAD — Tue, 03 Nov 2020 11:03:15 +0000

I agree, if we could get noel favors even plumlee or Dwight or McGee for the minimum as well and add Dunn we could be alright. See what happens soon enough as long as the nba resumes

By: Goons 1

Goons 1 — Tue, 03 Nov 2020 09:57:00 +0000

Seeing Gasol last year quite a few times & yes, he’s washed! BUT if he’s available for the min then fuck it..

There’s gonna be a shit load of centers available in free agency who would be able to provide back up min so that’s another reason why I’m leaning towards using the min on a center.. In reality, back up center isn’t or wasn’t an issue for the team last year, Doc was.. Also, as been said repeatedly, Trez is an addition by subtraction so..

By: Lucas Hann

Lucas Hann — Tue, 03 Nov 2020 09:09:49 +0000

Zach is two years older than Jamal lol. I actually like Zach but trading PG for him would be like trading Kawhi for Kelly Oubre Jr

By: G RAP OLD SCHOOL LIKE YOUR DAD

G RAP OLD SCHOOL LIKE YOUR DAD — Tue, 03 Nov 2020 08:43:22 +0000

Pg is bigger need to me as well goons!
I’m a believer in Dunn as well, and if we can’t get him by trade (my first preference) then I’m down to use the mle on him as well and take the best big on the FA market to backup Zu on a vet min contract.
Dunn and even gasol would make me happy. Gasol is not washed completely imo Toronto has been using ibaka and Boucher a ton while letting gasol rest a ton last year . I think gasol had some health issue that wasn’t publicized much or something. But gasol had played well with kawhi in the title run and I believe he’s got some left still. Who knows what he’s looking for though$$?
Lastly again and mainly I endorse Dunn
And the clippers FO were rumored for trading for him last year I remember!
Dunn still could develope more then the player he is now, imo he still has a little upside.

By: G RAP OLD SCHOOL LIKE YOUR DAD

G RAP OLD SCHOOL LIKE YOUR DAD — Tue, 03 Nov 2020 08:34:29 +0000

LaVine is the next Jamal Murray !!
Lol