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Post by famicommander on Oct 24, 2024 20:06:10 GMT -5
Guys. I do understand that "lack of playable guards" is a problem. But my question was based on "Are you not used to this situation over the last 6-8 years"? Remember the bubble when we rolled out 5 big man lineup? Plumdog,Jokic,Bol Bol, Grant, Millsap? For some reason our front office prefer to have bunch of PF/Bigs over guards/wings. So, i am kinda used to it...Crying here for entire offseason will not change that picture. It didn't really matter when we didn't have a realistic chance to win it all. With Murray and Porter either out or playing injured there wasn't a realistic chance of us winning. This year there is a realistic chance of us winning, and none of us want to see us miss out on a top 3 seed by 2 or 3 games because we lost two guards for a month at the same time in the middle of the season. Bones/Reggie and Ish as the 5th and 6th guards played 48 and 43 games the year we won. This year Pickett is our 5th guard and there is no 6th guard. Needless to say, if by some happenstance Jalen Pickett plays 43-48 games at 10-16 minutes per we're screwed beyond belief. It's entirely possible our top 4 stay healthy and Strawther and Braun show the growth we all want and this whole thing is a moot point. But it's beyond stupid to just hope for the best. You have to anticipate the fires before they start, and it's inexcusable to have Pickett and Tyson on this roster right now. |
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Post by Dante on Oct 24, 2024 20:37:22 GMT -5
I understand and i agree fully. Also, i know that repeating the same problem here entire summer will not convince Booth to dump Pickett and Tyson or Cancar for random Fultz/Holiday/Lonnie Walker. Also, having those guys instead of our scrubs may cause even more friction between Booth and Malone if our coach opts to overplay Holiday and Fultz over Julian/Pwat/CB.
Situation is not as simple as you put it. It's way more complex and not having your head coach and your GM on the same page is way more troublesome in my book.
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Post by TNF on Oct 24, 2024 21:49:35 GMT -5
All the problems we figured they'd have, they have.
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Post by famicommander on Oct 25, 2024 20:29:13 GMT -5
Huff with 8 points, 2 threes, an assist, and a block in 8 minutes off the bench so far. Again.
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Post by famicommander on Oct 25, 2024 20:54:47 GMT -5
Pretty standard KCP game tonight. 10 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists, 2 steals, 2 blocks, 0 turnovers, 1 foul, 3/7 FG, 2/5 3PT, 2/2 FT, +12 in a 15 point win.
Reggie made his Sixers debut. Played 3 minutes, 0/1 FG, 1 turnover, -3. He's behind Maxey and Lowry so there probably won't be a ton of minutes for him.
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Post by famicommander on Oct 25, 2024 21:50:23 GMT -5
Huff's line:
8 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals, 2 blocks, 0 turnovers, 2 fouls, 3/7 FG, 2/4 3PT, 0/0 FT, -12 a 20 point loss
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Post by nuggetshipster on Oct 26, 2024 10:54:56 GMT -5
Guys. I do understand that "lack of playable guards" is a problem. But my question was based on "Are you not used to this situation over the last 6-8 years"? Remember the bubble when we rolled out 5 big man lineup? Plumdog,Jokic,Bol Bol, Grant, Millsap? For some reason our front office prefer to have bunch of PF/Bigs over guards/wings. So, i am kinda used to it...Crying here for entire offseason will not change that picture. Im more frustrated now because this is our championship window |
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Post by wizardofcozz on Oct 26, 2024 11:53:25 GMT -5
Huff's line: 8 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals, 2 blocks, 0 turnovers, 2 fouls, 3/7 FG, 2/4 3PT, 0/0 FT, -12 a 20 point loss We need more spacers yet we never played Huff mind boggling. |
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Post by famicommander on Oct 26, 2024 11:55:52 GMT -5
I just find it annoying that, like CG, they could've kept him on a two-way for nothing.
Trey, CG, and Huff should be our two-ways. Not Trey, Hall, and Jones.
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Post by GBG on Oct 26, 2024 12:39:27 GMT -5
I just find it annoying that, like CG, they could've kept him on a two-way for nothing. Trey, CG, and Huff should be our two-ways. Not Trey, Hall, and Jones. Agreed. Booth doesn’t do the little things well, which occasionally can make a difference. But I think it’s more concerning than that. It shows our FO is misjudging both talent and talent needs for this team, and that’s worrisome to me. |
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Post by famicommander on Oct 26, 2024 12:47:11 GMT -5
I just find it annoying that, like CG, they could've kept him on a two-way for nothing. Trey, CG, and Huff should be our two-ways. Not Trey, Hall, and Jones. Agreed. Booth doesn’t do the little things well, which occasionally can make a difference. But I think it’s more concerning than that. It shows our FO is misjudging both talent and talent needs for this team, and that’s worrisome to me. Same goes for bringing back DJ, letting Holiday walk, the Zeke/Pickett/Tyson 3+1 deals, the player options for Saric/Westbrook/Reggie. I'm on record as a Vlatko fan, but bringing him back without a plan to trade Zeke or Tyson seems silly too. |
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Post by GBG on Oct 26, 2024 13:49:12 GMT -5
Agreed. Booth doesn’t do the little things well, which occasionally can make a difference. But I think it’s more concerning than that. It shows our FO is misjudging both talent and talent needs for this team, and that’s worrisome to me. Same goes for bringing back DJ, letting Holiday walk, the Zeke/Pickett/Tyson 3+1 deals, the player options for Saric/Westbrook/Reggie. I'm on record as a Vlatko fan, but bringing him back without a plan to trade Zeke or Tyson seems silly too. To be fair, Booth hit with draft picks of CB, PWat, and Straw. All three figure to be in our rotation this season and perhaps for seasons to come. Pretty good for late first round picks. It’s just the other stuff we’ve noted that seem like poor judgment, poor scouting, and/or poor use of assets. Getting rid of second round picks to move RJ so that we could upgrade to Russ seems questionable, though we saved dollars with the move, which has value since we are so close to second apron. |
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Post by famicommander on Oct 26, 2024 13:53:27 GMT -5
Same goes for bringing back DJ, letting Holiday walk, the Zeke/Pickett/Tyson 3+1 deals, the player options for Saric/Westbrook/Reggie. I'm on record as a Vlatko fan, but bringing him back without a plan to trade Zeke or Tyson seems silly too. To be fair, Booth hit with draft picks of CB, PWat, and Straw. All three figure to be in our rotation this season and perhaps for seasons to come. Pretty good for late first round picks. It’s just the other stuff we’ve noted that seem like poor judgment, poor scouting, and/or poor use of assets. Getting rid of second round picks to move RJ so that we could upgrade to Russ seems questionable, though we saved dollars with the move, which has value since we are so close to second apron. If we could've dumped Tyson and Pickett without dead money we could've kept Reggie and Holiday and signed Westbrook and still skirted the second apron. And then we'd have two extra expiring contracts this year and no Pickett or Tyson on the books next year. Our roster could very easily be Murray, Westbrook, Jackson, Gillespie, Alexander Braun, Strawther, Holiday Porter, Watson Gordon, Cancar, Zeke, Holmes Jokic, Saric, Jordan, Huff |
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Post by scooter on Oct 26, 2024 13:58:09 GMT -5
I just find it annoying that, like CG, they could've kept him on a two-way for nothing. Trey, CG, and Huff should be our two-ways. Not Trey, Hall, and Jones. IMO, those spots are tryouts for potential future roster spots and with rare exception (like a Torrey Craig type guy signed out of an overseas league) should not be used on guys who are 25-27 years old. |
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Post by famicommander on Oct 26, 2024 14:00:39 GMT -5
I just find it annoying that, like CG, they could've kept him on a two-way for nothing. Trey, CG, and Huff should be our two-ways. Not Trey, Hall, and Jones. IMO, those spots are tryouts for potential future roster spots and with rare exception (like a Torrey Craig type guy signed out of an overseas league) should not be used on guys who are 25-27 years old. But we could've literally kept those guys and still brought in the younger guys as camp bodies to push them. Then if they earned the jobs outright you could cut the older two-ways with zero penalties. There's no coherent argument to cut Huff before you even see Hall play. You hold onto Huff and bring Hall into Summer League and force the two to compete for a job unless you really, truly believe Hall is some ace prospect. But if you believed that he wouldn't be a two-way to begin with. And had Holmes not been hurt, Huff would've been an excellent mentor for him if Holmes spent time shuttling back and forth between the Nugs and the G-League. Like White was for Watson and like Huff and Key were for last year's rookie class. |
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Post by somborshuffle on Oct 26, 2024 20:08:09 GMT -5
Jay Huff watch:
8pts in 6 minutes so far.
The guy can shoot 3s.
What were Malone and Booth doing?
I don't understand the obsession with non-shooters in a shooters league.
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Post by wizardofcozz on Oct 26, 2024 20:15:54 GMT -5
Jay Huff watch: 8pts in 6 minutes so far. The guy can shoot 3s. What were Malone and Booth doing? I don't understand the obsession with non-shooters in a shooters league. No idea. It's frustrating. |
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Post by famicommander on Oct 26, 2024 20:22:53 GMT -5
Edey being a human foul machine is really working in Huff's favor so far this year. They're going to have to upgrade him to a full roster spot if he keeps shooting like this.
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Post by famicommander on Oct 26, 2024 20:38:18 GMT -5
I know it's a really small sample size, but I just find this comical. Huff's career shooting splits:
58% FG
45% 3PT
95% FT
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Post by famicommander on Oct 26, 2024 20:48:26 GMT -5
I tried to tell yall last December I'm ready to see Jay Huff get a game as the 2C. I find it hard to believe he'd be worse than DJ and Zeke. |
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