Great summary of free agents and cap space

And everyone hates how conservative and unuspired Batum plays (part of the reason he only gets 10 shots a game)

Plus, you don't design a set amount of shots for each guy, you just play basketball

The article from 2012 is so old it's irrelevant.
As for the recent article, he said he'll play whatever position asked because he wants to win. I think it's more he just wants to create offense which he would get a chance to. So that's a non issue

As for struggling against good interior defenses, I mean, it's a good defense that's what they make you do. It can be fixed by him improving his jumper. If that's the biggest problem then we need to go get this guy

 

the biggest problem is he isn't a free agent.
he sees himself as a 1and best with the ball in his hands then as a 2 and doesn't really like the 3. he loses his height and reach advantage when forced to play defense on threes. his iso defense this year was predominantly at the 1. and again with the intimidation factor of asik and AD gauarding the paint he could overplay the drive against shorter opponents.
he is a reluctant 3
http://uproxx.com/dimemag/2015/02/tyreke-evans-point-guard-jrue-holiday-new-orleans-pelicans/

 

he's big enough to guard 3s and quick enough to guard 1's... So I think he'd be fine. And Davis doesn't make someone a 96th percentile Iso defender. So otherwise he'd be what, 80th? Still great. And I was talking about trading Batum for him then signing/trading for a cheaper SF to start

 

it is a free agent thread. there are plenty of trade batum threads already

 

we were talking about signing backup PGs which turned into talking about Tyreke because he fills 2 of our bench needs (PG and SF).