Is Shabazz a starting quality PG?

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Is Shabazz a starting quality PG?

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  1. Wizard Mentor

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    His numbers (quoted on TV) are great when he's starting.

    He's starting tonight, so it's an interesting question. What do you think?
     
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    I think he is. Now is he a starting guard on a playoff team..... (shrugs shoulders)
     
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    Not lately. He's too inconsistent, and not much of a facilitator and struggles to get to the rim. Given how loaded the position is, I think the role he has is exactly what he is, a very solid 6th/7th man.
     
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    Sometimes he plays really well. Tonight was his chance to show, and he didn't. Baldwin did though...
     
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    He's worth about 6 million a year
     
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    Our center had 6 FGA tonight. That's because Napier couldn't get him the ball.
     
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    Over two years? Sure.
     
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    Nope.
     
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    On a mediocre team? Sure...
     
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    Yep. On a team that misses the playoffs.
     
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    I must be worth his big toe.
     
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    Not on a serious contender
     
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    Napier is a borderline starter for a lower level team but a bonafide role player off the bench for a playoff team.
     
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    If Baldwin can contribute anywhere "close" to what he did last night we keep him and let Bazz go IMO, he has size and can drive the ball really well, also I hope Pat C is gone next yr as well
     
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    I like Bazz. I think he's playing hurt so you have to consider that.
     
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    This may change, but right now I'm down on Pat and Layman. I'd love to keep Bazz, but as always, it
    depends on contract.
     
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    I’d match any offer. Not because I think he’s worth it, but because I’d rather not lose a decent player for nothing. We could always just trade him later. I doubt he’ll get anything prohibitive.
     
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    How'd that work out for Portland last time... We would've been better off just letting him (Crabbe) walk.
     
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    I agree. It’s not 2016 anymore so he is not getting anything stupid like $40M for 4 years, most likely he will be getting offers in the region of $5M and we could trade him later with that contract anyway.

    There will be plenty of point guards looking for new deals in the Summer - I think Collison has a player option that he will decline, VanVleet who has been a revelation this year will also be receiving deals. Elfrid Payton is a restricted free agent too.

    Napier has made a step up this season but is still a pretty average player. He’s a bench option for 16-20 minutes a night at this point.
     
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    How so? We still wouldn’t have cap space.
     
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