Yeah I think there is more than enough match ups where he can be used at PF and not need a lot of strength. (although Favors is probably not one of them)
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You know, I think we are hoping that Curry, Stauskus or Trent will be our Sweet Lou or E Gordon gun slingers. You have to figure 1 of the 3 should be able to heat up when needed?
So I’m most excited for Curry, my trepidation is his health. I’m excited long term in Trent and if he can be a better version of AC. Stauskus, well I will cheer for him to be a good impact player but my expectations are pretty low.
He had a stress fracture of his left tibia - the same kind of injury Nurk had (although it sounds like it was worse than Nurk's). That's usually not a recurring, career threatening injury. He was cleared for full contact drills in May. I expect he'll be full strength and ready to play on opening night. BNM
I know and I didn’t say I thought it was over for him, I’m actually pretty happy about the Curry signing I think he’s a bit under rated, I think he’ll be a good back up for Dame and CJ. I’m always cautious when he guys are injured how they will be when they get back.
The last 3 months before his injury in DAL he was averaging 15 ppg on .457 3FG%. Because he sat out all of last season, I think a lot of people forgot how well he was playing prior to his injury. He'll still need to prove that wasn't just a 3-month long hot streak, but he has all summer, training camp and preseason to shake off the rust. He's actually a better 3-point shooter than Allen Crabbe on comparable volume. He's not a great playmaker, but has > 2x the AST% of Crabbe and over 1.5x the AST% of Connaughton. He's also much better at creating his own shot off the dribble the either of those guys. If he can shoot anywhere near as well as he did in DAL or SAC, he should be a big upgrade in the Crabbe/Connaughton role. BNM
Turner is not a guard, he should be strictly a SF. One of the reasons he's been so inefficient is we were playing him as a 2nd ball handler when he can hardly dribble. But Stotts, go figure
Regarding having supposedly too many guards. Two of them are rookies and our 1st rounder is still very young. Curry and Stauskas are mediocre solutions as backups, ideally they'd not be getting many minutes. We lost Napier, we lost Patty, both played very well last year. I've been very hard on Stotts (he's incompetent) but used to be on the Olshey bandwagon. After this summer, I'm not sure I can explain his moves, honestly
Rid you really just lump Curry in with Stauskas? Curry is a big upgrade iver Pat and Bazz, he's definitely not mediocre. You underrated him big time. Probably because he's actually good.
By that logic, Wes Matthews isn't a SG either. SGs don't have to be great ball handlers to be considered a Shooting Guard.
I hope you're right about Curry. I admit I haven't seen him play almost at all. And Wesley Mathewss isn't a very good SG and his biggest weakness is exactly being unskilled. Turner is unskilled for a 3, he shouldn't play the 2 and hopefully wouldn't this year
Turner averaged 5 assists per game in his two seasons with Boston. I'd rather him not be in the game at all but if he's gonna play I think going back to a distributing role is exactly what he should be doing.
And how many assists Batum got? Turner was a SF in Boston, where his abilities are relatively efficient and in a position that plays to his strengthes
Then why are you making assumtpions? Did you at least look at his stats..? I'm not saying Turner should play the 2, I'm just saying your logic is flawed.
What we really need is another big. If we make it a priority to play Aminu only at the 3 we're left with Nurkic, Zach, Caleb and Meyers and Harkless who's also really a 3
