Allen is a terrible 3 point shooter but his FG% is 49.3% which would be fourth on the team behind Lopez Leonard and Matthews. Plus his defense is miles ahead of everyone else.
Without a shadow of a doubt his defense dwarfs both of them. Allen is a top ten defender in the NBA Matthews and Batum are just above average.
You can add all the skilled defenders you want and it won't change a thing until we implement a good team-defense concept. An individual defender can only do so much against a skilled offensive player. Good defense starts at the team level, not the individual level. Swap Nic and Allen and Nic would be all-defense and Allen would merely be a good individual defender on a poor defensive team.
In the summer, I was all for getting him. The way we've playing offensively, I'd rather us keep who we have and see where it takes us.
Would you not take him in a heart beat for some combo of Wright, Robinson, Crabbe, Leonard, Freeland, Claver or Barton
Where does he fit? Backup small forward? Maybe you haven't noticed, but our bench has not been very good at scoring points. Allen would do nothing to remedy that.
Most certainly, no. Only the bolded players. No way would I give up young (lottery) talent for an old player who really doesn't do anything to add balance to the roster.
No I wouldn't. Not now. The way Stotts needs scoring perimeter players would give us major problems. Yes, Wright isn't shooting the 3 as well as we like, but he is still above average. He still demands enough respect for teams to not sag off him. There hasn't been a player on our team that I've seen being dared to shoot. Allen would immediately be that player. The same way Claver was dared to shoot last season.
