Hope more than anything. He's an actual PG, unlike CJ and Ant.
the only guy on that list I don't want to see play is Brown....Hezonja, Biggie and Hoard are all decent defenders.....when you have to guard Kawhi or Lebron you are going to need
he's not a 4 or 5.....and those stats reflect team defense ...everybody on our team was part of a defense that sucked. If he plays the 3 for Ariza behind Trent he'll guard the big SFs in the playoffs...not centers...he and Tolliver were constantly matched up with bigger forwards last season
The players playing in front of these dudes are much better, imho. I have nothing against Hoard, for example, but he's not as good as several in front of him.
We need big SFs who can take on the SFs of the Clips and Lakers ...they'll be playing next to Zach or Melo so no more mismatches...won't need to shoot ever...spot minutes....I really like Hoard's game...I like Mario and Biggie's defense on the perimeter..not matched against forwards
The dude was 2nd in G-League MVP voting averaging 21/6/6. I think that's somewhat impressive. I don't think he should play though.
close....I just read he avg's 21/5/5.6 but that's against G league defense
Rounded based off memory. Thought is was 5.7apg? Either way
Wish I could find room for Gabriel...
Mario will get burn at the 3 I promise...I think Trent will get more minutes at the 2 than you have there when CJ and the bench are out there and I think Ant gets some burn off the ball
Trent is too small. Little is a zero on the floor.
both are Wes Mathews sized players
Mario MIGHT get burn at the 3, but he SHOLDN'T - hence the title thread...
I've mentioned...we used Mario and Tolliver as forwards out of necessity but Mario is a natural 3 and he'll need to put 100 percent effort into defending superstar SFs we're going to face...play to his strengths.....people mostly bash Mario because of his early play with Tolliver in the paint....it was bad...Zach is back now and Nurk….we don't need to use him that way...he's very strong on defense but he shouldn't be shooting much at all...he'll be a bench rotation player
Trent plays bigger than his listed size. He's strong. He'd be fine at SF. Little is better than Hezonja. Average defender and shot 35% from 3 the last 3 months or so. Fixed his shot and started knocking some down and his off ball movement would be beautiful if paired with Nurk's high post passing.
