This thread makes me sad. Were comparing curry and stauskas... Curry is the better player but i still dont think it makes us that much better. We will make the playoffs... But will we make noise in it? With the same starting unit, i dont think our bench got better enough to keep up with the titans of the west. I hope to be wrong, and thats why they play the games.
Our lineups after the trade deadline will look different than opening night. CJ is 100% getting traded by the deadline. Book it. You don't shove half a dozen guards into your roster without it being an audition and a backup plan. If we get a kickass SF or PF for CJ+ then all this weirdness at SG/SF starts to sort itself out.
I have a gut feeling Stotts will put Meyers into the rotation to start the season to see what he can do. Or maybe it's just indigestion
Yeah, I don't think Meyers is "third string" ATM. I think he'll get a chance, and Biggie will have to beat him out. We'll see I guess.
Though I put Layman in the 2nd string in my OP, I wouldn't be surprised for that to be the case as well. Specifically, I could see him giving the Collins/Meyers pairing a long look over the first 20 or so games. I wonder if perhaps we'll find their mentalities and skillsets to be highly complementary.
As an aside, if they all have their shot, Stauskas/Layman/Collins/Leonard would be an interesting "Pale Blazers" lineup to pair with Dame.
Specifically I pegged those 4 because they probably have the best combination of size and shooting range (on paper) across the 2-5 positions; it just so happens that that particular moniker (which I certainly didn't invent) also accurately applies to that group. However, I can easily see how my initial post might be misinterpreted negatively.
