CJ is healthy, loyal, talented and I see no reason to trade him for another big...AD is talented but really, really injury prone....CJ is a really mature, bright, high character guy and you want to make him play with Boogie in the Big Easy? We have plenty of bigs right now..we need to replace AC at this point...not with a max contract guy either...AD is an elite player, no doubt...but to me we have Nurk and some really good PFs on friendly contracts. Our team would be better in my view keeping CJ and adding a Gerald Henderson type to replace AC off the bench
Probably efficiency. Irving has poor shooting percentages, similar to Dame, but unlike Dame he has LeBron and Kevin Love to take pressure off him.
Last year was the first year that McCollum had a good efficiency (TS%) and it was .585. Irving's last year was .580. Lillard's was .586. It's a myth that Lillard is inefficient--you can't just look at his field goal percentage; that's reduced by the fact that he takes ~8 threes a game, which are lower-percentage (but higher yield) shots.
I don't like the Kyrie demand for a trade.....so I don't want him in Portland..I don't care how good he is....he's bailing on a team that he's won a championship with and been to the finals with multiple times....no thanks
It's a complete joke. Especially for someone who uses the phrase "learn the game, then post" to mock people.
Klay is a role player, CJ is a focal point. It could be argued that Klay is better at being a role player than CJ is at being a focal point. But that's as far as it goes - you can't build a team around Klay the way you could around CJ. Butler is an entirely different story - he's the type of player Klay wishes he was.
BBRef says he was primarily a SG prior to Wade arriving in Chicago last year. 82games says he played mostly at SG 2015-16 And in 2014-15 I don't think you can legitimately say he's a SF for the most part, unless you're only looking at last year.
I see. Personally I see last year as an aberration in his career more than anything else. Will be interesting to see him in a new situation.
Interesting. I don't necessarily disagree - I think most players are overrated. But Butler is one of the few players I'd consider swapping CJ for. Unlike Klay. I think Butler's defense is obviously better than CJ's, and also better than Klay's. Butler's offense isn't as good as CJ's, but he seems to do everything better than Klay except shoot 3-pointers. Butler can be a focal point on offense, and be the guy who guards the other team's best guard/wing. Of Rose/Butler I always felt like Rose was the most overrated and Butler was the more legit player. Rose always reminded me of a poor man's Brandon Roy.
Dame & CJ want to win now. Let's see how loyal they stay if it isn't really happening in a few more years and reality sets in. Get another big time star in Portland!
everybody wants to win now....Dame and CJ bought houses and live with their mothers...not everybody does that
