I wonder if Portland will just waive any requirement for physicals. Both players have a lot of accumulated scar tissue Brogdon, without his injury history, would be a much better 3rd guard than Ant. Quite a bit better as a facilitator and PG; equal as a shooter; several tiers better as a defender; and not undersized but he has had lots of trouble staying healthy the last 6 seasons. That's a pretty compelling sample size
Trade Brogdon for a young SF. Getting two players back in the trade cuts the salary we need to get back in a SF trade. Brodgon was something around $22 million.
Brodgon's True Shooting percentage has always been good or great for a guard. He's 30 years old. Very reasonable contract of $22 million with 2 years left.
I don’t think there is actually any immediate need to move them. Thing is, if they were healthy, they wouldn’t be available with 1sts for Holiday, we got them because the Celtics weren’t wanting to wait on their health. Obviously, the choice is clear if we can get valuable assets from the Mavs for TimeLord or from the Heat or Clips for Brogdon. But if they aren’t they’re guys that we can keep on the bench. TimeLord is a great deal for his remaining three years.
Fun fact: in the video I posted Time Lord and Horford were both in the game at the same time during one of the plays, suggesting that Williams can indeed play PF.
just as long as you ignore the context that 68% of Horford's offense was from the 3 point line. Horford provided the kind of spacing for Williams that Ayton can't...assuming that they spent any significant time on the floor together
He probably could next to Brook Lopez, Myles Turner, shooting Cs. With Ayton, you’d probably be right.
Some interesting stats on Williams. They rated him in the 100th percentile for TS% and 98th percentile for offensive rebounding. 94th percentile on block % and 91st percentile in rim defense. Appears he guarded PF's about 30% of the time and SF's about 15 %. https://craftednba.com/players/robert-williams-iii
love love LOVE rob williams. Just can't stay healthy, but with Ayton, you don't need him to play more than 20 mpg. We can load manage him.