I'm honestly not sure. I think it will be Collins eventually, but right now? SHOULD be Turner, if size of contract settled the issue. There's a case to be made for Aminu because of his top-20-in-the-entire-league DRPM. And if today's game settled the issue, it'd be Harkless. Your choice?
I WANT it to be Harkless. If he could be consistent, he could be the Batum-replacement we need. (Of course, if he stayed inconsistent, he'd be a Batum-replacement in the bad way...)
I wanted to vote other and write you as the 4th best player for not putting Meyers on this list and trolling us.
He’s always there, even if it’s camouflaged: Evan Turner Mo Harkless Caleb Swanigan Zach Collins Al-Farouq Aminu Ed _avis
It's gonna vary from game to game, or maybe week to week and that's a good thing! Hark and Turner will be good, but I think Zach and Caleb will take it from time to time. Can we just start the season now? I voted Hark for the poll though.
It's Aminu. Not close. We were awful without him last season. He is severely underrated. We played one must win game last season. Aminu showed up big.
Harkless is separating himself from the rest of the pack. I think the upcoming few weeks will show major improvement.
This is a tough call, and that is a good thing. We have 3 star level players and the rest of the guys (aside from scrubs and the Elf on the shelf) all offer something. I went with Harkless in the poll because of his 2 way status. He will certainly never be a star, but he provides offense and defense. Like @Scalma noticed, Moe's post game is starting to look legit and that was a point of emphasis for him in the off-season. It is showing. I didn't get to watch the Clips game, but he was everywhere on defense during the Toronto game. I couldn't count how many deflections he caused during that game. Hopefully he can match or better his 3 point shooting from last season. Both of the rookies look really good for the inexperience and youth, and either one of then could grow into being the 4th best on the team, but they aren't there yet. Caleb needs to work on lateral movement on defense and add a couple of crafty moves in the post to prevent getting stuffed. Collins has great defensive instincts but needs work on limiting fouls on defense and slowing down on offense. He hasn't quite figured out how to use his arsenal of post moves on taller nba defenders.
Right now I think our top 5 are: Dame CJ Nurk Harkless Collins And.... that would be my starting five.
4th best is different than 4th most valuable but setting that aside given equal minutes I bet Collins would be the 4th best. I don't know if he will get those minutes right away but hopefully he will by the end of the year.
That's my starting 5 as well. I like Caleb's hustle, offensive game, and rebounding off of the bench. Our starting line-up has enough offensive punch.
Talent wise, it's ET. But when you consider fit and chemistry, it's Moe. I just wish Moe would bring his effort consistently. He has so much physical ability to be more than what he is.
this is a great question for us. But I feel that for most of the country, they see the rankings like this...
What am I missing? How can people really say ET is the 4th best player? Wasn't he atrocious last year? I think he's like the 7th best player on the team.
I think the argument is that he has a lot of skills/talent, but isn't necessarily the best fit on this squad, so while he might actually be the 4th-best player on the team, he can't show it effectively in these surroundings. Definitely not an argument I'd make, but it is an argument...
