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Originally Posted by Snamuh
I'm pessimistic about Saric making big leaps. He's fairly old and isn't athletic or long. He gets by on IQ and effort. He's not a great shooter, not an efficient scorer, not good at getting to the line, not good at finishing at the rim, and not good at defense. He wasn't even a particularly good playmaker even though it's supposed to be one of his strengths because of his high turnover rate. He's more aesthetics than production.
His skillset is also marginalized on a team that already has Simmons. He's not doing much for your offense if he doesn't have the ball in his hands, and he's a liability on the other end.
I don't disagree with any of these points, I'm just saying give him another year in the NBA to develop. A guy coming from overseas learning a new culture and a new system may need more than a year to fully gel and find their role. You can end up with a league average stretch 4 or a super +EV bench player on a rookie contract for 3 years. That's pretty valuable when you're trying to find a player or two to max.
McCollum could be a really good fit with this team, so maybe your trade idea is better than I was thinking... I dunno, just depends on the FA market for the 2 guards and whatever the 6ers are planning on doing with Simmons + their PG situation. Too many cluster **** roster decisions. I think taking SAC's 5th and 10th picks is way > POR's McCollum+15 for 3+Saric.
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Originally Posted by Snamuh
Spacing with both Jackson and Simmons on the floor seems terrible. I strongly believe that 3 of your 4 non-center players need to be at least a threat from 3, and I'm skeptical that Jackson or Simmons will be.
I am skeptical as well, and it goes back to the argument of trading down and trying to get Monk.
However, if you run hot and they both happen to be good from 3 AND Embiid stays healthy, that's an insane lineup. Also a lineup that can be an effective counter to the pace/space 3 pointer teams the league is evolving into. You wanna go small? Sweet, we have Embiid and offensive rebounders. OKC almost did it to GSW with the formula. Yeah they had Durant, but if Embiid stays healthy you don't need Durant on the wing to be a playoff contender.