Avery Bradley Discussion

Man, he fooled us good. Now I wish we’d have let his deal just end.

 

That’s the issue. He’s a 10-15 minute situational bench player, not a 30 mpg starter, and Frank cannot help himself because AB is his security blanket. I don’t dislike him, but the only way he wouldn’t have been overused is if he weren’t here.

 

Jeez this guy just gets destroyed here on LB. I mean everyone not named AD and Westbrook was HORRIBLE tonight. Let's take a look shall we: Stanley Johnson went 1 for 6, Monk went 3 for 13!!! Melo 4 for 11, THT 2 for 8, Reaves had an OFER 0 for 4, Ellington 1 for 4. Bradley at 1 for 4 was no worse than anyone else out there besides our two stars.

 

It’s not always about the box score, LJ, he’s hurting us right now. He’s probably the worst starting SG in the NBA, and that’s not something we can have when we already are getting almost nothing of actual value from our PG either. Nobody is saying he’s garbage, he just doesn’t deserve to be starting and getting all the minutes he’s getting, Frank is over reliant on him. On a lighter note this cracked me up

 

I don't feel that he's hurting us. He's playing his role. Worst starting SG in the league? Pretty harsh. I just don't see what the alternative is? Reaves has come back down to earth in a big way. He's a great kid and I love him but he's a rookie and have you checked his offense lately? Much worse than Bradley. He shouldn't start. Monk? He played pretty damn well as a starter for a while there. I'd be down to give him another crack at it with AD, Lebron and Westbrook. Just got to get Lebron healthy.

 

Yes, I’m being too harsh, I’m the only one seeing these things…

 

Bradley is definitely a bench player. He should not start. Monk should. You could make an argument for Reaves because of his size, but I think he can still come of the bench in his first year as a pro. In any case, it should not be Bradley.

 

Monk is the only other SG who should possibly start over Bradley. Reaves is hitting the rookie wall right now, Ellington only plays offense and isn’t as versatile a scorer or as young as Monk, and Baze is terrible. THT has no outside shot and creates too much redundancy with the starters.

 

Monk has earned the right to start at this point. Especially with Lebron and AD out we need more fire power. At some point if we ever get healthy it would be interesting to see how he does with the starters as well though I’m still not convinced by his d. It has gotten better though.

So far the reasons I’ve been with Bradley starting is that he actually pays attention on D and with Russ and Lebron out there you need someone to. Monk hadn’t for a while there but I’ve seen some improvement. Also Bradley’s familiarity with Lebron and AD from the championship season. He knows how to play with/off them without needing the ball which is dominated by Russ and Lebron. He knows how to effectively cut off ball and he’s had good success staying open at the 3 point line and knocking down open looks. His half court game is complementary to the stars. I also think he will be less effective off the bench with the second unit because he can’t really create his own looks the way a guy like Monk does. Monk by nature is a great 6th man scorer aka Lou Williams. He’s awesome at creating his own offense. If he’s the fourth option with the starters will that really work? I don’t know it’s just not as good a fit in my view.

But for now at least he should start, and who knows, maybe when Lebron and AD return we try it out?