Malik Monk Discussion: SacTown

I’d love to see him get a crack as a starter. He’s a smart enough offensive player to figure out ways to score alongside Russ, Lebron and AD. His defense is getting gradually better too.

 

i think ellington is going to get a shot as the starter. and i get why. i think by the end of the year, reaves will probably be the starter, but i could see monk, too.

 

He's been another low-key great minimum signing.

 

Monk is a mini JR Smith...wild and erratic at times, but if that shot is dropping..look out!

 

yeah, he's obviously a more-than-minimum player, which is why we probably won't get to keep him for next year (gotta hope he wants the mini MLE and a promise to use early bird to give him a raise the following year).

the smith comparison has been right on for me since day 1. like smith, he's got some flaws that i don't think will ever fully be remedied, but it's important not to let them completely obscure his positives. between him and reaves, we have two guys who could play all the minutes at sg to my satisfaction. which makes the fact that we signed 3 other vet sgs even more bizarre.

 

Lakers will need Malik's youth. Lakers need their young guys to play hard all year to have a shot. Hopefully when Nunn gets backs, he gives the same contribution. If he does, the Lakers could ride this if the big 3 are healthy going into the playoffs.

 

I was a proponent of the JR Smith comparison as he's got similar athleticism and shooting ability but the big difference is he's so small out there. JR was a legit SG at 6'6" and one thing you notice watching Monk is I'm not sure he's as tall as as his listed height of 6'3". JR tended to play small as he would get abused downlow by guys like Rudy Gay and unfortunately Monk also plays small and is as noted significantly smaller to begin with.

I think Monk is going to have get used to be a bench 6th man type as he's too sloppy with the ball to play PG and his size is a real issue at times both on defense and the glass.
That being said nothing wrong with being a great 6th man: the Pistons never had the original microwave and we've seen guys like Terry work out

 

Lou is much better off the dribble then Monk: he plays like a PG yes a scoring one. Yes Monk can get off a nice pass or break a guy down but Williams shot creation off the dribble and ability to play the PnR game is at another level.

 

Sorta. Except Lou makes it look easy, seriously easy, and Malik makes it look hectic.

 

If the losers get a game ball, it goes to Monk. He was next level in the 4th. Even got a couple solid defensive plays out of him in the clutch.

The microwave was cooking!

 

I'd like to try to keep him here long-term.

 

He has bounced back nicely, he was struggling a couple of weeks ago.

 

Definitely doing better using his quickness trying to stay in front of guys on defense.

 

Nice offensive punch. Great windmill with Dwight mirroring him from the bench