Rui Hachimura Discussion: Huge Buckets

this would require playing time.

but yes, dallas gave us the blueprint: lively or gafford/pj washington/djj. rangy athletic players who are mostly finishers (i suppose pj is something of a connector, as is lively when he's upright) on offense and are good individual and team defenders. if you have three of them, you can have luka/kyrie or luka/reaves as the big 2 and be a legit contender.

problem is if you let rui go or trade him, you need to bring back or sign your pj washington. is that guy out there? obi toppin maybe? we could find ourselves in a position where just re-upping rui at something just over the mle is our best option among not-great options.

 

Rui is who he as at this point. Great weapon to have off the bench, but probably not an ideal starter next to Luka and Reaves. Guys like Herb Jones, Pj Washington, Jeremy Grant, and Wiggins are better fits with Austin and Luka IMO.