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yeah, and the fact that bkn wouldn't offer anything is a concern.

 

Yes, you can definitely play Hayes with Luka, and can play Ayton with Reaves or LeBron. The question I'm asking, though, is where does that leave Vando, and are we better off playing units with Vando or Hayes?

I really don't want to play Vando next to Ayton or Hayes. I know some people say there are creative ways you can make it work, and it's possible, but it's not very good imo.

Take the Luka leading a 2nd unit example. What is a better lineup for us:

Luka, Vincent, LaRavia, Vando, and Hayes or Kleber?
(On defense more like, Vincent, Vando, LaRavia, Luka, and Hayes or Kleber)

Kleber just works better there imo. Or if you take out Vando, is this lineup better than the one above?

Luka, Vincent, Knecht, LaRavia, Hayes
(On defense, Vincent, Knecht, LaRavia, Luka, Hayes)

That looks worse to me on both ends, unless Knecht gets back to being a lights out shooter, in which case it's better on offense but still worse on defense.

 

Kuminga just isn’t the kind of player we or many other teams need. He isn’t a star but wants high usage and to be featured as a scorer. We need shooting and defense.

Ask yourself this question, would you rather Herb Jones (22m per), DJJ (10m per), Brooks (21m per) or McDaniels (24m per) than Kuminga anywhere between 25-30?

I’d take any of those over Kuminga everyday of the week.

 

I don't particularly like Kuminga but does feel like he got the sort of the end of the stick with GS. His game just doesn't match well with the Steph centric, off ball movement offense they run.

His ESPN net points show him a negative on offense but at least slightly positive on defense. You wonder how he'd look like if had Thibs as a coach - he hates young players typically but you could sort of see Kuminga as a young Jimmy archetype who he may have fared better with a coach who goes all defense

 

I don’t think it’s funny that Dildos are being thrown on the court at WNBA games. With kids there having to explain to your kids what’s that? What’s going on. Is not good for the league. What happened to bag searches?

now for the Jokes.

they asked one of the women players about it and she said we just gotta stay locked in. Too rich. You can’t write this stuff.

second dildo on the court in a week.

 

the most important move of the summer for us has now been accomplished.

 

I think Kuminga would be your Fourth best player on a Chip Team at best. This is why nobody is clamoring to trade for him.

 

I think Rui should play all the non-Bron minutes.
Luka/Rui and AR/Bron should be 2 pairings most played between the 4. Then Ayton plays the same with both, but agree he might play more with AR/Bron

Luka, Gabe, LaRavia, Rui, Hayes
and
Smart, AR, Vando, Bron, Ayton

Should be 2 main bench lineups.

Of course in between you get other combinations, especially with 3 of the 4 above together, especially Luka/AR/Bron that we should try to play as many minutes as possible. I see Rui getting the first and last breather in halves to get Smart in with our best 4