Stanley Johnson Discussion: Two Year Deal!

Frank having to be a politician speaking, instead of hell yeah!! I’m glad he’s back …. Duh!!

 

he's in a tough spot because he probably needs to give ariza a fair chance to win a rotation spot. we need stan, regardless, though, as we always needed two arizas.

my guess is we might need stan more than ariza at this point in their respective careers.

maybe ariza can play the playoff rondo role.

 

Ariza’s feet look like they are stuck in almost hardened cement. I hope we give SJ a full contract because Trevor just doesn’t have it anymore.

 

The nice part of having SJ is we can bring Ariza along slowly and not overwhelm his elder frame with 30 minute games. Keep him in the rotation to keep him loose but don't overheat him either. That should preserve him for the playoff push and then the post-season.

 

I don’t know what Ariza you guys are watching - to my eye he seems to be in the right place at the right time defensively. He boxes out, he contests and we are only asking him to spot up from the corner 3s.

 

He's doing that all fine. He just doesn't have Stan's strength and weight to bang with guys that go in that weight range 230-260lbs. Never did.

 

Old man strength tho

 

i think a lot of stock is being placed on the play where his foot got caught and damian jones dunked on him.

but he does looks slower in general than even last year, imo. anyway, we still need two.

 

https://c.tenor.com/odyVsZbC-OYAAAAC/why-not-both-why-not.gif

See no reason you can't play both at the same time as well: makes sense if you go small ball as we've discussed previously to have bigger wings to make up that gap

 

Reasonable point; I should amend my post that this would also have to be non westbrook lineups. Sigh: he makes things so much more difficult in terms of lineup creativity

 

Maybe he just hasn’t gotten back into basketball shape yet. I’m hoping this is the case.

 

Agreed, we will be seeing a much different Ariza in a month.

 

Couple nice hustle moments for him.

Really liked his only bucket. The steal, fast break, and-1.

 

Interesting Frank just went ahead and started him. Basically looks like he's going to work on him like he did with Bradley and KCP. If you're willing to work on D he'll eventually figure a way to get you into offense

 

Looks like a stud on D and is not without skills to score the ball … can put it on the floor and go to the rack some already. That up high block from behind at the basket was spectacular.

 

They should. It is more important than half of what they put in there.

 

He is bringing a consistent energy whether its on offense or defense, players like him and Reaves are pivotal on teams.