You can still move the ball with a dominant big. Ayton is actually a pretty good passer. We don't need to draft Doncic to have ball movement.JustWinBaby wrote:Yeah I guess it would be stupid to build a roster that shares the ball. Those teams just suck. Why would we want to emulate what works? Let's be different. Well we have been different for about 10 years and counting.
All of you are in love with Brad Stevens, well the Celtics share the ball and they do not have a dominant Big, nor do they need one. They do not even have a dominant PG, now that Kyrie is on the mend. They do shoot and make a lot of threes. That is what all of the teams still playing seem to do night in night out.
I really do not like the Houston offense. Far too much one on one for my taste. While they won a lot of games, the ball gets stuck in Harden's and Paul's hands far too much.
If we do draft Ayton, which I expect we will, I hope Igor can develop an offense that moves the ball and can shoot the 3 ball efficiently.
People may call me crazy but I think a lot of what we can get out of Doncic we can get out of Tyreke Evans. Doncic is obviously younger and has a higher ceiling, but I'd take Ayton/Tyreke over Doncic/Dedmon or Capela.
Add Tyreke and we've got 3 wings 6'6 or taller that can all handle and move the ball. Add our pg's and we've got a lot of ball movement on the perimeter.
And guess what? Having a dominant big man in the middle who passes very well and can step out and hit a jumper is going to make things so much easier for those perimeter players.
I just feel like saying, the warriors don't have a true center, you must not be able to win with a true center is inaccurate.
Did Philly lose because of Embiid? No, they lost because Boston figured out how to defend Ben Simmons
Did Minny lose because of KAT? Admittedly KAT had a bad series, but I think they lost because Butler wasn't healthy and quite simply, Houston is just better.
Golden State wins with their small ball lineup because it's really not all that small. KD is a 7'0 wing and Draymond can defend almost any modern big. If some team comes along with a dominant big that Draymond can't defend, you force GS to play Zaza and Javale.
I don't know that Ayton is that player, but he might be. What Doncic has done is very impressive and I would not complain if we chose to go that direction, but I do think Ayton has a higher ceiling.