Dame Beal Porzingis Smart CP3
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On paper its Lillard, but the Bucks were a contender every year the past four seasons, so not much will change IMO.
I’m kinda bullish on CP3’s effect just because if the Warriors can play the non-Steph minutes even just even, then that’s a huge boost.
Yeah, their starting lineup was one of the best, if not the best lineup in basketball last year. If Paul + improvements by some of the young guys make the second unit, viable, that's a pretty big deal.
The negative case is that he’s prob the only guy here who isn’t a lock for starter / closing 5. But CP is still very very good and not consistently losing those minutes, much less winning them, would make a pretty big wins difference
Oh, yeah, I'm not ranking him in particular. Just saying that in terms of X factor, people might be surprised if he's willing to play the role.
If anything they’ve got one of the best floor generals for guys like Kuminga and GP II, a point guard that rewards highly athletic plays
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I’m probably completely wrong but here’s my take.
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KP- Elite spacing gives the Celtics that desperately needed shooting big. Opens up the floors for the Js.
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Smart- His defense with JJJ is just a complete nightmare for any team trying to run the pick n roll.
3 Dame- Pick and roll could be a nightmare with Giannis. His lack of defense could be problematic on the perimeter. Bucks losing Holiday may hurt more than realized.
4 Beal: can he be efficient and effective without volume? Will he play defense if he doesn’t have to be the sole source of offense? I think no but we will see.
5- CP3: Washed. Slow. Can’t be on the floor with Curry.
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Not gonna bother to guess who disappoints the most because we can't truly make a judgement call on that until we watch them play but I do think Porzingis makes the most impact in his role with the Celtics for what he's gonna do to the rest of their offense....along with Dame and what he's gonna do to Giannis and I believe unlock Giannis in the PnR game and allow Giannis to play off ball a little more, and Dame a little more off ball as well off Giannis/Middleton.
Porzingus is the biggest one as far as changing the team's identity. We've never had a big as skilled as him before and it adds a whole different layer to our offense.
Im gonna say Smart because the other teams were already great. Basically all lateral moves.