Silky Smooth
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Re: Cavs looking to trade Daniel Gibson?
But can Keisha Cole stay?
But can Keisha Cole stay?
Gibson strikes me as the type of player who will blowup if moved to another team. Something about moving a guy that can drain shots from anywhere scares me. So much potential, and he has shown improvement in his defense, ball handling, and floater over the past couple of seasons.
I agree that Boobie has trade value that will likely grow as the season progresses.
That being said I'm not as eager to trade him as I was with Sessions. Boobie seems to have a good work ethic and I would personally like to have a veteran around Waiters and Irving who actually has drastically improved his defense and has grown to like being in Cleveland. Both of those traits that Boobie didn't necessarily have when he first came here are two things that I'd love both our new backcourt to learn as well.
Agreed with Jon, but I'll add that Gibson isn't a point guard, he's a shooting guard trapped in a point guard's body. Its why the Cavs searched for a backup point guard behind Irving this offseason. I don't see why Gibson can't remain as a backup to Dion Waiters next season, he's a better option than any other backup the Cavs currently have on the roster.
I'm fine with the Cavs looking for trade partners with Gibson, and if a solid deal comes around.. They should explore it, just like one for Anderson Varejao..
He could have developed his point guard skills and become more of a complete player.
It wasn't his choice or his situation. It's just who he is. I think safe to say 6 years in that Daniel Gibson isn't going to have good point guard skills, which was a knock on him coming into the draft, and part of the reason why he fell to #42 back in 2006. It isn't that he didn't try, or wasn't given training or that he never got the opportunity in games. All that stuff happened. It's just that Gibson doesn't have enough of a handle, the gift of seeing passing lanes, or the ability to look off defenders to keep them from jumping into the passing lanes that he does see.
Gibson's got some valuable NBA skills. While he struggles to create offense with the ball, he can move well without the ball, make reads defensively and he hit his shots when he's open. That makes him valuable to teams when they don't need their small guard to be their primary ball handler. That might make him a good paring with Waiters for the minutes that Kyrie sits. The question is, how many minutes will Kyrie sit this year?
But can Keisha Cole stay?