BimboColesHair
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I agree, even if Okoro develops marginally as a shooter, that’s enough that he can’t be left open. It’s also enough to open up driving lanes for him.
If Mobley extends his range to outside the arc, which looks inevitable, I don’t see the problem with Okoro starting as a defensive stopper long-term.
Not everyone in your starting lineup needs to be capable of getting you 25 points any given night.
Not necessarily in response to this, just expanding.
It's also interesting to me to read how posters are so sure that we HAVE to have a 2 guard who can create for others and create their own shot and be a volume scorer and can't be primarily a spot up shooter/slasher and anything less than the 2 guard who can create for others or their own shot and be a volume scorer is not good enough to win with this group. Because other good teams have that in some cases, we HAVE to have that.
Saying this all while the Cavs are deploying one of the most effective zag lineups we have seen in a long time in the NBA while the rest of the league is zigging with the tall ball lineup while the league is getting smaller. No one in their right mind, before the season, would have believed you if you said a lineup of Garland, Okoro, Markkanen, Mobley, and Allen would be one of the best in the league by the halfway point. Yet here we are.
There is no blueprint to create an effective lineup or effective roster, if there was every team would be doing it right now. Every player doesn't have to have the capabilities to create their own shots, be heavy effective ISO scorers, be a world class ball-handler, be a 15 to 20 PPG scorer. That's not how you effectively team build.
Yet some people here still think you need just that to be good enough and can't be convinced otherwise.