Garland needs to figure things out next year. Like, really needs to. If he can get that sub .40 FG% up to par, while maintaining his decent 3P%, things start to fall into place for us. His distribution skills are a nice complement to KPJ’s skill set. Call it recency bias, but seeing the length KPJ provided on the court last night was a *click* moment for me.
Improved Garland
KPJ
Starting Caliber SF (easier said than found)
Love
Drummond
This isn’t...horrible. It’s not great. But two scoring guards with range let’s Drummond do his thing. Love doesn’t have to body C’s anymore. That would hopefully be at least three 3P threats and maybe four depending on the SF.
bench:
Sexton - 6th man. Insta points.
Nance - first big man off bench.
Cedi - glue guy. Makes right plays. End of rotation guy.
Exum - long guard. Depth.
I’m not doubting Sexton. If he can keep elevating his game, awesome. It just hurts my brain to imagine Sexton and KPJ working really well. If Garland takes the next step and the other young guards continue to grow, we will have three legitimate young scorers at guard. We have zero wings that should be getting a lot of playing time. Getting a two-way SF would allow Cedi to matchup appropriately on defense, which he’s rarely allowed to do. we need a wing badly. Not sure how this draft is looking in terms of those...