Can a starting backcourt of Dragic and Lowry actually work? Poll Question

For the upcoming weeks? Yes. For an entire season? No.

Call me crazy, but I think we can make it work for a playoff run - only if K-Mart doesn't return. We could split the 96 guard minutes 3 ways (if Lowry comes back playing well but not quite 100%):

Lowry/Dragic: 18
Dragic/Lee: 18
Lowry/Lee: 12

That way, we could still play Dragic his 36, get Lowry and Lee each 30, and mix it up.

 

Dragic is a PG not a SG. He's able to shoot over most PG's whereas if he played the 2 he'd have to shoot over taller players. It's common sense why this wouldnt work.

 

Starting the two would hinder the bench play and thus take away from the effectiveness of playing the two together in spurts. Thank you

 

He is not effective as a shooting guard, he IS effective as a PG.

He is undersized as a SG - so we make ourselves weaker at one position instead of getting better overall.

His STRENGTH is playing with the ball in his hands and creating for himself and others, arguably Lowry is a better spot up shooter than Goran...and Lowry is FAR too short to play the SG.

The org will have to choose one, there is very little chance that both of them stay and one agrees to be a backup, Lowry is coming up on a new contract, and he will want to start, Goran has earned a bigger contract than Lowry has because he is unrestricted and his value is at an all time high at the right time.

I would love to have Dragic start and get Lowry back to his more efficient self off the bench, but that is not realistic.

One of them goes, and IMO it will be Lowry because he has a great contract for his production, and Goran is about to be paid...and paid well.

DD

 

Not for 36 minutes a game and especially not against a team with a good SG.

So no, not really, except situationally.

 

defense, defense, defense. no

Parsons on Kobe, so Lowry on MWP/Artest?
Parsons on Lebron, Lowry on Wade?
Rose, Deng, Rip Hamilton...which ones do Dragic and Lowry guard?

It might work sometimes, but no thanks

 

Maybe not starting together, but I believe Kyle knows how to cut behind those screens and run plays well to get open for a pass, etc., which will drive other teams crazy if they're in the game at the same time.

And I sure want to find out. maybe starting tonight?

 

I don't think Lowry or Dragic at the 2 would be worse defensively than Martin.

 

Can it "work"? Yes, I think it would be an NBA-quality back court. Would it be optimal? Only against small opposing back courts. For instance it would be great against a Jrue Holiday/Lou Williams opposing back court.

On the flip side, it would be terrible against a Tony Parker/Manu Ginobili back court.

 

maybe, maybe no

 

It doesn't matter if Dragic is not as effective, as long as the lineup is effective. McHale already said Dragic and Lowry together on the floor is one of the most efficient lineup, which means there aren't a lot of combinations out there that would do better.

I brought up the Hayes example before.The majority of the board was willing to pay Hayes, even if that meant he played center again. Because even though Hayes is a center, he is the best option at center.

It's not like we are running both of them on the court full time. We could put both of them in for short spurts, and rotate at the PG. We could easily run 30 minutes between both guys, they just need to share time on the court together.

 

Lets look at the flip side.

Artest or Kobe chasing around Lowry or Dragic
Wade chasing around Dragic
Rip or Deng chasing Dragic or Lowry

To be honest, I'm not worried any more about Wade or Rip because they don't have a post game to exploit the height advantage. With Artest, its a different story but on the flip side, there is no way Artest can cover Lowry or Dragic at his age.

 

If Dragic and Lee fall on their faces next year, its not gonna be a shock to me


The international fans... have no CLUE what a CONTRACT YEAR means in America

 

So you rather have KMart or Bud to guard those guys?
Lee is the only player we have at SG that actually plays defense.

 

LOL at you

 

I don't think Lowry and Dragic is a good backcourt.

Dragic or Lowry would have to defend tall SGs come playoff time, which may be a liability.

Courtney Lee is fine at the 2.

 

Courtney Lee is a streaky shooter like Jr Smith... he is strictly a s jumpshooter. He is a better defender than Kevin Martin, but he is less efficent. He never gets to the line. He is also in a CONTRACT year.. So their is a chance most of those shots wont fall next year( once he gets paid)


If Lee shots arent falling, he is useless.

James Harden would be perfect for this team

 

A starting line up of lowry/dragic wouldn't work the best just because of match-ups with Chandler guarding down, but when the other team goes to their bench, we can easily play those 2 on the court together. It'll be effective for 10+ minutes a game if needed, and in the meantime, we have a pro PG rotation.

 

155 people need to get real.

Too small of a lineup to start with. Plus, Dragic is a pesky defender, but on guys with natural 2 size he wouldn't stand a chance night in and night out. They can play together at times, but it is completely situational.

I like our starting line up with Lee at the 2. He is athletic, hustles, defends, can knock down the open jumper or drive, shoot, or pass.

I hope they can sit these guys down over the summer and say look we need you both, we have something special here. One of you HAS to come off the bench, but you're both good enough to start, just play your hardest and you'll get pt whether you come in in 8 minutes, or you start.
Unfortunately, starting probably means way more to these guys than winning. Let's hope I'm wrong and Dragic decides to stay and be a team player...

 

Lee/Dragic>Lowry/Dragic