He's too talented and skilled and in combination with Brooks and Martin will give us killer perimeter shooting to go around Yao. Budinger is the best shooter by far of him, Shane, and Trevor. He is the best offensive player by far of the three, best finisher, best on the midrange catch and shoot, he's got the best handle. He should start and play 30 minutes along with Brooks and Martin and let Ariza come off the bench with Lowry and Taylor or Llull or whoever else we get at the backup 2 spot.
We would have terrible perimeter defense. I'd rather have Ariza or Battier starting and CBud coming in with Lowry.
He's fine in the role he's in. We need defense somewhere in the backcourt. This game could have easily been in an L and bud's impressive performance wouldnt have seemed as great. He can get significant minutes backing up the 2/3 spots. You also have to consider the less shots that will be available in lineup that will include Brooks, martin, scola, and Yao. All those guys deserve touches before budinger. If Budinger isn't getting shots/scoring opportunities, then he wont have much else to contribute. Let him play with the bench.
Hill, Bud, Taylor, Lowry, JJ, a potential lotto pick and whoever we sign with the MLE/LLE will make up a dynamic bench, no need to rush their development next year. Ariza will be just fine being the 5th option next year.
No, budinger stays on the beach as an offensive spark plug untill hes defense gets a bit better. What we need is for brooks and lowry not to play together as often on the court.
He's okay defensively and will get better. Battier is going over the hill. Ariza simply isn't talented enough offensively to start. We need Budinger starting to give us the high octane offense out of the gate in the first quarter when teams are just going against one another and the defense played is usually real light anyways so guys can stay out of foul trouble. If you watch a lot of NBA games, you know that the major scoring takes place in the 1st quarter when the game starts and guys are trying to avoid fouls, and then again in the 4th quarter when the game is winding down and guys are in foul trouble. That is the times when you need the most offensive thrust. Budinger gives us that. Brooks, Martin, and Budinger on the perimeter around Yao will be electric. Then you've got the dirty, nasty guys coming off the bench, Lowry, Ariza, Hayes, Hill, etc.
yes, but let's keep in mind he's getting all kinds of minutes due to several injuries, which also means an above average number of touches/shots. With a healthy starting lineup it would be more like Bud 10 pts and Pierce 27.
I wasn't getting in the argument about Chase starting or not. I was commenting on this game alone where Chase fared well against an all-star.
I dont get the infatuation with offense. It was needed when we had battier, rafer, and chuck starting, but we've got a backcourt who can average 50 a game alone. Next year we'll have a 4/5 combo who too can get average 50 a game. Why are we so thirsty for even more offensive production? Especially when it means giving up the only D in the backcourt? There's two part two winning. It's not just about scoring. Scoring doesnt mean you'll create a deficit, which is what you're after. That gets you wins, not scoring 200 pts. We have offense and need to keep the defense in there to be able to score AND defend, therefore creating a deficit for the opposing team and continue to build on that.
you should be asking him what his point was, he quoted my reply, which was based on comparing him to next season, not sure why he'd bring up their scoring totals for tonight. As for V3.0, i was pointed out my original point, telling him to keep that in mind. And the thread is about next year, so i believe my point/reply was on topic.
When Bud gets minutes he produces efficiently at a high rate. 24 points on 14 shots is very efficient and productive.
Could never happen. Too much of a defensive liability. We would get steamrolled in the backcourt. It's best to use his offense to compliment Lowry's defense and "lack of" offense.
I am with you on this one. Bud will fit in very well with Yao. He can spread the floor and the instinct to attack the basket will make this team unstoppable. Hey Bud, let's party with Yao next season~
I was responding to T-slack so you quoting me is has no affect to my point to T-slack. In fact quoting my post was superfluous.
yes, but you can't produce without ATTEMPTS. That's why bud doesnt get big minutes when we pretty much have a healthy lineup. He's not going to get anywhere near 14 shots if he starts with brooks, scola, yao, and martin. We can talk about how well he does on a stripped down lineup all day, but on a loaded lineup he's the 5th option and would not likely get more than 5-7 shots on a consistent basis. When you lower his attempts that much he's not going to produce much more efficiently than Ariza, if at all. Their difference would be one shot, maybe 2. that's not enough to choose Bud's defense over ariza's or battier.
we can be the best offensive perimeter in the league, at the same time the worst defensive perimeter in the league.
