Some star that makes sense will become available some time. I'm a bit skeptical it'll be Booker--they don't seem at all interested in trading him and it doesn't sound like he wants to go. It might not be this offseason, it might not be at the next trade deadline. It might not even be a guy we currently see as a "star player", who knows what breakouts might happen among players nearing the ends of their contracts. But it will happen at some point.
We could have Booker. Just offer Dillon, Amen, filler, and their picks back - boom, you're done. You would start Booker and Green with Fred off the bench. In the front court you'd start Tari, Bari, and Sengun with Cam and a resigned Steven Adams off the bench.
Not if you're often 2-3 times the league average volume and take a ton of unassisted ones. In general, yes shooting is the kind of thing where you're most likely better than you career average the longer your career gets - until the final few years. Booker falls into Harden category: you can't judge them by % because they are literally aiming for that magic 36% and they will up their volume as much as they can till they drop down there. You're not leaving these guys more open than Klay Thompson at the end of the day.
Did you get hit on the head. I would offer Green in place of Amen any day of the week. Having Green and Booker out there is identical to having Booker and Beal out there. We don't need Jalen Green's inefficient offense if we have Devin Booker taking most of the shots.
Bro, gross. The way you continually underrate and denigrate Amen speaks to your understanding (or lack thereof) of basketball, and it is not complimentary.
LOL. Okay, you go ahead and build a team around young Ben Simmons. Amen @ 22: 54.6% FG / 25.8% 3PT / 3.3 AST / 2.1 TO Ben @ 22: 58.0% FG / 28.6% 3PT / 8.0 AST / 3.5 TO Amen is a complimentary player, like Dennis Rodman, Shawn Marion, Andre Iguodala, etc.. You've seen during this losing streak what happens when he's asked to do more. He has value, but he is what he is. If you can trade him for 4 time All-Star in the prime of his career, you make that move.
But Harden wasn't an elite shooter either. He was a generational scorer and passer but he was never a pure shooter. If Booker is just striving to shoot 36%, then he has failed 5 of the last 7 seasons. It is an more difficult to shoot a high percentage with more volume but regardless of the volume, elite or pure shooters shoot better than Booker. He's been below average for the vast majority of his career. Jalen Green is shooting a better percentage than Booker this year on a higher volume. Do you consider Green to be an elite shooter this year? Its not like Booker was a 40% guy and then dropped down to 34 or 35 percent due to volume. His best season ever was 38.3% on 8 attempts. Thats a good shooter, not great. Booker shooting 34.2%, isn't an advantage regardless of the volume. If a team, shoots 34.2% per game, nobody considers them an elite shooting team. I think it's fair to say that an elite shooter should have at least one season of elite shooting over a period of 10 seasons.
yep you’re right all around. I just want a sg or sf that can shoot 3’s consistently. Booker is ok, but Phoenix is going to move Durant not Booker and use the assets they get in return to build a mediocre team. The idea of the Phoenix picks was that the Suns would implode and re-build, but I’m thinking there owner is just willing to sit back, be mediocre, and collect the money while his asset appreciates. If we can’t get Ant or Giannis this off-season, then it’s probably just time to build the roster around Amen, Sengun, Jabari, and maybe Jalen using those picks to find some good shooters. I don’t subscribe to the idea that you have to have a superstar to win a championship in 2nd Apron era, but we already have one just need to build around him (Amen).
Trading Amen for Booker would be shortsighted in the extreme--he has a strong chance to become an equal-or-better player and actually fits our timeline.
Just to reiterate here, you're largely ignoring the volume without which it's hard to have the conversation. Booker and Harden will always shoot near 36%, that's how they play and their unassisted %'s will be just as high as others. So it doesn't make sense to determine their shooting accuracy by that number. They're guys who want any points that you can get at a good TS% and will squeeze every last point out of it, taking more difficult ones and more frequently. Harden is behind only curry in 3PM - the volume we're talking about here you can't compare efficiency with someone else who's doing well this past month. Guys who take over 8-9 a game are in a different category altogether, other than Curry basically everyone is just above league average give or take based on volume. Basically what I'm saying is of course I would never leave Harden open over Green or Brooks for example.
Uff no definitely not on board with building around Amen yet, I'm hopeful but that's still a guy with no jumper in 2025 and can't run the point yet. Can't build around that when our best player is a C who can't shoot yet. I know Green fans believe in Green, Sengun fans believe in Sengun and Amen in Amen but they all have significant issues - they are all future stars who are going through the same hiccups a Jaylen Brown would or something like that. Personally think all will get there in a year or two. I don't think we need a star either but I do think we have the luxury of adding a star for a short period. Kind of like what Warriors did with Durant. There's just a window where we can supplement our guys and make their lives easier while trying to win a title. More of a part time star part time mentor if that makes sense. I feel we need that wisdom around.
I’m ok with that as well, but the price has to right. I wanted Durant at the deadline, but obviously they are wanting too much for him. I know hey want too much for Booker.
