no but allen iverson is hah jk. nate robinson would work, not sure how i feel about him though. i wouldnt mind j.j. redick. he cant play point guard, but i like him as the backup shooting guard. if taylor pans out then im all for it because he would be a perfect fit at the 2 being someone who can create. lowry can create but only to dish it off or to draw a foul, budinger cant really create, hill may have a little hook shot ready to go, hayes certainly cant, and have no clue about patterson. but anyways back to the backup 2 dilemma.... i think we need one if taylor isnt ready, but if he is then i like our team with the addition of miller or haywood. i think we can compete with anyone. our starting 5 is probably at least rated as top 5 in the league and our bench i would think is top 3 in the league.
If the nba was just starting and there were 30 Chase Budingers out there and each team had to take one of them and every team had to start him, each and every team would start him as a small forward. Budinger is a small forward and can be used as a shooting guard, but he is made to play small forward. AND THERE IS NO WAY HE COULD PLAY POINT GUARD!!
Not this topic again.... Think about this. Kevin Martin is goign to play almost 40 mins a game. That means the back up gets no more than EIGHT MINUTES. are you telling me Jt can't handle EIGHT minutes? Id' trust him with 10-12 even. Not to mention Bud may get some minutes at the 2, so really JT would get 5 mins or so. The guy has been improving all year, maybe not by leaps and bounds, but has improved. Adelman thinks he can be a starter in this league and the guy just improved his jumpshot. Yeah let's run out and pay 4 mill to someone else, so they can back up for 5 mins, makes a lot of sense And budinger is NOT the clear cut back up at the 2. It's JT. Budinger is only sharing minutes there because he was better at the moment than JT. By the time Budinger works out all the kinks Battier will be gone and it'll be ariza/bud purely at the 3. By then JT willbe able to handle the back up 2 on his own.
You can't play Martin 40 minutes a game imo. 35 tops, maybe 40 in the playoffs. But the need for a backup SG is for when Martin inevitably misses his 20 games due to injury. Our team last year was nails till we had nagging injuries and no depth to replace the production.
I'd like to see Chase starting at the 3. I'd like to see JT make progress at the back-up 2. If there's room on the roster for JJ Redick, I'd be happy to add him. But who knows what's going on?
You know, I was thinking about this. But ultimately, I think Ariza/Shane/Bud are all going to be sliding over to back up the 2 when necessary, and when there's a small, quick guy that needs to be covered, you can just play Brooks and Lowry together. Really no need for a backup 2, I don't think.
