Game Thread: New Orleans Hornets @ Golden State Warriors
We like to say that Vasquez is best defending SGs, but Williams doesn't switch Vasquez/ Rivers/Roberts very often on defense. Vasquez almost always guard the opposing PG on defense unless Williams have him off ball playing SG.
Maybe Williams doesn't value man defense and may be the reason why he doesn't see Vasquez as a liability on defense. The one position that Williams has been critical on has been SF. Maybe he feels that a competent SF on defense is the missing piece to his defensive rotations. Williams is generally fine with his perimeter players getting beat as long as they force the opposing player towards the help defense.
As for Vasquez on offense, he needs Eric Gordon. Why? Because teams won't bring ball pressure defense against Vasquez if Gordon is on the floor. Gordon will surely make them pay for leaving him. As for his limitations, Gordon would handle the ball late in games and take pressure off of Vasquez from making plays he isn't capable of.
I think that we already know what we have in Vasquez but there is still a big unknown that involves Gordon. Once Gordon returns and gives us a good sample size on his chemistry with Vasquez, we'll better understand where this team stands on the perimeter.