Originally Posted by
MichaelMcNamara
You cant just say stretch 5 as if all are created equal. Some are decent on defense, some horrible, some good. Some are good passers on the short roll, some are awful. Some can rebound, some dont rebound at all and some are good at boxing out while others eat up rebounds. Some make 30 mil per year, some make 8 mil.
The ability to "stretch" is one small skill in a myriad of things that make up the player. Not to mention that some guys can make the 3 but opponents dont come out on them, and therefore no extra space would be created while others are heavily respected out there. Aron Baynes, for example can hit from out there, but the defense will live with him making 1 or 2 threes a game over chasing him to prevent a three and leaving the paint wide open for Zion.
I tend to go the other way - Zion is gonna score even with a stiff like Adams out there. Is he all of a sudden going to average 35 on 70 percent shooting if you open up the paint? I dont think so. The issue is turnovers. When this team doesnt turn the ball over, they score at a high enough rate to beat almost anybody. The goal should be to get a guy to run the offense and get us into sets, instead of throwing the ball away. Which leads to live ball turnovers and easy points on the other end. And we should go cheap at center. If he can shoot, cool, if he is a rim runner cool, whatever. But we shouldnt be throwing assets and money at that position.