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We need a serviceable third big. KP and Al will miss games. Kornet has flashes of good performance but he’s just not good enough to be the backup. His rim protection is basically nonexistent in most cases. With Al being old, in the games without KP we must have someone who can protect the rim.
To be honest, Al played really bad yesterday to the point I feel Kornet was more serviceable than Al. It doesn’t help that Jayson only really started to get offensively in the late 3rd. Thats why both of them were -21 and -26 with Jaylen being a positive.
I guess I half agree there.
I thought this game showed why we need another big even if Kornet is good enough.
He played this game really well and we were still missing a big physical presence. In a game where Horford struggled and Porzingis got hurt, Kornet stepped up and filled in for both really well. That’s his strong suit, he’s a technical big who can cover for our two technical bigs.
We just don’t have any bruisers to fall back on in the occasional game where we need them.
It was telling that Mazzula was experimenting with Oshae Brissett and Scal was wondering about Lamar Stevens. We don’t have a go-to guy for physicality. Bringing physicality is one of the more important bench roles a team can have.