The Lakers dumped him knowingly He can’t be the starting center or even playing meaningful minutes on a contender Why? He can’t play pick and roll defense He’s an absolute cone on defense vs smaller players On offense he has fumblitis and is clumsy and blocky He can’t make quick reads he is not a read and react guy He has no range on his J, consistently All he is a garbage man clean up missed shots and grab defensive boards, he’s a usable body against Jokic or the biggest teams like Minnesota Am I wrong? Why wouldn’t Lue just play Brooklyn Nets ball and go with one PG and 4 wings at this point (Russ, Harden, Kawhi, PG, Mann)
You have some valid points, biggest thing for me is the championship is won by a team not just the stars. Don’t underestimate how big Kevon Looney is for the warriors, Lopez is for the bucks etc. Zu doesn’t have to be prime Shaq but we also can’t win a chip playing 4v5 either