Contract aside, Lavine is a clear upgrade over Huerter, but his effectiveness here is largely dependent on whether or not he can buy-in into our system. He isn’t quite the movement shooter Huerter is, but Huerter isn’t even close to being the three-level scorer Lavine is. Can you imagine Lavine curling off a Domas DHO and going balls to the wall to the basket? Or being a legit lob threat as Domas playmakes on the elbow? Defensively, both are underwhelming, but Lavine’s athleticism definitely helps.
Again, it depends on his buy-in. If he can be integrated into our offense as a movement shooter as Huerter is but with a bit more freedom to create (because he can), then our team takes a leap. Plus I trust Mike Brown to hold him accountable on the defensive end.
But $40M+ a year? That’s a very tough pill to swallow and negates us from rounding out the rest of the roster.
Contract aside, Lavine is a clear upgrade over Huerter, but his effectiveness here is largely dependent on whether or not he can buy-in into our system. He isn’t quite the movement shooter Huerter is, but Huerter isn’t even close to being the three-level scorer Lavine is. Can you imagine Lavine curling off a Domas DHO and going balls to the wall to the basket? Or being a legit lob threat as Domas playmakes on the elbow? Defensively, both are underwhelming, but Lavine’s athleticism definitely helps.
Again, it depends on his buy-in. If he can be integrated into our offense as a movement shooter as Huerter is but with a bit more freedom to create (because he can), then our team takes a leap. Plus I trust Mike Brown to hold him accountable on the defensive end.
But $40M+ a year? That’s a very tough pill to swallow and negates us from rounding out the rest of the roster.