First off, Gabe doesn’t fill any of our gaping holes at the moment. He’s not a good enough playmaker, he’s not a good enough shooter, and he’s not a good enough defender. He plays hard. That’s about the biggest value he brings to the team.
Caruso, despite his own shortcomings, is basically an elite 3&D guard. A better Pat Bev.
Second, our other shortcoming is a guy who can just hyper efficiently score - that is any given night give you 20. DDR cant shoot from the outside but he’s still a very good midrange scorer. I kind of dislike giving up Rui for him but with our wing logjam and Reddish arising I think we need to swap a wing for a higher scorer guard/wing.
AD / Wood / Hayes
Bron / Prince / Vando / Reddish
Dlo / Reaves / DDR / Caruso
This just feels like a more balanced team. DDR replaces Rui’s scoring punch and he can also play the wing position. Reddish makes Rui’s loss acceptable. Caruso is just a better fit than Gabe IMO.
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OP needs to stick to his twilight fan fiction
Hahahahahahahahah he kind of dislikes giving up Rui for Demar 😂
This doesn’t solve any logjam though. Demar’s basically a 4 at this point who doesn’t play much defense. If you want his scoring but also to play next to LeBron/AD, you sacrifice defense and spacing for some more isolation scoring.
I’m not gonna downvote you just because I strongly disagree with you. I feel that downvotes are for a different purpose.
However, I really don’t like this trade at all. Peace.