The Kawhi part is ridiculous but it doesn’t invalidate the whole post

We get a lot of either:

Give Harden the keys to the offense and make him the #1 option

Or

Make Harden a 6man, the starters play better with Russ

If we’re being real it’s because he won a ring in 2022 without a ton of help

They have a stacked front court but none of those guys besides Bitadze and Mo, who aren’t starting quality, are centers.

Franz is a SG/SF, Paolo is a PF, Isaac is a SF/PF. Even though they’re playing well, there’s no way they want Goga Bitadze and Mo Wagner to be their center rotation for the future.

Seriously. People make every excuse in the book for Cade but great players make it work.

Shai showed out playing with some horrible, horrible lineups when he was coming up.

Haliburton was amazing playing with the trash 2022 Kings roster when Fox was out.

Garland played amazing in 2022 with the amazing spacing of Okoro/Mobley/Allen starting together.

Even someone like Anfernee Simons was much better than Cade playing with similarly bad lineups.

Great overall post. I think it’s mostly mismanagement, other teams have made more out of similar luck. Also just poor drafting it seems. They’re lucky the Hornets shipped them Duren.

Also, people are gonna get on your ass for calling Bane a role player lol

This is not a bad enough statline to warrant a post

If they want to win games I think their healthy rotation should be something like:

Cade/Monte

Burks/Ivey

Ausar/Harris

Bojan

Duren/Stewart

Not really, at least not for a star. He played his best when Lebron/Harden were dominating the ball and he could be the off ball guard.

Very good move

Defensively

Caruso, Jrue, GP2 are top 3 for me

I’ve been down on him as a player forever. Everything op said is true and I’ll add that he’s not athletic or a lob/transition threat.

Larry Nance Jr. Would be great as a switchable 5. However I doubt the Pelicans would give him up because he fits well alongside Zion.

They’d go 71-11 then lose in the first round

Exactly and Wembys even skinnier/weaker than those guys. Also probably lessens the injury risk.

I think they want to use him like Robert Williams where he’s helping off the worst perimeter shooter while someone else bangs with the center.

How are people not understanding the satire lmfao