CDM_Stats wrote:Crazy-Canuck wrote:I still think moody is the much better player, but he doesn't get the coddling that jk gets.
Jk gets benched when he does something wrong. Moody gets benched for just stepping on the court.
I think Moody fits in more places than Kuminga would, and I think that if you're looking for someone who doesn't need to pop off, Moody is the guy handily. But if you're in the mud and need some scoring fast, you gotta take Kuminga. Moody just doesnt have the balls right now to take whats his. And Kuminga is showing control and sticking to what he's good at lately.. I will absolutely take that growth. But with all pure scorers, eventually its time to pay them, and its very rarely a good deal for the franchise
All that said, if the team drew up 10% of the plays for Moody that they do for Kuminga, we'd get to see if Moody really could offensively hang. He's not elite anywhere, but he's also not bad anywhere. Just needs to drive into contact more. Whats the risk at this point? That he's hurt for a couple games and misses a few games where he'd basically be running cardio anyways?
Jks value is tied to his offense. He's not a ball mover nor an offball player, im not sure he'll ever be those things. He loves to iso and then look to pass when he doesnt have a shot, it stalls the offense. He could potentially be great at what he does in the way maggette was, but I'm not sure how much of a needle mover he'd be at 25-30M per year on his rookie extension playing 30 minutes as a starter.. Like you said, teams will overpay guys that can score.
Defensively, he's a mixed ball for me. He's best and only role is poa since he's poor off the ball. And his poa defence is overrated because he lacks the diversity to match up with different types of players like prime klay or wiggins did and can do. But, he's never really shown that to be important to him. Everything he says is always about him. About his shooting. About his scoring. About his passing. Sounds alot like Poole and current klay to me.
I know people are really enamored with him and think he's the next coming of kawahi, but I dont see it. He is uber athletic, way more than 99% of the league, but how much of that is functional athleticism? He's a bigger lavine in that regard. Moody is closer to kawhi athletically, because although he can't jump as high or move as fast, it's functional.
And yes, if I need a burst of offense. Jk clears moody. But if I want 2 way play (which is more conducive to winning) and much better quality for a starter, I focus on moody. Especially since we have steph and are forced to play klay 30-35 minutes per game as a starter.
