rajajackal wrote:TrueWarrior wrote:rajajackal wrote:hartenstein really let me down in the playoffs. he just doesn't have the physical abilities to win tipoffs, he's hot and cold as a rebounder, i rather let him walk and sign or draft a quality backup for mitch that can distribute the minutes with him. we can replace ihart's passing by using randle similarly. if anything putting randle in that role is a massive upgrade for the team's offense
Isaiah was not as good as I hoped in the playoffs, but he held his own for his first time starting. Im sure he was pretty banged up and fatigued by the end too, with no other front court players besides Precious around.
The flipside is if he played amazing and broke out on the national stage, we wouldn’t be able to keep him. Our offer should be right up his alley now.
Isaiah had some of the best advanced stats in the whole league. His raw stats may not jump off the page, but we would have been royally screwed if we didnt have him after Mitch went down again. Jericho sucks and Precious is undersized for a C.
If he stays I want to see him expand his offense though. No reason he cant take some jumpers or even threes going forward. That would truly unlock our team like crazy. He has the passing, floater, and a decent hook shot, so just add some corner threes this offseason.
for me it was more of an eye test evaluation. he just seems a little punkable, limited. he's sturdy and plays good defense with his feet but he just doesn't have that extra "thing" that a player like mitch has to contain and intimidate star level bigs. he did an admirable job but i think he honestly showcased a crucial role in thibs's offense (similar to noah's on the bulls) more than that he is individually that special
like i said before i think we can use randle like ihart on steroids - ihart sort of shared secondary handler duties with hart and divo in the playoffs. if you put randle, who would be the secondary handler upon return anyway, has notable passing ability, and is a star level scorer, in that position...you will not need mitch to score on more than lobs
What does Mitch do on offense in your scenario though? Just stand next to the basket, clogging the paint and waiting for lobs? He cant do anything else.
I like Mitch and we should keep him as a backup unless we get some great trade offer, but he had his chance. He hasn’t improved much, if anything, about his game and just cant stay healthy.
Isaiah has seemingly improved every year for the last 4 years. No reason to think he still cant get better, as he just turned 26 and didnt get big minutes until this season. He has stretch 5 potential, so if he adds some shooting with his defense, rebounding, passing, and floater he would be nasty.
I’d like to see us commit to his jumper, because we saw how Embiid and Turner opened things up against us. Porzingis would have done the same if we advanced. If we used Julius in the Isaiah role, then Isaiah could space the floor.
Anyway I get that some fans still prefer Mitch. All good. He did play Embiid better, as he matches up well against him. We can keep both for now, but we’ll see what happens.
