bball4life wrote:Negrodamus wrote:76ciology wrote:I don't agree that Derozan is a better pick-up than Paul George. There's nothing to convince me of this except perhaps for clutch-time statistics. The only scenario where adding Derozan makes sense is if George isn't available and it's the best alternative move. I believe this sentiment is influenced by recency bias because we've been lacking a go-to option in recent games, and having Derozan could have made a significant difference.
Lastly, adding a shooting guard who averages less than 1 three-point shot per game with a shooting percentage of 33% won't complement this team well. Such numbers are typically acceptable for a power forward or center, not a shooting guard.
PG has a FTr of .213. He doesn’t get to the line. Shooting threes is cool in the regular season, but when the teams start taking that away, the foul line is where we will need to get our points. We already have Maxey to spam threes (and eventually go cold like last year). Just find 3&D players to fulfill this role. We don’t need to pay PG the max to shoot ill advised threes and have an inflated view of his role on the team.
Go check Derozan's playoff stats and get back to me on his fit.
On offense I still take George all day every day because at least he creates spacing. Derozan just clogs the paint taking his inefficient mid range jumpers and in the playoffs when teams actually care, he isn't very good at it.
On defense, its like night and day between the two. Good luck hiding Derozan and Maxey at the same time.
I don't think the Sixers should offer George a max deal either by the way. He's not good enough at this point and will probably be hurt half the time. But the answer can't be Demar for building a championship team.
I've checked it, I know. He's not a good 1A option, particularly in the playoffs. But he'd be arguably the third option.
DeMar isn't even my main target in the offseason, but he's better than what George would do for us.
We've seen the Sixers go ice cold every single year in the second round. Foul merchants like Embiid and Harden don't get the calls. DeRozan, like Jimmy Butler, actually draws legit fouls. He attacks the basket which opens up the floor for the shooters. If Embiid is doing his flop offense and not getting calls in the playoffs, then our offense comes to a standstill because no one else puts pressure on the defense in the pain.
I don't think DeRozan is the final piece, but if we can't get a disgruntled star via trade this offseason, then we're looking at PG (unlikely tbh and I've already made my argument against him), Miles Bridges, maybe DLO... I mean, what is the alternative here?