And a lot of people get caught up with not understanding you have to have a guy that can get any shot off in the clutch.
BI can get a shot from all 3 levels anytime he wants. He’s literally the only guy on the team that can do that.
As much as people bitch about BI not taking more 3s, the fact that Zion only recently started taking shots that weren’t violent layups is more egregious. And if he’s not going to learn how to do anything other than barrel his way into the lane on 3 guys, then we have to have a guy who can create his own shot in the clutch.

It’s why I wouldn’t object to Trae Young playing with Zion.

Answer this question for me.
Tomorrow night we are down 1 with 10 seconds left. Lebron will guard whoever gets the ball one on one. Who on our team can get a good shot off on him in that situation?
The only shot CJ is getting off is a step back 3 with a super quick release.
Trey would be lucky to get any shot off.
Zion will try to force his way to the rim with AD waiting and Lebron being strong enough to keep him out the lane.
Say what you want, but BI would get a mid range shot off that he can make on Lebron, doesn’t matter how much he contest it BI will get a good look b/c of his natural release point and height.

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Posted by Pels_Yaz

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Posted on 4/15/24 at 2:56 pm to TeddyPadillac

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And a lot of people get caught up with not understanding you have to have a guy that can get any shot off in the clutch. BI can get a shot from all 3 levels anytime he wants. He’s literally the only guy on the team that can do that.

Yet we are one of the worst clutch teams in the league. So how much value is BI bringing to our clutch situations??

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Posted by shel311

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Posted on 4/15/24 at 4:30 pm to TeddyPadillac

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And a lot of people get caught up with not understanding you have to have a guy that can get any shot off in the clutch

We can still be a bottom 5 clutch team without Zion

Also, CJ was better in the clutch than BI this season, I see no reason CJ can't replace what BI did in the clutch, which wasn't much. It's a low bar.

Plus Zion's emergence, that Zion can cover some of that as well and I imagine Zion is part of the reason our clutch net rating improved at the same time he improved and became the clearcut #1.

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Tomorrow night we are down 1 with 10 seconds left. Lebron will guard whoever gets the ball one on one. Who on our team can get a good shot off on him in that situation?

In that scenario, I'm doing the same thing every single time. Zion and shooters. It almost doesn't matter who is guarding Zion, if they let him go 1 on 1 he's getting a layup. They will build the wall, so you can't have Dyson and Nance and those type of dudes out there. You make it all shooters, trust Zion to either get a layup or pass out for a wide open either shot or attacking the close out. I would live with those results if the process is done similarly.

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The only shot CJ is getting off is a step back 3 with a super quick release.

WHy do you have all this confidence in BI in the clutch but not CJ? Any time BI goes out and CJ becomes the #2, he plays better than BI when BI is the #2 or even the #1. The only time BI scores more is when CJ is relegated to #3. CJ has the same or better efficiency scoring than BI this season. CJ Is better in the clutch than BI this season.

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Say what you want, but BI would get a mid range shot off that he can make on Lebron, doesn’t matter how much he contest it BI will get a good look b/c of his natural release point and height.

We've seen this for 5 years, it almost always ends poorly. I'm happy to see through other options at this point.

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