re: Ish Smith

When it comes to Smith, I'm a little prejudISH. The dude is playing out of his mind and beyond what he's done in previous stops. Maybe he's just a good fit for our system. Whatever the case, sign him up.

Ish has been a pleasant surprise. I never had any stupid hot takes like "ish is not a good player"-McNamara, but I didn't expect him to be the player he's been. Here's to some much needed good luck for the pels

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but you can't deny his flaws.


Finish that turkey and elaborate son.

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He isn't a good shooter.

Don't think that I'm a a total Ish hater, though. He's been very impressive lately. He can get to the basket at will, and has finished at a high pace.

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Is not a hot take. He isn't a rookie, there is plenty of tape on him. I know everyone is excited about how he's been playing lately, but there is a reason that he was a minimum salary player.

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cmon


Hassan Whiteside is 26 year old,2nd Rd pick, cut by multiple NBA teams, DLeague, China, Lebannon

making $980k this season

arguably the best center in the league right now



steve nash wasnt a double digit scorer until he was 27

jeremy lin


nobodies can become somebodies, baw. look not where they are from, only where they are going

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was and have been more impressed with his ability to probe/press/engage the opponents perimeter D without picking up his dribble

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His spatial awareness has been impressive too. He seems to know where guys will be better than any of the other guards.

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so so so obvious that this offense is dependent on penetration or threat of from the ballhandler.

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Yup. You can see how much a difference the spacing makes on ball reversals. Defenders are maybe a half step out of position and wings can get by them and into the defense. The Pels don't have many great off the bounce attackers, but they can catch and get into the paint quickly off good ball movement. That creates either a layup or a collapse and kick out. $$$

I believe the "hot take" is acting like there can't be a middle ground. He can both be a limited player AND a huge part in why we have played well the last four games. He could both be a guy who hurts our spacing in the half court, but finds a way to impact the game in other ways and occassionally knock down the open shot

My contention is that he is solid player when he is on the court with other good players. Early in the season, when he was playing heavy minutes with two other 10th men types in most lineups, that killed us. Put him on the floor with Jrue or Gordon, Ryno, AD, and a wing and he does his job.

But the book is far from written. He is not great, he is not terrible. He has skillsets that the team can take advantage of and he has liabilities that can hurt the team in the wrong lineups.

This is the internet, people are either the best or shite. You didn't get the memo?

Distribute 144 minutes between Jrue, Tyreke, Gordon, Smith, Cole, Pondexter, Cunningham, and Gee.

Thanks for responding, I see the cheerleader that I pointed the question to didn't respond.

I would definitely give 6 minutes from Ish to Jrue in your breakdown. I also think q-Pon deserves more than 16 minutes if fully healthy.

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Thanks for responding, I see the cheerleader that I pointed the question to didn't respond.

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What do you think, I was scared to answer the question or something?

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Distribute 144 minutes between Jrue, Tyreke, Gordon, Smith, Cole, Pondexter, Cunningham, and Gee.

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frick if I know. We have never seen this whole group together at the same time.

What I do know, though, is Jrue has played only 48% of possible games since he has been here. So running him out there 30+ minutes every night is just irresponsible at this point. We can pick and chose to play him extended minutes. If we make a playoff run, great, get him out there when needed, if not, get him ready for next season.

In the same breath, Cole got serious run last year only because Holiday couldnt stay on the court. Is he a 24 mpg player like he was last season? No. He and Ish are cut from the same cloth and are really the only players mentioned above who wont be on the court together.

So you shave off some minutes off Jrue and Cole. Gee and Cunningham gets less run with a healthy Pondexter. As for Gordon, he could be dealt, we could play Holiday at the 2 more, Ish and Cole at PG more

Obviously there is some sorting out to do in the near future. But we know Ish Smith can play in this league