Debate me why Tyreke shouldn't start over Gordon if Jrue returns.

its good to have 3 point shooters to stretch the floor.

thats all i got.

but it is interesting to see how Gordon's game has changed

Jrue is also returning from injury and I don't think he's ready to play full time pg. Jrue played great next to Reke for a few months early in the season.

Tyreke is only second to harden on points created on drives so that's not true. Gordon isn't a better defender they both suck at it but at least players can't just shoot over Reke like they do Gordon. Reke can badly defend a Pg, Sg, and sf, While Gordon is too slow to guard pgs and too small to guard a sg.

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Tyreke is only second to harden on points created on drives so that's not true. Gordon isn't a better defender they both suck at it but at least players can't just shoot over Reke like they do Gordon. Reke can badly defend a Pg, Sg, and sf, While Gordon is too slow to guard pgs and too small to guard a sg.

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considering how often and how much he has the ball in his hands, I would hope he has a higher number of points created on drives.

You must love how much he derps it when he just drives and throws it up randomly instead of dishing it.

I think Tyreke creates so many open looks with his drives ppl gets pissed he doesn't make every pass but this guy is a scorer first and not a natural pg for his postion he's a great passer. If Tyreke made every open pass he would avg 11 assist a game.

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I think Tyreke creates so many open looks with his drives ppl gets pissed he doesn't make every pass but this guy is a scorer first and not a natural pg for his postion he's a great passer. If Tyreke made every open pass he would avg 11 assist a game.

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Or the fact that, when he's in, nobody respects his shooting so they simply pack the paint and make the team around him beat you.

Pretty much shuts him down along with anyone else that plays inside.

Here's one for you, last two minutes of the game:
Gordon:
11/17 fg (64.7%)
7/8 3pt (87.5%)
3/4 ft (75.0%)
3 rebounds
3 assists
3 turnovers

Evans:
12/41 fg (29.3%)
0/8 3pt (0.0%)
16/22 ft (72.7%)
16 rebounds
14 assists
6 turnovers

tells me that he's a liability down the stretch. No player that shoots 29.3% in the waning 2 minutes should be taking 41 shots.

He is inefficient with a low basketball IQ. EG might be dumb for one frickup, but Tyreke is possibly MR with how many he's had.

That is why you leave him on the bench to wreck shop against inferior talent and let EG space for AD/Asik. He's a bad point guard. So let him run the 2nd unit or 5-6minutes after the first quarter and let Jrue start with EG.

EG brings more to the table that helps the starting line up, he gives spacing for AD to work inside instead of having to settle for jumpers, he gives Asik room to catch and dunk, he gives QPon/Cunningham space to get rebounds, and he gives Jrue a guy that can space the floor so he can make more reasonable passes inside.

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So by you logic Morrow is better because that is all who Gordon is now. Tyreke's put tons of pressure on defense and Gordon put none.

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yeah, sure.

You asked who should start and the fact is EG should start. You want the offense to run through AD, not through Tyreke.

If you want Tyreke to go balls to the wall, you let him do it with mismatches off the bench against opponents he can dominant 99% of the time.

#basketballreasons

Reke is far and away the second best player on this team. Don't care if he starts, but he is the only other guy out there winning games and that is not up for debate.

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Things Tyreke is better at than Gordon

Scoring

Passing

Defense

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Debatable

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