No it’s not, because I’m not sitting here exclaiming we have the best offense in the NBA.

What I am exclaiming however, is that from the CJ trade on our offense was VERY good and it showed not only in the regular season, but it did in the playoffs as well.

So the thought that we need a shooter, or that we should only draft a guy that can shoot the ball, is just false. This team has bigger holes to fill than just needing guys that can shoot, and the offense was good enough that adding another guy that can’t shoot won’t do a whole lot of damage to it.

And that’s not even talking the historic implications of the draft, where the guys that have historically outplayed their draft spots are usually one of two things: old, or can’t shoot.

Oh and btw, I’m not sitting here saying you have to draft Sochan. I would be very happy with Mathurin. But if you draft a guy only because he can shoot, you’re going to be very disappointed. You can trade back in the draft and pick up future assets if that’s your goal.

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Posted by TigerinATL

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Posted on 5/18/22 at 8:54 am to CP3forMVP

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But if you draft a guy only because he can shoot, you’re going to be very disappointed.

I think some people see this pick as CJ's future replacement and that is just the wrong thing to think IMO. They have the thread listing all 8th picks going back decades, you're looking at a role playing starter at best. I like Mathurin too, but anyone looking at him because they think he has the highest chance or replacing CJ, that's not likely to end well.

We are hopefully going to have BI and Zion for a long time, and both of them will get better at being who the offense runs through. So what we really want is the best 2 way player we can get.

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