Well I’d at least have to say that Miami does have Kyle Lowry, someone we did, in fact, target, who has put to Garth some nice games in the playoffs (especially early).

Denver has Murray - and I guess there’s an argument there for him not being an absolute pass-first point guard, but he is an elite pg.

LA has Deangelo Russell who is also more of a scoring pg, but nonetheless, he’s a point guard who can operate off the pick and roll and drain the midrange.

Boston has a combination of Derrick White (more of a score first), Marcus Smart (defense/pass) and Brogdon (you’re all-around PG).
None are massive scorers but all can dish and control the flow of the game. That combo works in Boston bc they have all 3, which is a rarity.
On the flip side, we have none of the above, except McCollum (who I’m a big fan of) playing out of position at PG, a backup (who I luv as a backup) in Jose playing/having starter expectations, and Dyson, who’s neither a scorer, or really a facilitator (yet), but is a nice defensive specialist at the early stage of his career.

So I’d say that the teams remaining all have the PG position pretty stocked compared to us at this point.

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Posted by higgsBoson

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Posted on 5/17/23 at 6:41 am to SHMILL

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Well I’d at least have to say that Miami does have Kyle Lowry, someone we did, in fact, target, who has put to Garth some nice games in the playoffs (especially early).

He’s not one of their best players. Fell off a cliff recently.

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Denver has Murray - and I guess there’s an argument there for him not being an absolute pass-first point guard, but he is an elite pg.

He’s not the primary ball handler. He’s a combo guard and thus not a “true point guard.”

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LA has Deangelo Russell who is also more of a scoring pg, but nonetheless, he’s a point guard who can operate off the pick and roll and drain the midrange.

He’s not the primary ball handler. He’s not a “true point guard”.

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Boston has a combination of Derrick White (more of a score first), Marcus Smart (defense/pass) and Brogdon (you’re all-around PG).

Maybe the best example I guess but I don’t think Smart is really a “true point guard” and those other guys are role players.

People keep saying we need a “true point guard”. But the only team running that really is the suns. Classic point guards are out dated. People just don’t like our primary ball handlers ability to run the offense. BI, CJ and Zion are our ball handlers. There’s really no room for anyone else. We just need them to play better and our coach to run a better offense.

But the statement that you “need” a “true point guard” is just crazy. The best teams don’t use one as a primary ball handler.

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Posted by NOSHAU

Member since Feb 2012

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Posted on 5/17/23 at 9:49 am to SHMILL

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Well I’d at least have to say that Miami does have Kyle Lowry, someone we did, in fact, target, who has put to Garth some nice games in the playoffs (especially early).

Denver has Murray - and I guess there’s an argument there for him not being an absolute pass-first point guard, but he is an elite pg.

LA has Deangelo Russell who is also more of a scoring pg, but nonetheless, he’s a point guard who can operate off the pick and roll and drain the midrange.

Boston has a combination of Derrick White (more of a score first), Marcus Smart (defense/pass) and Brogdon (you’re all-around PG).
None are massive scorers but all can dish and control the flow of the game. That combo works in Boston bc they have all 3, which is a rarity.
On the flip side, we have none of the above, except McCollum (who I’m a big fan of) playing out of position at PG, a backup (who I luv as a backup) in Jose playing/having starter expectations, and Dyson, who’s neither a scorer, or really a facilitator (yet), but is a nice defensive specialist at the early stage of his career.

So I’d say that the teams remaining all have the PG position pretty stocked compared to us at this point.

So you think CJ is not a PG and playing out of position, but you think Murray, Russell and White are true PGs?