Why would we trade for another big to get touches in the post. That essentially takes touches away from AD-who isn't going to be a 3pt shooter. This team will just develop as AD gets bigger and moves into the 5 position. The guy is a shot blocker you need him near the rim. Covering hybird/stretch 4s is going to bring him away from the basket. He must be the rim protector going forward. Unless a Sabonis/Marc Gasol type player comes through,but those are few and far between.

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Posted by supe12sta12z

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Posted on 12/19/13 at 4:26 pm to RonBurgundy

Honestly, the perimeter gets too many touches. We need a post option to open things up for the perimeter as Davis isn't that type of player right now. As far as taking touches away from Davis, our backcourt already does that and yet Davis is doing just fine. Drummond is getting 13-14 points a game due to Monroe commanding attention. A guy like Monroe works because he's a very good passer with great vision. If it were any other big, it'd agree with you.

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Posted by TigerinATL

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Posted on 12/19/13 at 4:35 pm to RonBurgundy

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Why would we trade for another big to get touches in the post.

I thought Monroe could work in either the high or low post, but I just checked his shot chart from last year and he's pretty bad unless he's at the basket. This year doesn't look much better. The overwhelming majority of his shots are again at the basket.

I was assuming that combining a High/Low post game with his passing and he an AD would work well, but if he's only good at the basket it really wouldn't work like you said.

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