Name the starting center for the Pels next year

Me too, unless they try and package the pick with him for an upgrade. But even that I have a hard time imagining.

Jaxson Hayes if we value winning

Absolutely going to be JV. Willie and Griff are stubborn and there will be no real changes. They are going to blame everything on injuries.

We need to develop Hayes, he has all the tools to be elite. If it is work ethic and not lack of developmental coaching they need to say something.

It's likely whoever we trade JV for. He simply cannot jump. He cannot defend the rim. He's too slow in defending the pick-and-roll.

At this stage of his career, JV is a starting center on a lottery team or a quality backup on a playoff team.

I just think that the center position is going to look radically different for us next season. Of the four guys who played center for us this season: JV, Larry, Billy, and Jaxson, I think that only Larry will be back next season.

We lost some games this season because Larry is not a strong enough rebounder and we gave up some critical offensive rebounds with Larry closing games. But Zion is a quality rebounder (when he isn't leaking out early for a possible break in transition). Lineups with both Larry and Zion should have the rebounding that we need.

So, I think that Larry is still a fit for the team. I simply do not think that we can afford to spot opposing teams early leads as their guards repeatedly break us down in the P&R.

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He simply cannot jump. He cannot defend the rim. He's too slow in defending the pick-and-roll

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Yet he’s arguably the best rebounder in the league on a team full of shitty rebounders

If you replace him it better be with another elite rebounder

I already can see JV putting up 30 and 20 on us if he gets traded

Hopefully not Val, but even if it is, Nance will be our "small ball" 5...and beginning next year...will start his evolution to becoming "our" version of Lopez and/or Horford.

Check his #s at Cleveland...Nance CAN become a solid, decently high volume, 3-pt shooter with maybe 50-60% of his shots being 3s & shooting maybe 36-38% from the 3-pt line, especially if he ends up shooting most of his 3s from the corner. Of course, he's not the rim protector that Lopez is, but I think he could be better at P&R defense than Lopez.

I assume Nance will read this post...and immediately begin developing his 3-pt shot...if he has any desire to have a few more PRODUCTIVE years in the NBA, like Lopez & Horford did, about 8 years into their careers. It would also help our overall 3-pt shooting frequency to hopefully get somewhat closer to the 35-40% which I think WG wants for the Pels.

We went into the season with that Mindset and Nance got more playing time than JV when he was healthy in the first 3 months. The problem with Nance is that he won't last the season and will rack up a bunch of injuries over the course of the season.

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My guy JV cant run as fast as they need him to. And quite frankly thats very true.

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We have elite young athletes who are lethal in transition, especially Zion, Herb, Trey, and Jose. Dyson, BI, and CJ are all good players in transition as well.

With the defensive ability of Herb, Dyson, and Jose, we will continue to generate a large number of live-ball turnovers. We need to be able to run. And JV can't run. He's a half-court guy on a team that needs to be a full-court offense.