re: Pels sign Ian Clark per Shams

We should be very grateful that Minny drafted Dunn instead of Buddy.

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Didn't the whole 3 guard lineup up with Dell backfired with us before with Evans, Holiday, and Puddin?

I know health was a factor, but when healthy, we lacked length to defend.

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yes and it won't get any better if we deploy it again.
PG:
6'1 - Rondo
6'4 - Holiday

SG:
6'3 - Clark
6'4 - Moore

Combo?:
6'5 - Crawford

I guess if you expect QPon to contribute significantly, he's 6'7 so they could deploy him.

But any of those other 5 as "SF", nope...so fricked

Yep, clark can make floaters and while nba has yet to see it, there is possibility he finds his rhythm and turns into 6th man just because he can fire from deep.
Cousins needs to watch gsw film and cultivate clark.

You know how MM said the team didn't want Galloway back because they didn't like his BBIQ? Here's a chart comparing Clark and Galloway last year.



They both were good spot up shooters and bad PnR ball handlers, although Galloway was way worse at that. But Clark was really good at hand offs and cutting, 2 things that Finch likes to use in his offense, and Galloway wasn't good. So even if they are players in roughly the same tier, which seems like a fair statement, Clark looks like he fits how the team wants to play a lot better than Galloway.

I'm not sure, I saw it in a tweet. LINK

If you remember let me know, I'd like to check it out too.

Just found it:

LINK

According to the graph, Ian Clark is much better defensively, too.

I hope you guys know by now that I am not all sunshine and rainbows, nor am I biased towards the Pels - so having said that, it's not even close IMO. For what the Pels want to do this year, the upgrade from Galloway to Clark is massive. Almost as big as Frazier to Rondo, IMO.

Clark keeps moving, he is active, he moves the ball, he is a much smarter off ball defender. I can go on and on. I didn't love everything this offseason, but this was a very nice move that will pay off.

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Duncan

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Jeff Duncan??

good numbers and something to look for.

small caveat- for a guy like Clark (rotation player) system matters. teammates matter. we can look at play type data on NBA.com and see that the Warriors led the league % wise in off-ball and cuts offense (and were top 3 PPP in both). while they were last % wise in both PnR ball handler and roll man. that GS system was run by, arguably, the most talented and smartest 4some ever assembled on one roster, with a core that has been together for years. though that doesnt mean Clark has nothing to bring (clearly he does).



Clark being smart enough to know his role and good enough to contribute to that system is a plus for the Pels. that the Pels seem to be moving away from more stagnant offense is another plus.






one interesting thing i saw while looking at the play type data; the Pels led the league in PnR roll man % and scored a healthy 1.08 PPP....which, in hindsight, is a duh. (ball handler was bottom 5 at .80 PPP..... Holiday- 50% of his possessions for .81 PPP, Crawford 30% of his possessions for .83, Moore on 20% for .89, and Rondo, in Chicago, 39% of his possessions for .62 PPP)

in a more free flowing offense, the question is how do you get Davis, in particular, looks on the move to the rim like a roll man without bogging things down to run high PnR or settling for mediocre ball handlers taking shots?

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You put the ball in the hands of Boogie who's a good passer, if the opening is there for the guard you hand it off and let him try to get a layup which is better than Rondo shooting a midrange shot, if the opening isn't there it's probably because a guy that should be watching AD has rotated over, so Cousins can flip to AD for an easy score at the rim

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yeah. that makes sense.

also, Davis setting off ball screens then looking to roll/seal/duck in for a feed from Cousins seems like a good staple too. running variations of that with more shooters that worry defenses seems like it would be lethal, but maybe next year