re: This will be very unpopular but I hope we keep the roster together.

I have hope when I read posts like this that some gm out there will be mesmerized by Zion if he stays healthy for a decent amount of time so we can get real value back and unload him.

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Are you simply going to gloss over the fact that when that certain player was playing, he was surrounded by G Leaguers for the most part ( and didn’t have Murray, Zion, CJ for the vast majority of that time). Of course you are.

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You seriously gonna try to argue that BI on the court would improve our shot profile and BI off the court would hurt our shot profile?

The roster is too inconsistent with the amount of money laid out to it.

BI needs to go and hopefully we get some depth at the 1, 4, and or 5 in the process just to keep bodies on the floor.

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Obviously that's not what I said, despite you trying to frame it that way. I think anyone reading what I wrote would realize what I was saying is its pretty clear that a team playing with essentially all G leaguers and one or two rotation players (whoever they are) would not likely have as good a shot profile as a team that has Zion, Trey, C.J., Murray and Jose. Do you seriously want to argue that?

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So you agree that with BI on the court our shot profile is worse and with BI off court our shot profile is better

Got it!

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You've ignored all context for years, so this is and unsurprising reaction.

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It’s simply a typical Shel response. Never an attempt to legitimately debate anything. It’s who he is.

Pretty solid list. There aren't many I could argue with. So, he is basically top 50. Cannot invest a max.

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This season has shown just exactly how poor of a fit BI is with the rest of the team. It's not even just the shot profile -- it's also how slow he plays on a team that otherwise wants to play fast and run. There isn't a number at which I would want him back next season. BI needs to play for a halfcourt team

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He’s Julius Randle. He puts up good stats but none of it impacts winning. He messes up the flow on offense for everyone else on the team, doesn’t play defense, doesn’t rebound well enough.

He’s everything the modern nba is moving away from.

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He’s everything the modern nba is moving away from.

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In some ways, but there are still plenty of guys who make their money scoring in the halfcourt: Luka and Embiid, for example. I think that there are teams where BI would be a good fit.

But our whole philosophy now is based on creating turnovers and scoring on the fast break. It's part of the reason that Dejounte was considered such a good fit: he and Herb together are going to generate a lot of turnovers. Missi fits with this. Zion fits with this. Trey fits with this. But BI doesn't fit with this because he doesn't run well, doesn't create many turnovers, and doesn't finish well on the break.

Just look at what happened to the Kings. They acquired a near clone of BI in DeRozan, and it slowed them down and crippled their offensive production. BI is doing the same thing to us when he's on the court.

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He’s Julius Randle. He puts up good stats but none of it impacts winning. He messes up the flow on offense for everyone else on the team, doesn’t play defense, doesn’t rebound well enough.

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You just described Zion Williamson