What do any of the reasons you guys are bringing up have anything to do with throwing 2 2nd round picks for Noel? You're giving up nothing, what are you even losing at this point? You can trade for George and then resign Noel.
I do agree with some, people on this board really do make excuses for Ainge. He's a great GM, but everyone makes mistake. He clearly did, because they didn't have to give much. If they care so much about spacing, then don't play Amir Johnson and Tyler Zeller. That point right there is what you guys that are backing Ainge are missing....Noel can take those minutes and then you don't have to resign him because you didn't give anything up.
Pretty simple, Ainge messed up. If Noel turns out to be great for Dallas, I wonder what the excuse will be then.
I love Ainge by the way, and it's awesome he ignores fans. Stay the patient route, but you can also make similar trades to the IT one. Noel was a perfect example of that.
Amir is a good passer, screener, and is shooting 41% from 3 on the season. Why should he not be played if the team cares about spacing? He's not Horford or Olynyk, but I'm not sure what you're saying.
Seriously? You think Amir spreads the floor? And Noel > Johnson. I'm shocked people would argue this. Noel was killing Amir when we played them. Do you not remember?
Yes, he spreads the floor. I don't really think that's up for debate.
I disagree, he shoots less than one three in a game. He's always wide open for 3 too...Nobody guards him out on the perimeter. Watch tonights game and you'll see what I mean. He most scores on rolls and put backs....
I agree Amir isn't spreading the floor with his shooting, defenders rarely ever bother to stick with him on the perimeter. He's made a solid percentage of a tiny sample size, and only shoots when wide open. Nobody is respecting him as a shooter. I'd bet his 'gravity' metric is low, but I haven't an idea where to actually find that stat, I've only seen it referenced in articles.
Amir does set good screens though, which is helpful in providing space for the ball handler to either get off their own shot, or force the defense to help, thus creating an open player somewhere else.
But plenty of bigs can provide what Amir does, and quite a few who are more mobile and better at rebounding. My guess is Ainge just didn't like the cost to benefit ratio acquiring that type of big would entail.