I don't get the either/or. Neither is great but they are our best two bigs at the moment so we need to keep them both. I think the question is how to deploy them. I thought it was a good idea to play them together as the core unit, Thompson as the C and Theis as the PF. That pairing has not been great.
The last few games they have brought Theis off the bench. That seems to have improved Theis's numbers but it is hard to gage if that is making the team better. This may also be a reaction to not having RWilliams who normally gets minutes as the back up C. The pairings have been Thompson/GWilliams to start and Theis/Ojeleye off the bench.
They had Theis starting again tonight. I guess it was that RWilliams was out so they had Theis as the back up C instead of the starting PF. With Williams back, they went back to pairing Theis and Thompson both playing about 24 min and Williams, Williams and Ojeleye off the bench each playing more like 15 min each.
Glad to see Theis play well as a starter after having played well off the bench. 17 pts/6 Rebs, that is great, albeit against the Cavs. I am sure he will have more ups and downs but it appears as though he is starting to figure out this role of playing as the second big on the starting unit.
Thompson is nothing great and doesn't even play great defense all the time, certain match ups give him a lot of trouble. But he is better than any alternative we have on the team currently.
Wonder how the rotations will change when Tatum is back and we have both him and Walker. I am expecting Smart to play off the bench. With Pritchard out and Teague really not playing well, Smart could be a nice boost to the bench. I know, most want to see Tatum play "PF" (which really means we play with 1 big), and that could be the case as will.