I think the starting lineup is offensively stronger.
I think the team took a major hit in depth and flexibility.
I think it really depends on what vet mins they can still sign.
This.
Major offensive upgrade to the starting lineup and team as a whole, as well as providing more overall rim protection and post defense.
However, our depth quality took a major hit, and we certainly lost some flexibility in lineups.
We need a fourth big, preferably a swing type that can play the 3/4 position and be more plug in play with our other bigs and wings to provide some flexibility.
What major hit did our depth take? Many are saying this but I am not seeing it. See my post above or just look at who played what minutes last season. There is no major hit. The only "hit" I see is replacing the 569 minutes that Griffin played. That is not "major", in fact it is very minor. And we are still likely to add 2-3 players.
Depth *quality* is what I was referring to, which I consider to be our non-starters.
Losing both GWill and Musky - who are very good bench level players - certainly hurts our big depth quality when replacing them with end of the bench guys, especially given their differing skill sets and lack of shooting.
Whilst I agree that Williams and Muscala are both solid bench players, I feel like they gave us the illusion of depth more than anything. Muscala was wasted by Joe (DNPing him even in the regular season), and Grant seemed to lose the trust of Joe with how poorly he played post-ASB. Those two + Smart = ~75MPG. Porzingis will likely step in for 33MPG or so, as he did in Washington.
That leaves us with 42MPG to divide up between the others. Insert Brissett & Kornet when needed.
White (30) / Pritchard (15) / Brogdon (3)
Brown (24) / Brogdon (24)
Tatum (20) / Brown (12) / Hauser (16)
Horford (28) / Tatum (12) / Porzingis (8 )
Porzingis (25) / Williams 3 (23)
