Hayward signing! We great downgraded our 2 guard position in order to get a mediocre PF. I would rather have seen Avery walk than do this a few days after landing a player like Hayward.
I'm probably the most committed IT4 guy in here, but Bradley being a defensive stalwart was a prerequisite next to him. Bradley was one of our best shooters, our best on ball defender, and last year was one of our best rebounders. Hayward will make up some of this things, but not all of them, and i'm a lot less impressed that they won't be playing together.
+Hayward - Bradley just doesn't impress me. It's an upgrade but both after moving Smart would have made for a better ball club. I'm now left rooting for a Jamal Crawford signing to get some shooting back, no way Jaylen can be a starting 2 guard next year.
I'm convinced. You used such overwhelming evidence in your post that your point is certainly irrefutable.
When life itself is lunatic who knows where the madless lies.
Well, sometimes it's just easier to humor a lunatic than actually bother to disagree with them.
There's no one on this forum that's a bigger AB fan than I am. I'm one of the few who defended his contract 3 years ago. When everyone else was talking about how Bradley wasn't worth anywhere near $8m, I said it was a good deal. I'm the one who created the "Ode to Avery" thread. I really like that guy.
But there's a whole host of factors that make this a decent move:
(1) We couldn't resign him next year. It was either AB or IT. There was no feasible "both" option.
(2) Bradley had his best season last year but it wasn't sustainable. He started off smoking hot - 19ppg and 9rpb his first couple of months. He slid back to the median throughout the entire year and his stats after the All-Star break 13.6/4.5 with a TS% of .518 are easily achievable by Brown. Truthfully, AB wasn't really very good from December on of last year. I believe Brown surpasses those stats this coming year. In short, I don't think Bradley leaving will really impact the offensive end of the court.
(3) Where Bradley will be missed is on the defensive end of the court. But we got killed by large back courts last year with and without AB. Adding the 6'7" Brown back there will go a long way to solving that issue. Add in Smart at 6'4" and we have a backcourt with great size and defensive capabilities. We'll gain in size what we lose in man-on defense.
(4) Now starting Brown/Smart in the back court would be a problem in years past because any time we took IT off the floor the offense stagnated. That's again something else Bradley couldn't help with. With Hayward out there that won't happen. That's another huge plus.
(5) Bradley, as good as he was, doesn't fit multiple roles. This caused problems when putting together guys on the court. Bradley couldn't move to the 3. He couldn't play the 1. Now almost every single expected major contributor plays multiple positions. Brad love being able to mix-and-match his guys to exploit opposing team's weaknesses. He's better able to do that with Bradley out the door.
I'm not saying we won't miss him. I just don't see it as a massive loss. We take a step back losing him but 3 or 4 forward with Hayward coming on board. And we were going to take that step back either this year or next anyway because we couldn't keep him around. If someone wants to wring their hands and think this was a huge problem then let them.
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