Most championship / successful playoff run includes a role player that plays better than expected.
I think Oubre has already proven what he’s capable of so I won’t consider him in this one. It’s between Yabu and Caleb for me.
If Yabu can play even 80% as well as he did in the olympics, that would be huge for us. That’ll also solve the size problem we have at the PF position + rebounding is always a great addition.
If Caleb can hit the open shots he’ll get due to JoJo getting doubled, that’ll also be huge and help complete our offense.
Which of our role players do you think have the highest chance of playing above their means?
by InspectorNS
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Well role players are role players because they’re relatively inconsistent. Otherwise they’d be stars or part of the “core”. But I feel like we have so many rounds in the chamber with this squad that *somebody* will be overachieving on a night to night basis. It reminds of the squad with JJ, Covington, Belinelli, etc. Nobody was necessarily consistent but somebody was hitting 5 threes that night.
Ricky the fourth!
I think yabuselle will be our first PF backup. He had a great olympics and he lost money to play here. Martin got a fat contract that he doesnt deserve and can just Chill lol.
I’m hoping we trade for Nico again and it’s Nico. That’s my high roll hope for the day.
5 good players and then a serviceable Drummond off the bench. Thats 6 solid pieces…
Nico won the playin game for us this year and Oubre played well beyond expectation last year. Gotta be thankful for those things.
Now that’s a nice looking squad
Can someone that understands basketball better than me explain why we don’t *try* Drummond and Embiid?
Can Drummond not play PF at all?
Just seems like a perfect way to add rebounds to a team that desperately needs them.
It’s so refreshing not seeing Tobi on the roster photos.