first you have to go with Fox and Castle as known commodities over a rookie. What Harper does after his rookie contract ends is not decided by the playing time he get in his rookie season. I want to see him play as well, but already putting him ahead of Fox and Castle without them shitting the bed is a bit premature.
Exactly. Spurs are missing the guy the Kings kept and traded away Haliburton instead of. I'm not saying Fox is better at this stage, but it's still close. Fox is a better scorer, Haliburton is a better play maker.
They just gave that guy $200M so, yes, he will get the nod. If they can't figure it out with all those guys, my hope is that Fox is the big contract in a few years that brings in the finish piece for a title push.
Yeah, imagine Cade Cunningham on a non tanking team,with a superstar and another All Star to play off.
Harden didn’t walk.
Yea he and okc were off by something like 2-4mil per year right after okc gave perkins 5/40 lol.
Keldon is really good in a supporting role, and one of only two guys that can get to the cup at will, the other being Castle. At this point, though, Keldon is the better finisher.
I haven't yet seen anyone prevent Harper from getting to wherever he wants to be on the floor, especially the rim. The approach is different (finesse vs muscle) but he may be the best on the team at it before long. Fox might also qualify here.
Well more broadly we should always have 2 out of the 3 guards playing at once.
The Vassell point is what sticks out to me the most. Agreed that the trio can definitely play together, but the pretenses under which this happens are far more interesting to me. Does Harper sub in for Vassell even if he continues to play really well? Does Dev go to the bench? Do they get weird with it and start all 4 next to Wemby and make Castle a de facto 4 (not happening but oh well)?
Regular season is all about keeping up the pace and intensity throughout not just games, but the entire season.
It’s like half of this message board forgot that Fox (the highest paid player in franchise history by AAV) is on this team
I see Harper as a tier above Castle as a driver/penetrator. He’s more explosive, has more of a plan while attacking (other than shoulder + decel every time).
Has to be tough being a defender and adjusting anticipation for Harper's glide, only to cross paths with Castle's hesi the next trip down the floor.
for sure. and yeah if one of our guys is hurt i have zero issue with Castle stepping in to handle point duties. instead of just handing 15-20 minutes to McLaughlin or something
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For sure, but I don't think Castle overlaps all that much with the other 2. Harper can definitely play 2 and even 3 for stretches. Castle is a 2/3 with secondary skills in my book. Unless Vassell gets a lot of undeserved minutes their should be plenty of G minutes for Fox & Harper with 96 minutes a game. If Vassell is getting lots of deserved minutes he should be fairly easy to move off.
Yup, Harper's FTr at Rutgers was 41.9%, would've been the 10th overall in the NBA last yr, 4th amongst non-centers. He's elite. Flagg was at 42.9%, Edgecombe 37.3%, Kon 33.9%, Bailey 24.3%, Johnson 26.5%, Fears 32.3%.
Good stuff.
