It took a major overpay to get him out of NY. Almost 30 mil a year is excessive and hard to say no to when you've been a backup Center your whole career.
The idea of Buddy Hield was much more enticing than the reality if Buddy. When he is hitting 3s he's really effective, he even expanded his game in the first few games with Philly, he started driving and even made some plays for others. But some reason, that completely disappeared and he went...
As fun as that would have been, I am glad that he went to the US for the following reasons:
Less load on him which means less injury risk
He gets to play alongside the best players in the world and will learn a ton of the intangibles (leadership, work ethic, etc...) needed to win a chip. For...
Agreed. It's too bad they lost both DJJ and Josh Green. With Luka, Kyrie, and now Klay, perimeter defence is going to be a gaping hole. Hopefully Quintin Grimes steps it up a notch and Exum continues his strong play.
I may be mistaken, but the moment Maxi came back from injury, the effectiveness of both Lively and Gafford seemed to have decreased. Just from the eye test I feel like that messed up the chemistry.
He is at his lowest value since his rookie season and can easily play his way to increased value. If he gets traded, I see it happening at the deadline. He does need to go for a solid wing player though.