airchibundo507 wrote:role playing perimeter players on championship teams are either lockdown defenders and/or reliable three-point shooting threats. Fields is neither, which is why he is a bench player in this league.how the hell do we replace Smith next year? smh
This is sorta my point. A typical Fields game stat-line reads like that of a good back-up SF: 8 pts, 5rbs and 3 asts. Fields is a good baseline player but the way he has performed this year (27% from 3, and 61% from the line) is screaming that he has no business being out on the perimeter. If we must play him on the perimeter, like I said in the OP, he really needs to develop, ala Thoba, a reliable corner/wing 3 and he needs to step it up on the defensive end.
