Is IQ better than Brunson? Nope.
Is IQ better than DDV? Nope.
Will he be better than either in the future?
Brunson? Doubtful.
DDV? Different type of guard.
Future? Its not easy to predict. Leon and Co. might be wrong about IQ, but they were right about a of other things.
The notion of “Plug and play” is about putting statistically good players together does not always equate. The 23 win Isiah clusterphuch is a good example.. On paper, how does that happen? Also with a HOF Larry brown coach!!
Chemistry. 1+1=3.
MS will tell you OG will always be hurt. Just like Kurt was always hurt and Steph Curry bad ankles would derail his career? Of course not, players don’t always follow a defined past.
Now, the Month of January gave us a glimpse and hope that move out IQ and RJ and in OG might be special. Sometomes deletion contributes in strange ways. IQ might shine for another but that might not have happend here.
Brunson shined here far more than expected. Randle is an all NBA twice, 3x allstar who might have been having his best season. This after a lethargic start and we all get repulsed by his body language. Fans just lock in on things and stay there.
Prerogative. Silly as that might sound, its what we do. Silly spelling too. It’s correct BTW.