THJr looks like he's gonna get 22pts a night... this guy Bradley Beal was trying to show off last night but THJr matched him blow for blow.... and rather easily. Very under control and within the flow. We might say at the end of the year he's underpaid.

HofstraBBall wrote:16.5,17.3,18.1,18.8. But your right. If he averages 22+ a game, he is well worth the salary. Think that, on this weaker team, there will be a lot of shots available. So its possible. Question for me is how will that affect KP's offense. I like Tim as a supporting role but think he tends to force it if he thinks he is the lead scorer. Will be interesting to see how he plays with KP. I like Timmy, don't think we should have given him the long contract but I hope your right and that he is a good fit long term with KP and Frank.

The hard part about this roster and coming up with a rotation is that, KP and Thj are the only sure starters, after them, the talent level is pretty much leveled off,
So that makes it much harder for players to identify their true role.

That was one of the major problems MDA had in 09/10 season, he had no clear cut starter besides danilo/ lee, and everyone felt like they had the green light

Kanter, porzingis, lee, thj, sessions
willy beasly, McDermott, Dotson, frank

so now what do you do with lance, Koq, noah, jack, burke

we literally have 10/12 guys who should be 6th or 7th off the bench, and makes no logical sense to start doing that dumb sht fisher was doing playing 12 guys..

Hopefully he can be a super solid 20pt scorer next to KP.

mlby1215 wrote:Either Knicks was too stupid to sign him or Hawk was too stupid not to match. It has to one of them. Hawk fans didn't look like they missed him very much with that contract. Maybe they are wrong, but I would not bet on it.

All in all, signing expensive young players is not the only way to go young. Look at Nets and Marks. He traded its cap rooms for picks. Isn't safer and better?

The only reason is that Mills loves THjr and/or he wants to win.

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Get THJr 33 minutes a game and he'd definitely get over 20 a game

nixluva wrote:

meloshouldgo wrote:While everyone is falling in love with his numbers - he seems to play less than adequate defense. What little I have seen he looks mostly clueless on defense, like a smaller version of Amare.
He is just standing around rotating late often caught in no man's land, I am hoping he will get better with more reps with different lineups but I am not going to hold my breath.

The entire team should get better defensive chemistry as the rotations are set and they get healthy guys back. THJ is a work in progress but he's clearly an ascending player.

His defense is definitely not ascending. FF/DD back-court will probably be good enough to cover up for his lack of defense, but we may have to wait till he end of the season for that to become a reality. Betweem Kneelikina, Dotson and KP we may finally have three plus defenders (in the future starting five). Billy and THJR are liabilities unless they prove otherwise. But at least Billy is cheap - THJR will catch a lot of flak if he doesn't put effort on defense

Bonn1997 wrote:

meloshouldgo wrote:While everyone is falling in love with his numbers - he seems to play less than adequate defense. What little I have seen he looks mostly clueless on defense, like a smaller version of Amare.
He is just standing around rotating late often caught in no man's land, I am hoping he will get better with more reps with different lineups but I am not going to hold my breath.

Why does one of the two teams have to be stupid? Different teams have different needs and different financial situations. Even if either we or Atlanta made a mistake, you can't call a team stupid because of one medium-sized signing. Stupid means lots of huge mistakes.

Quoted the wrong post?

If THjr is a changed man, of course they are stupid for not paying him 72 mil / 4 years.

But if he is the same guy as before, I don't think it is an good idea.

One way or another, one team will be laughed on.

I am not saying he is not worth the money, but if Hawk called tomorrow and wanted to take him back, would you want it? I know I'd because I like to trade the cap room for picks.

If Holidays is too old for KP, of course THjr is too old for Frank.

Bonn1997 wrote:

meloshouldgo wrote:While everyone is falling in love with his numbers - he seems to play less than adequate defense. What little I have seen he looks mostly clueless on defense, like a smaller version of Amare.
He is just standing around rotating late often caught in no man's land, I am hoping he will get better with more reps with different lineups but I am not going to hold my breath.

Why does one of the two teams have to be stupid? Different teams have different needs and different financial situations. Even if either we or Atlanta made a mistake, you can't call a team stupid because of one medium-sized signing. Stupid means lots of huge mistakes.