KG4Ever wrote:If your time frame is beyond this year, I think there will be plenty of options to either draft a young point guard (next year's draft is PG heavy), develop Culver, or sign a young free agent and develop him. Lowry was once on the scrap heep and we need Rosas to find guys that can be developed. Young guys that were drafted outside the lottery or were free agents and are starting to emerge include Vanvleet, Delon Wright, Derrick White, Dejounte Murray, Nunn and Satoransky. Once we shed Teague and Dieng's contract, we will have money to sign a vet if need be.
Who said you can't double dip at the position? Part of what makes D'Angelo Russell an intriguing young talent is that he can play off-ball in some lineups. The caveat there is that he needs some defensive support around him, which is why the pairing with Steph Curry was never going to truly work in Golden State.
Kyle Lowry was never on the scrapheap, as you put it. He was a late first-round pick that competed for minutes with All-Star snub Mike Conley Jr. in Memphis before being traded to Houston where he became a solid starting point guard. If you remember correctly, it was there where he was ousted due to injury and a pretty talented backup by the name of Goran Dragic. Houston traded him to Toronto and he's stuck ever since.
As for the rest of the names you provided, I'm inclined to take Russell over all of them. That's not to knock any of them, but Russell is easily the most-talented player among that group.
