Re: Durant talks Wolves
Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2017 3:31 am
Mikkeman wrote:Even if Teague is not a good shooter, he might still be the best shooter of the perimeter players that Wolves have. He was only one that shot over 40% his jump shots last year. Both Wiggins and Butler shot clearly below 40%. That was best season from Teague as a jump shooter, so previously he had never shot over 40% his jump shots. Unfortunately last year Teague had problems in finishing at rim, where he converted only 52% of his lay ups which is well below his career numbers. I don't know if that was just bad year or first symptom that Teague is losing his quickness and won't be as effective in future.
I really hope that having Teague and Butler initiating offense would mean that Wiggins would get more easy scoring opportunities and that since he wouldn't need to spend as much energy in offense would be visible as better defense and rebounding. Unfortunately I'm afraid that if Wiggins doesn't have ball in his hands, he will get too passive.
I simply look at it from a playoff perspective. We now have 4 players who can generate their own offense at any given time. That's hard to defend. Luckily we have butler who is a lockdown wing defender and better overall player, so Wiggins gets the easier matchup on both ends for the first time in his career. We also upped our 4 spot defensively, and didn't lose Dieng, so we only prospered there. Teague can score easier, can't defend as good ad rubio?? But defense at the pg spot is damn near impossible. Everything comes down to KAT defensively for me. No one can stop him on offense. Can he anchor us defensively??