Trae, Ja, Lamelo are the true sheep - defensively liable point guards. Sometimes useful, but the market is glutted with too many and not that many teams need them for their strategy anyway.
Kuminga and Davis are unreliable/overpaid versions of things that are in high demand - athletic wings and defensive anchors. Idk what the Catan comparison is... Gaining the resource but it puts you over 7 with a whole time round the table before your turn?
LaMelo would've been a good one to add, I'm just not sure the Hornets are desperate to offload him yet (although there's definitely been more smoke there recently).
You make a fair point on Davis, and I like that risk/reward feeling you've nailed with your comparison. I'm keeping Kuminga firmly in the sheep pile until he proves he can drive winning. I'm not as high on his defense as you.
Ah, "defensive anchor" was referring to Davis alone, Kuminga is definitely not that lol.
I'll buy Kuminga as a potential sheep of a different kind: the high-usage average-effiency scorer that gets your team respectable but not great. Brandon Ingram, Zach Lavine, etc. that the league has learned are just not that useful
Brilliant analogy with the Catan sheep metaphor. The shift from valuing raw scoring to demanding two-way competence feels like it happend overnight in the league. I remeber when my fantasy team suffered becuase I held onto one-dimensional scorers too long, same exact logic applies to GMs now. Teams can't afford roster sheep when every playoff possession demands versatility.
I guess because he's a HoF with gaudy numbers, James Harden gets a pass. Will never win a championship -- that's a given. But actually hurts every team he is on. And it gets worse in the playoffs. He is the faux Golden Fleece leading his poor shepards to the slaughter.
Yeah, this article was purely about the guys teams are trying to offload but haven't found takers for. If we're talking regular-season superstar/playoff disappointers, Harden would naturally be near the top of the list.
Trae, Ja, Lamelo are the true sheep - defensively liable point guards. Sometimes useful, but the market is glutted with too many and not that many teams need them for their strategy anyway.
Kuminga and Davis are unreliable/overpaid versions of things that are in high demand - athletic wings and defensive anchors. Idk what the Catan comparison is... Gaining the resource but it puts you over 7 with a whole time round the table before your turn?
LaMelo would've been a good one to add, I'm just not sure the Hornets are desperate to offload him yet (although there's definitely been more smoke there recently).
You make a fair point on Davis, and I like that risk/reward feeling you've nailed with your comparison. I'm keeping Kuminga firmly in the sheep pile until he proves he can drive winning. I'm not as high on his defense as you.
Ah, "defensive anchor" was referring to Davis alone, Kuminga is definitely not that lol.
I'll buy Kuminga as a potential sheep of a different kind: the high-usage average-effiency scorer that gets your team respectable but not great. Brandon Ingram, Zach Lavine, etc. that the league has learned are just not that useful
Right, okay, we're on the same page here!
Brilliant analogy with the Catan sheep metaphor. The shift from valuing raw scoring to demanding two-way competence feels like it happend overnight in the league. I remeber when my fantasy team suffered becuase I held onto one-dimensional scorers too long, same exact logic applies to GMs now. Teams can't afford roster sheep when every playoff possession demands versatility.
I guess because he's a HoF with gaudy numbers, James Harden gets a pass. Will never win a championship -- that's a given. But actually hurts every team he is on. And it gets worse in the playoffs. He is the faux Golden Fleece leading his poor shepards to the slaughter.
Yeah, this article was purely about the guys teams are trying to offload but haven't found takers for. If we're talking regular-season superstar/playoff disappointers, Harden would naturally be near the top of the list.