Great summary of free agents and cap space

[BonesJones]

Makes you wonder, if Evans is so good, why he keeps bouncing around. It's not like his teams are so good they can let great talent walk out on them.

Here's an interesting assessment of his pros and cons:
http://www.bourbonstreetshots.com/2015/04/29/new-orleans-pelicans-season-in-review-tyreke-evans/

I think a lot of his negatives would be diminished by playing here

 

[lawai'a]

I think a lot of his negatives would be diminished by playing here

not sure how another ball dominate player would fit on the court with cj and dame. not sure how here would improve his team defender deficiencies.

 

[BonesJones]

not sure how another ball dominate player would fit on the court with cj and dame. not sure how here would improve his team defender deficiencies.

you wouldn't play those 3 at the same time. Even if you did, those guys are good shooters that could space the floor while Reke and LA work pick n rolls/pick n pops.
Offball defense is easy to work on, while on ball defense (what he's great at) isn't. So I think that's something that good coaching could correct.

I was mostly referring to his shooting and struggles against interior defenses. Having Meyers would bring a big away from the hoop which would negate his struggles against interior defenses. And if we can teach a 7'1 center to shoot 42% from 3 we could get him up from 30 to 34-35%. He doesn't have a bad stroke.

 

[lawai'a]

you wouldn't play those 3 at the same time. Even if you did, those guys are good shooters that could space the floor while Reke and LA work pick n rolls/pick n pops.
Offball defense is easy to work on, while on ball defense (what he's great at) isn't. So I think that's something that good coaching could correct.

I was mostly referring to his shooting and struggles against interior defenses. Having Meyers would bring a big away from the hoop which would negate his struggles against interior defenses. And if we can teach a 7'1 center to shoot 42% from 3 we could get him up from 30 to 34-35%. He doesn't have a bad stroke.

part of his great on the ball defense is knowing you have AD picking up the pieces when overplaying tendancies . won't have the defensive player of the year playing goaly here. we didn't make meyers a great shooter. players and reporters have raved about his 3 point range since he got here. plenty of videos where Meyers rang the bell in the background of players interviews after practice. monty Williams is/was a hell of a player development coach.

 

[BonesJones]

But he wasnt a 40%+ 3pt shooter back then. His form has gotten a lot better. And NO had a bottom 3rd rated defense, (i blame it due to Jrue, Eric Gordon and bad scheme) so Davis can't have that much of an impact on stats.

 

[lawai'a]

But he wasnt a 40%+ 3pt shooter back then. His form has gotten a lot better. And NO had a bottom 3rd rated defense, (i blame it due to Jrue, Eric Gordon and bad scheme) so Davis can't have that much of an impact on stats.

his confidence has gotten a lot better. I think you underestimate how much davis' 3 blocks a game and asik's banging allowed the perimeter players to overplay there man.

 

[BonesJones]

I don't think you understand what the stat in the article means. He may pressure more but with opponents shooting something like 47% against Davis at the rim, that means Davis isn't really helping Tyreke hold guys to 22% in isolation.

 

[lawai'a]

part of his great on the ball defense is knowing you have AD picking up the pieces when overplaying tendancies . won't have the defensive player of the year playing goaly here. we didn't make meyers a great shooter. players and reporters have raved about his 3 point range since he got here. plenty of videos where Meyers rang the bell in the background of players interviews after practice. monty Williams is/was a hell of a player development coach.

I think ryan Anderson is a very good comparative player to meyers as a stretch 4/5 stylistically on the offensive end so I don't see how much more open the lane would be. evans has averaged around 14 shots per game the last four years, nic only ten. who is going to give up their touches so evans can get his?

 

[lawai'a]

I don't think you understand what the stat in the article means. He may pressure more but with opponents shooting something like 47% against Davis at the rim, that means Davis isn't really helping Tyreke hold guys to 22% in isolation.

sorry but I don't think he is a good fit
http://sports-kings.com/passthepill/tyreke-evans-is-very-unhappy-playing-small-forward/

 

[lawai'a]

another
http://www.sacbee.com/sports/nba/sacramento-kings/kings-blog/article19275396.html

 

[BonesJones]

I think ryan Anderson is a very good comparative player to meyers as a stretch 4/5 stylistically on the offensive end so I don't see how much more open the lane would be. evans has averaged around 14 shots per game the last four years, nic only ten. who is going to give up their touches so evans can get his?

And everyone hates how conservative and unuspired Batum plays (part of the reason he only gets 10 shots a game)

Plus, you don't design a set amount of shots for each guy, you just play basketball

sorry but I don't think he is a good fit
http://sports-kings.com/passthepill/tyreke-evans-is-very-unhappy-playing-small-forward/

The article from 2012 is so old it's irrelevant.
As for the recent article, he said he'll play whatever position asked because he wants to win. I think it's more he just wants to create offense which he would get a chance to. So that's a non issue

As for struggling against good interior defenses, I mean, it's a good defense that's what they make you do. It can be fixed by him improving his jumper. If that's the biggest problem then we need to go get this guy

 

[lawai'a]

And everyone hates how conservative and unuspired Batum plays (part of the reason he only gets 10 shots a game)

Plus, you don't design a set amount of shots for each guy, you just play basketball
The article from 2012 is so old it's irrelevant.
As for the recent article, he said he'll play whatever position asked because he wants to win. I think it's more he just wants to create offense which he would get a chance to. So that's a non issue

As for struggling against good interior defenses, I mean, it's a good defense that's what they make you do. It can be fixed by him improving his jumper. If that's the biggest problem then we need to go get this guy

the biggest problem is he isn't a free agent.
he sees himself as a 1and best with the ball in his hands then as a 2 and doesn't really like the 3. he loses his height and reach advantage when forced to play defense on threes. his iso defense this year was predominantly at the 1. and again with the intimidation factor of asik and AD gauarding the paint he could overplay the drive against shorter opponents.
he is a reluctant 3
http://uproxx.com/dimemag/2015/02/tyreke-evans-point-guard-jrue-holiday-new-orleans-pelicans/

 

[BonesJones]

the biggest problem is he isn't a free agent.
he sees himself as a 1and best with the ball in his hands then as a 2 and doesn't really like the 3. he loses his height and reach advantage when forced to play defense on threes. his iso defense this year was predominantly at the 1. and again with the intimidation factor of asik and AD gauarding the paint he could overplay the drive against shorter opponents.
he is a reluctant 3
http://uproxx.com/dimemag/2015/02/tyreke-evans-point-guard-jrue-holiday-new-orleans-pelicans/

he's big enough to guard 3s and quick enough to guard 1's... So I think he'd be fine. And Davis doesn't make someone a 96th percentile Iso defender. So otherwise he'd be what, 80th? Still great. And I was talking about trading Batum for him then signing/trading for a cheaper SF to start

 

[lawai'a]

it is a free agent thread. there are plenty of trade batum threads already

 

[BonesJones]

it is a free agent thread. there are plenty of trade batum threads already

we were talking about signing backup PGs which turned into talking about Tyreke because he fills 2 of our bench needs (PG and SF).