He can defend. He has a big body and is strong. He reminds me of those jazz rotational players like bogdanovic, and Ingles. Also pat mcconough. I know they are white and it might be a lazy comp but physically I'd expect about the same from this dude.
I actually think. When you look at Denver's rosters in the past when they became good they had multiple big dudes.
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The Beal like player there is Murray. And kuzma seems himself as Michael Porter Jrs equal and they are equally sized. one of Ruis comp was Millsap. And KCP and will Barton are comparable in role.
Jazz is also another platoon team Position less basketball meaning you can slide guys like Ingles or bogdanovic to the two. Beal like player is Donovan Mitchell.
Sun's is another platoon team with multiple forwards and the Beal like player there is Booker.
So our forwards seem many but they can be slid into the two spot or slid in and play as big points.
As we stand we have a lot of fire power. A lot of spacing because Aaron holiday, Raul, Beal, KCP, kuzma, Bertans, kispert, Thomas bryant are all good three point shooters and deni and Ruis are coming along. Isiah Todd has a very good looking shot . With Russ here I always wondered where we will get spacing from.
Now I'm wondering what lateral moves we can make based on who's names are being thrown around. Dinwiddie, dejounte Murray, DeRozan, Siakam and Myles Turner. I like Thomas Bryant but I keep thinking maybe we should trade him for Myles but I'm not sure.. also going forward I'm wondering whether it's better to keep Kuz or trade him for dinwiddie. Kuz had dialed back as a scorer but he can go off. Maybe shedding Bertans is the way to go.
Also wondering how we'll play trez and gafford in the same lineup cause they are both rotational players. How will we rotate them in..
Another thing to note is Kuz, Trez and KCP are about to enter their prime. Their numbers should now go up.