Kemba Walker

[Plowright]

I agree with spectre. DJ really struggled to be a natural point in his first few years. Also he was playing with better players. Trade DJ and keep Kemba for sure.

[ohara831]

Yet he's averaging more assists in his rookie year than DJ did....and DJ had a MUCH more structured offense to work with. It blows my mind that people keep bringing this up while ignoring the fact that they're comparing a rook to a 4th year player AND ignoring their two different situations coming in.

They definitely should move DJ. Just take the best offer out there. If we don't we'll either overpay him or lose him for nothing.

100% correct. Cho, time to do something.

[dnbman]

Just so this doesn't turn into the inevitable back and forth on the better point guard: the bottom line is that DJ is a nice player that we can't really afford to pay based on what he seemingly wants. He's not a great two-way guard, so we might as well go with the cheaper version and see if Kemba develops.

Because he is a nice player, DJ is also one of the few pieces we have that would get us something positive to benefit our team, which is why we need to capitalize on him before we lose him.

[Toocool]

Yet he's averaging more assists in his rookie year than DJ did....and DJ had a MUCH more structured offense to work with. It blows my mind that people keep bringing this up while ignoring the fact that they're comparing a rook to a 4th year player AND ignoring their two different situations coming in.

Sometimes structure hurts in terms of assists. Look at Jazz, Harris averages less assists because he plays in a very structured play where its a lot of posting up for Jefferson/Millsap. However, in a more freelance offense I observed that it's easier for players to get assists i.e Suns where Nash can happily go to work.

However I have to also agree that Kemba has made leaps and bounds as a distributor. Slowly learning to get his teammates more involved which pleases me.

[Chevalier au Lion]

in any case, Kemba needs to play many minutes to continue his development. Isn´t beneficial for him continue be a backup.

We need to move DJA urgently.

[ammofan]

in any case, Kemba needs to play many minutes to continue his development. Isn´t beneficial for him continue be a backup.

We need to move DJA urgently.

This^.

It's no good for Kemba to play Inconsistent minutes behind DJA.

[spectre]

Silas' rotations really amaze me. 4 games back he was playing them basically a quarter each; DJ 1st & 3rd, Kemba 2nd and 4th. LOL at that BTW. Anyway...Kemba was doing pretty well those two games. The last two? Silas cut his minutes down significantly in favor of DJ. Not saying that DJ didn't play better (he did...much) and Kemba didn't play worse...but was it the chicken or the egg? Minutes/situation or Kemba playing poorly and the coach instantly recognizing it and reducing his minutes accordingly (double LOL).

As everyone is saying and we're all agreeing with...Kemba needs more consistent minutes.

And PLEASE stop this "blue team" bullshit. In the 2nd Silas ran with 5 subs for a good stretch after Durant came in last night pairing with Harden. We were down 3 when Durant came in...down 12 before Silas made a substitution.

[spectre]

Sometimes structure hurts in terms of assists. Look at Jazz, Harris averages less assists because he plays in a very structured play where its a lot of posting up for Jefferson/Millsap. However, in a more freelance offense I observed that it's easier for players to get assists i.e Suns where Nash can happily go to work.

However I have to also agree that Kemba has made leaps and bounds as a distributor. Slowly learning to get his teammates more involved which pleases me.

That is very true. Remember under Bernie when both Felton & Knight was averaging like 8+ apiece?

Even still, the debate was there the first couple of years on whether or not DJ was a PG or a short SG and with good reason. I'm very pleasantly surprised just how well DJ has grown offensively...which gives me hope that Kemba can grow just as well as a distributor.

[Chef]

And PLEASE stop this "blue team" bullshit. In the 2nd Silas ran with 5 subs for a good stretch after Durant came in last night pairing with Harden. We were down 3 when Durant came in...down 12 before Silas made a substitution.

blue team? as far as i can tell we only have a brown team. as in the color of poo.

[TheBeagle]

Very impressed with his passing, ability to get to the line, and strong hands and overall nose for the ball.
Very disappointed with his shooting and overall touch. It looks like he's just relasing the ball and hoping for the best.

For me, it's way too early to pass judgment on Kemba. Without any talent around him, no training camp, etc., this seaon was always going to be a wash for him. I'll begin real criticism of him starting next season on whether or not he can be our starter long-term.