Bub Carrington

Apart from Belal, apart from Keyshawn, you have a lot of weak defenders.

I mean, you got now Trey Young, Trey Johnson, Bub Carrington as potentially three of your four rotational guards, and they aren't the best defenders, aren't the strongest perimeter defenders, You got Buloko Labali and Keyshawn George out there, but everything was kind of getting funneled and filtered into Alex Saar.

And, you know, at a certain point, he can't block everything.

Sometimes he's going to be in foul trouble.

I haven't really played significant basketball or anything that's like important basketball, I should say.

So what is it? Bub Carrington? Yeah, Bub Carrington.

He'll probably be the next man up.

Dan Mayer.

If you need somebody that could also rebound and give you some slashing ability and playing defense as well for you, Justin Champagnie, Chris Middleton, Will Riley.

Is he gonna fit in this backup point guard committee? Bub Carrington as well.

There are a lot of different players that need minutes on this team, but obviously not all of them can play 20 minutes every single night.

So Keefe's most important job is probably finding the best possible bench rotation, and when you have a lot of different players that can play, it's a luxury, AB, and obviously injuries and some, and other things can sort some of this stuff out because players miss games.

Offensively, there were spurts last year where he would score eight, nine points in a row, and then we wouldn't see him at all for the rest of the game.

So I do wonder his role coming off the bench, because that front court with him and Ayton, the depth that you need, especially if Davis goes down, knock on wood he doesn't.

And then the point guard, backup point guard committee, Bub Carrington, are we gonna see that jump this year, Ben? Him being more aggressive, getting to the line, being a combo guard.

Three-point shooting is a strength, I'm not worried about that.

Lowry Markkinen was much higher, much more highly regarded than Danny Avdia was at the time that he was traded.

They signed him to what has turned out to be the best contract in the NBA, below mid-level money for a now 25-year-old all-star, and they gave him away for Bub Carrington, who looks like a bench guy, and a pick in 2029 whose upside is capped because it's the second best pick between three teams.

I believe it's the second best between the Bucks, the Celtics, and the Blazers.

By virtue of just it being the second best pick out of those teams, you're probably getting a relatively lower middle of the first round pick.

I think Trey Young is still really good.

Bub Carrington, that's one of his best qualities.

I mean, after that, there's Keyshawn, Trey Johnson.

There's good shooters there.