You need elite talent SOMEWHERE.
Does it *have* to be at PG? No. But if you do not have elite talent anywhere else, you can't afford to carry a point guard who is a liability half the time.
You can't build towards the idea of Detroit because they were an extreme outlier.
There's a reason Jason Kidd an Allen Iverson dragged sub-standard teams to the NBA Finals. Having a superior talent as your primary ball-handler (whether they play PG or not) makes scoring that much easier for your entire team.
Do I like PG is the Raptors only problem? Far from it. They have many. I just felt like they had a good shot to address this particular issue with a guy like Kemba Walker who can play capable NBA starter basketball at both ends of the floor. Maybe Bayless can be that player, I don't know. He's already been around the league (literally, via trades) for several seasons. But he has talent.
Does it *have* to be at PG? No. But if you do not have elite talent anywhere else, you can't afford to carry a point guard who is a liability half the time.
You can't build towards the idea of Detroit because they were an extreme outlier.
There's a reason Jason Kidd an Allen Iverson dragged sub-standard teams to the NBA Finals. Having a superior talent as your primary ball-handler (whether they play PG or not) makes scoring that much easier for your entire team.
Do I like PG is the Raptors only problem? Far from it. They have many. I just felt like they had a good shot to address this particular issue with a guy like Kemba Walker who can play capable NBA starter basketball at both ends of the floor. Maybe Bayless can be that player, I don't know. He's already been around the league (literally, via trades) for several seasons. But he has talent.
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