You really think Monta and Rose would work? I don´t really see it... both of them are amazing (Rose being out of this world) but both of them are really explosive towards the hoop players but "average" shooters who look more for a basket then assist. Monta wouldn´t really do a lot for Bulls and Bulls would not be a good choice for Monta.
I would prefer keeping Deng then... quiet scorer on the team who can put 20+ in with ease.
Monta's not an average shooter though. 37% on 3's. Excellent mid range (over 40%).
And he's an excellent catch and shoot player. His percentages when he catches and shoots are VERY high.
Monta's problem shooting are similar to kobe's. Falls in love with hero shots off dribble, which are low percentage.
In Monta's case it's cause i don't believe he's a lead star. But if he played with someone where he was a #2 option, he'd kill. Ideally i'd be in GSW when we can get a legitimate big man.
Anyway, like i said, if monta went to chicago, they'd use him like Terry. Off the bench, playing starters minutes but they'd try to stagger it where he's on floor when rose is off, and combine they'd only play half game together.
It won't happen though. Warriors don't want Deng. Deng's awesome but he's a VERY expensive role player. Not worth paying if you don't have a star
What's most frustrating about Monta is, his best season was 07-08 when we won 48 games and Baron was PG. Monta shot 53%, and was a monster cause he played off ball. He'd cut, get pass and shoot or finish. Deadly. Since Baron left, he's become a better player but at same time, i can't tell if he overhandles ball because of coaching or because he believes he's amazing. Only time he didn't was second half of 09/10 when Curry found amazing form under Nellie. Curry ran show, Monta played off him.
Last year our coach was a joke. Thought Monta was Jordan and ran offense round him only. Treated Curry like a glorified Derek Fisher player, even though curry averaged 18.6 points and shot ridiculous from everywhere (48+% from field, 44.4% 3pts, 93.5% fts.... amazing for a player who doesn't go to rim much). Hopefully our new coaches realize this and let Curry play PG and let Montas play SHOOTING GUARD. Not some glorified psuedo-point he's been doing.
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I forgot some available options for that scorer-
Jamal Crawford and Jason Richardson.
Crawford found himself finally in atlanta where he could take that lesser role. Jason Terry type role, where he's not main scorer but comes in, does his thing and plays off others.
JRich is a better player but at this age he can't create his own shot effectively. Catch and shoot player which Chicago got.
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I really think if Chicago are to make next step, they need a secondary offensive option to Rose. Rose will play better too if he doesn't have to create everything. Paul or Lebron (Cleveland) couldn't win titles doing it by themselves and both played better than Rose is. Just like Jordan couldn't. Kobe couldn't etc. You need a viable second option atleast.
Ideally, chicago wouldn't have gotten boozer who is 'good' but not great. But he's paid like he's great (just a little less than amare and pau and dirk).
Chicago's got the D to win a title, and 1 primary offensive player, but they really need a 2nd option or another means of scoring effectively other than Rose if they are to pass Miami and in the west.... lakers, dallas and okc.
On that note- Miami will only get better. They will continue to add players. No more stars, but they dont' need them. They need a better post defender/rebounder. A 3 point shooter. Players like Fisher, Horry or back in days with bulls.. kerr, cartwright. Small things you can find if you're diligent and well run.
Buena suerte a los Guerreros
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i was going all manure fan with heat , german guy is awesome. any cool team to watch no warriors or lakers or boston please