Way too much emphasis these days on individual stats. Unless you have a once in a generation talent (often even when you do), the team that plays best as a team is going to do better. Suns could be really dangerous if they jell.
It is interesting to see the team on the chart and the rankings, individual stats are great, but you have a great point about how the players play as a team. It means nothing for individual stats if they can't play together as a team.
Not sure, Orlando didn't seem to high on him, and the rest of the league doesn't seem to eager to pursue him. I don't know what the upside would be in signing him.
I don't think it makes much sense for the Spurs to do this. What's the point of a short-term improvement? The Spurs aren't going to be a contender for a few more years. With Johnson and Wembanyama they have a potential core that could become a contender. Even if Johnson is "only" the third option that's much better than having Ayton and Wembanyama who can't play together.
The only way this makes sense for the Spurs is, if they believe the value of Ayton in 2-4 years is much higher than that of Johnson and then use Ayton (or Wembanyama) to trade for a star. But if all the Spurs want is a mentor for Wembanyama there are options with more experience available, that won't fight for minutes as much as Ayton will.
I agree, Ayton doesn't know how to be a big man himself, well consistently. But for the Spurs to take on his contract and his current motivation issues and pare him with a rookie, it would not be a good choice.
It also doesn't help the Suns either, they would still have a salary issue to work through and no real direction for the roster.
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