In Reply to: well said, ej posted by barrya on April 20, 2025 at 08:15:12
From what I saw of Dent (our game), the guy can penetrate. He reminded me of those 90's guards in the NBA, who could get into the paint and wreak havoc - like Rod Strickland.*
Seems like that was an era of PG's beating their man and dishing. Dent seems like that. If I was a 7'3" center, that would be a dream to have a PG like that. The kicker is, we haven't had a PG breaking down the D and feeding the C in the Cronin era.
So, Mara probably made the right decision. We'll see how Mick uses Dent.
*Old age: took me a second to recall Strickland's name. I knew it was a guy that played for the Spurs. Then I thought, "there was another guy that played for Portland that was similar. Sure enough, Strickland was traded from the Spurs to the Blazers. In my brain, it was 2 different guys.