Honestly, we don't need a PF who demands the ball, but shoots 43% from the FG and averages 3 turnovers added to this team that is turnover prone already.
Curry and O'Neil are guys who both demand the ball...Crawford and Marbury are guys who need to score to be productive. We're not running a Golden State offense here.
Curry is already our primary scoring option. If the trade was Curry and someone else for O'Neil, then I'll do it cause O'Neil is a great defense big man who provides offense. O'Neil only probably is that he doesn't take enough high percentage shots. A man of his size and talent should be shooting 50% and above.
I'm not really crazy for this trade. We have one scoring big man, why do we need another? Just like when we had Marbury, but then we got Francis. THERES NO SENSE OF DIRECTION for this deal, we're just stock piling talent over each other. This type of moves puts ALOT of hype in New York, but results in another disappointing
O'Neil is a great player, and an elite big man...but he's injury prone and demands the ball, and having that in an offense thats runned through Curry, I really doubt it'll ever work out.
And we don't need shot blockers, we need defenders who play great position defense. If Curry comes back next season with some life of defense, and some awareness to pass the ball more often, then we're a 45 win team, no question.
I rather Curry average
15 ppg
8 rebs
2.5 assist
1 blk
2 TO's
Than
20 ppg
6 rebs
under 1 assist
under 1 blk
3.5 TO's
We need Curry to play more within the team than himself, it'll do wonders trust me. If Tim Duncan or KG wanted, these guys would average 30 points in the NBA, but they choose winning over individual sucess. Even though KG doesn't win as much as Duncan, he puts him team in the best position to win. Thats what we need Curry to become. Curry doesn't have to average 20 and 10 and 3 blocks per game and make the all star team, cause he has that type of talent. He needs to get the perimeter guys involved, cause the ball will be in his hands most of the team.
I know I'm asking for too much, and but I'm not gonna give me hopes up, cause this is my favorite team in sports. Even all the bullshit Isiah has slinged at me, I just want a winning team, and less players who have a high tendancy of putting us in losing positions.