What I fail to understand??? Seriously WTF is with you, dude?
Next time you decide to take me to task on something, as you've done in the past, at least take the time out to completely read my rebuttal to whatever you may have said to me. If you bothered to do that beforehand, you would've noticed that I IDENTIFIED the 3-pt shooting issue and gave my opinion on how we go about enhancing our outside shooting for next year. Again, AS I SAID:
• We bring back Novak or an equivalent 3-pt shooting specialist. I'd go with Ryan Wittman. Would come cheaper than Novak and I'd argue that he'd be an upgrade anyway -- the stroke looks about the same (this kid's absolutely LETHAL from behind the arc) plus he's more mobile than Steve & can put it on the floor a little better than he can. I like Novak and would welcome him back with open arms but I wouldn't overpay to keep him esp. knowing I could bring in this kid Wittman for a fraction of the cost.
• We draft Kim English at 48 (or move up slightly to ensure we get him). 6'6" SG that shot 46% from deep this yr at Missouri. I've been talking about this guy and his 3-pt shooting for weeks on this board, well before nbadraft.net had him as our pick.. There might be a few other guys that possibly have more upside when we pick but no one with this kid's ability to shoot the ball. Sometimes it's better to go up there and hit a single or a double with a draft pick (esp. considering this team is built to win now, we need a 2 that can shoot and space the floor--agreed, AND the fact that we're picking 48th, not 5th) instead of looking to swing for the fences and striking out. For what we need, English would be perfect here.
• Pick up a cheap backup PG that can shoot --- Ben Hansbrough (Big East POY 2 yrs ago) and Matt Janning, even Demetri McCamey are all very effective 3-pt shooters in my book. Even a guy like Curtis Jerrells, who doesn't have as pure a stroke as these other 3, can take and make 3s. The other parts of Jerrells' game are very intriguing though -- lefty, ultra-quick, big-time scoring potential and he can facilitate. Dude reminds me of Brandon Jennings...Darius Johnson-Odom with PG skills.
To recap, say we added Novak (or Wittman), English and Ben Hansbrough at backup point. You mean to tell me that wouldn't be enough 3-pt shooting for next year's squad? Come on now. Of course it would. We add those shooters, we could easily slide CDR into JR Smith's role and come out ahead of the game. Way ahead...Wouldn't matter that he doesn't shoot 3s. Plus, like I said, it's not like CDR is God-awful shooting 3s. He's not. He can make 'em. Probably a better 3-pt shooter than Fields. I'm going 'glass half full' with CDR all the way -- focusing on what he does well: at 6'7" he's got enough size to play 2 & 3 (just like with JR---when Melo goes out, CDR could slide over (or play the 2) and we'd still have a top scoring threat on the floor), very good shot creator/maker (on JR Smith's level imo, could even turn out to be more consistent over the long haul), he'd come cheaper that Smith, and he's got NBA experience.
I'm talking about swapping out Novak, Baron/Bibby, Fields and JR Smith (good possibility that all of these guys are goners---I want them to prepare for this) for Ryan Wittman, Ben Hansbrough, Kim English and Chris Douglas-Roberts. In this scenario, I'd argue that we would upgrade the talent level, upgrade the outside shooting, get younger and remain mindful of the salary cap by not going overboard on contracts for Novak, Smith, Fields and a back-up PG. Outside of Bibby & Baron, I'd welcome any of these other guys back but it would have to be on my terms if I'm Grunwald. Otherwise, good luck to those guys -- on to plan B.
Oh and btw, you still haven't said who you'd bring in as a "Thabo type SG." Who do you have in mind for that role, pal? Tell us.