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I hope this isn't the plan. We would take a large step back if that was the case. I'm the biggest Ingram hater on the board. But he is better than Murphy. So that would be a loss. A bigger problem though is we would lose Murphy's production off the bench. So a slightly weaker starting 5 and a much worse bench. The only way that doesn't happen is if we somehow land KAT or another premier big to replace Val. I am not a proponent of giving Murphy a huge deal and I have no idea where he would start. But we can't let the asset go, so he'll get a big extension. Then we could flip him later down the road. He'll be backing up 2-4 next year though, hopefully vying for 6th man of the year.

Every offensive stat we have says Murphy is better as a starter and this team is better for it. BI is better than Trey but Trey’s fit is better and makes the starting 5 better. I’m not even sure why you cant see this? Its been proven for 2 seasons now?

Lol you can’t just leave a player on the bench because you’re afraid the bench will get weaker especially when every stat shows hes better in the starting lineup. Also again you’re starting lineup is not weakened when you switch out Trey for Bi? This is just plainly false.

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Posted by brmark70816

Atlanta, GA

Member since Feb 2011

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Posted on 5/4/24 at 7:02 pm to Pels_Yaz

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Every offensive stat we have says Murphy is better as a starter and this team is better for it.

First, I don't believe that stat that you keep repeating. Even if it were true, circumstances stances matter. He only started 23 games this season. He only scored over 20 points 4 times the first 4 months of the season. That is as a scorer off the bench, mainly playing against back-ups.

I know you know this, but career backups struggle moving to a starting role. To expect him to exceed Ingram right away is just sunshine pumping and I think it's unrealistic.

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Lol you can’t just leave a player on the bench because you’re afraid the bench will get weaker especially when every stat shows hes better in the starting lineup.

I don't know where he starts. I don't want McCollum to be the starting PG. I want to upgrade that role. McCollum is one of our 3 best players. He has to go to SG. He's not coming off the bench. If that happens, Jones goes to SF, where he will be vital to our team success. Unless Zion plays Center, where would Murphy start?

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