re: Jake Fischer: An unofficial poll of executives have BI above Trae Young

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Would have to hope DD really improved a level or two to fill Herbs shoes.

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Nobody is filling Herb's shoes. If your goal is to stop a player 1-5, even now Dyson might be the better choice. But if your goal is to stop a play, Herb is and always will be better than Dyson because Herb's defensive IQ is ridiculous. We've seen him stop 2, even 3 of the opposing teams best players...on the same play...many times. If you need to cover for Trae's defense, you need to keep Herb.

I'm starting to come around on Trae. I still like Murray best, but he's the safe choice. He raises the floor but relies on Zion being an MVP candidate to raise the ceiling. The risk that comes with Trae is a potential floor lowering downside, especially if he rubs everyone the wrong way. But he also raises the ceiling, and I suspect he can weaponize Zion in a way we've never seen in the NBA. We got glimpses of it with Lonzo, but that was mostly in transition. Trae should be able to do that with Zion in the half court.