So, with health, I think we make the playoffs as well, but it's greatly up to Wemby at this point. Fox is solid player but what Fox are you getting? He's a high USG%, shoot first PG, who's a defensive liability because of his size. He's a pretty good player, but not a great player, and what the team really needs is a facilitator - CP3 from 6 years ago. Scoring 25 on 18-19-20 shots isn't really a great stat for a small PG, who's a lousy 3 point shooter. Now, I do think he has in him being more of an on court leader. A guy who scores 18-19 points on 14-15 shots and decreases his USG% under 25 and increases his AST% above 30 while hopefully shooting 34-35% from 3. You get that guy, we're probably easily making the playoffs but he's never done it before because Sac-town needed his scoring. We don't need that if the others show up and with the rookie who's calling card is scoring at this point. We need Fox to be a better facilitator and decent shooter who can break down a defense and dictate pace. I do respect him because he's a guy who wanted to come here.
As far as the others, Castle is who I have my eye on. A lot of good stuff by the eye test, but he's got to become a better shooter and more efficient offensive player, but as a rookie, nothing but love for his first year. I hope he can make a huge step forward and it begins with shooting. Hopefully the others can take a step forward, but again, my point is, they've really only take baby steps forward. So we do really need to make an impact with some smart moves in FA. Getting to the 8 seed is 14 games. That's a bunch. I don't give a fuck about the play-in games. That's not about being a good team, it's about TV ratings.
These guys are so young, it's hard to really critique guys learning the pro game, but it's how we've built this team. We need them to take all of these minutes and experience they've gotten and turn it into more sustainable production. And again, we're not asking for them to be ship contenders, just make the playoffs.