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Originally Posted by Thespiralgoeson
Honestly, this is probably more about Butler than Iggy. I'm just not a huge fan of his game, never have been, and his skillset really makes him the odd man out. We desperately need, and have needed for years, an athletic wingman whose first instinct is to attack the basket, and who can also play some point. This team is essentially nothing but a bunch of midrange shooters. Not one slasher in the whole bunch. Not one. Hell, why do you think we blow so many 20 point leads and always have? Because this team does and always has lived and died by the jumpshot. We can argue until we're blue in the face how much of an upgrade he is, but it comes down to this; Iggy fills our needs, Butler doesn't. Slashing, passing, rebounding, defense... Those are the things we need from that position. We need those things a lot more than we need Butlers midrange shooting.
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Yes.
Igoudala would be a weakside slashing nightmare for teams shifting their defense after we swing the ball from Dirk double teams....and the fact that Igoudala passes so well, means the players on the side the ball was sprung from can easily re-spot-up (like a midrange version of the re-post)....and our side to side to side(and possibly to side again) action will murder defenders with bad awareness.