I'm not really disagreeing with you as much as I'm wondering who and how they acquire this proposed player. Between salary and picks, they already paid a premium to get White. In order to upgrade White, it will be at the expense of something else. Robbing Peter to pay Paul.I’m not advocating a “pure” or “throwback” PG and someone like Augustin would be a worse option than White as he isn’t capable of playing at a Finals level. I’ve advocated for one who can function in that capacity since last summer and it finally bit us when the heat was turned up. Are we still not going to address it? There is a reason why Schroder was our crunch time PG for much of the time he was here……even Ime knew Smart/Tatum’s limitations/best role. Of course he showed that he wasn’t the right person for other reasons but Ime knows.
Backcourt play and ball handling/passing is more crucial than ever in this league and we simply don’t have the personnel to execute as well as we should do this glaring weakness. I don’t want to advocate for iso-ball constantly but with our lineup I’ve had to as the alternative risk was played out for us the last 6 games.
I also don't see it as a fatal flaw. Game 6 was an abomination, but outside that, this was a close series. They can tinker around the edges versus having to find this premium missing piece facilitator, which is both hard and expensive to acquire. If this guy is readily available at a reasonable cost, then by all means. Sign me up.