Agreed, Brad should rotate all 3 of the Centers and lean towards youth/upside. TL hasn't played much over his 3yrs here, the good news is that he has improved quite a bit. I'm guessing he could improve with added floor time? A beef Center is the cheapest, most fungible, available player, in the NBA. Tristan is that in my opinion.
I believe PJ Tucker is the type of player Grant can aspire to. Rick Barnes started this comp & it feels apt due to body type/style of play. PJ fires 72% of his 3s from the corner & makes 38%. That stretches the D, especially when he was playing with Harden/Gordon, who liked to fire above the break.
With the Celtics, it's critically important to develop a corner 3pt shooter. ~90% of Brown/Tatum 3s come from above the break this season, where they are highly efficient. Kemba also shoots 95% of his 3s above the break. Grant launching from the corner opens up the floor for them to drive. Super SSS, but Grant is 12/17 from corner 3s this season, which aligns with his 10/17 3pt shooting in the playoffs last year. I suspect during COVID break last year, he set up at Camp Kemba and worked on it. His stroke and pocket look solid.
Brad is wasting JayCrew minutes by playing them with the
double BIG clog patrol. Brad should continue exploring Grant's corner 3s by playing him with Tatum/Brown and start one of the three Centers.
As far as using Grant as a Center, I can see it against a guy like Bam for small stretches. BUT Grant's lack of height really gets exposed when the rest of the rotation is small.
The Draymond Green comp now feels kind of pipe dreamy even for this Granite stan
Dray's defense is much better. I thought Grant's D was trending there, but he hasn't been as good on the perimeter this season. Maybe cutting pounds would increase footspeed and help