The Aminu situation

LSSpam said

Aminu is going to be a valuable player. He's athletic, so if he can at least develop into a smart cutter he'll be able to generate some offense and justify minutes,

The problem is with Gordon being hurt, Austin Rivers being terrible, there's really just no spacing on the floor. When you put Aminu on the court, even for all the good things he can do, it can hurt everyone else. Playing him alongside Ryan Anderson is best until Gordon returns full time or we trade for Klay Thompson.

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As much as I like Aminu and he has improved, the Pelicans are going to need a lot more consistant scoring from the SF spot. The problem is that I don't see an easy way to upgrade the offensive SF position without losing out on the impact Aminu has in the rebounding. The FA's that will be out there this off season are not going to pick up the boards Aminu gets, At least they havent shown that side of the game yet. Aminu can approach double diget boards on most nights and while his shooting has improved, we just need more production offensively from that spot IMO.

I almost want to play Anderson at the 3 full time and have Aminu come off the bench. If we could get Pek to play the starting 5 and have Lopez back him up, Smith could back up Davis at the 4 and Thomas can be put out of his misery.