Pau needs to be traded, I've changed my mind.
Not because he lost it, not because he's soft but because D'Antoni has no clue how to utilize him or his talent. No clue. Pau has plenty of game left but its just not working with Dwight taking up all that space and D'Antoni running the offense. It's painful to see where Pau is placed and used on the court, utter disrespect.
I can get behind most of what you're saying.
But where I am of the mind about it is... There just is no space for it on the court like you said. But We could move him to the bench and have him play 6th man, to open up his opportunity. But all we'll get is crying from him.
Pau's not a 3 point guy. He shouldn't be out there that is correct. So teams are smart to collapse on the paint and not only take Pau out of the play, but Dwight as well. Hell it takes everyone out of the play, and it becomes a cluster. Maybe if Pau is around the 3 point line when Nash starts to cut to the basket instead of leaving his feet planted where he is wide open, he should be moving close to the hoop so he can catch it and shoot a 15 footer.
But the problem is less so his offense, but his defense. We can laugh all we want about MDA and defense. Which is true, but Pau will never be a solid defender again. So any points he does score whether it be 15 or 16. He will just give right back on defense.
That's my problem, more than his offense.
And his placement on the court isn't ideal. But it's where he has to be unless he wants to swallow his pride, and become a 6th man and see his minutes cut.
There really is no win to this situation with him making $19 mil. He's not what he used to be, he will never be what he used to be.
We could just dump it into him every play in the post. Then what. Just wait? He has moves, but cannot beat the ZBOs, Ibakas, BG32 on the dribble. Maybe he can burn centers, but what's that leave for Dwight? Standing 20 feet away
All this talk about chemistry and pieces going on. Nash is Nash, Kobe is Kobe, Dwight is not 100% but I'm not worried about him. It's Pau who is odd man out.
With those 3 guys, I just don't see Pau fitting in. It'd be possible if Dwight wasn't on the team. But Pau IS NEVER going to give you a better shot at winning than Dwight.