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Rudy Gay is going to Sign with Charlotte?? Despite playing much improved team ball your'e still going to get 2 or 3 Derozan plays that make you scratch your head that's just his style of play Terrence Ross aswell
On an unrelated noted Anyone else think Danny Granger should just go away? dude is starting to stunt Stephenson's progression and I don't like that becuase A. I have on my fantasy team B. I want Indy to be as sharp as possible going to the playoffs so they can send Lebron and co packing. Stephenson who leading the league with the most triple doubles this season (3) hasn't hit double digit scoRing in the last two games and that's pretty much since Grangers been back? ? 
I was implying that Charlotte makes a lot of poor business decisions and throwing money at Rudy Gay seems to be the next domino to fall.
As far as Granger goes I have no problem with him staying on the team. They seemed to be a shooter shy despite playing at the level that they do. Indy tends to have a problem putting up points when they have just two guys who can score regularly and efficiently. Lance is great but he's one of those guys who needs the ball in his hands to do anything and regularly does dumb stuff that frustrates the hell out you. Total irrational confidence guy. Ideally they are looking for a loul deng or Jamal Crawford. Bulls think they can keep deng and the clips have plenty of shooters and are looking for someone with size. Maybe Minnesota realizes that they can't quite push over the top and deal Kevin Martin and piecies for grangers expiring.
I think you may be thinking of the Lance Stephenson of 2011-12 his maturity and on court decision making has improved vastly and let's face it DG is not the player he once was but is still convinced he is. If he didn't go down Paul George wouldn't have excelled to super stardom. I'd rather develop a young 2-way player in Stephenson as much as possible than give some of his minutes to an injury prone shoot-first guy that reached his ceiling 5 years ago. If I'm Larry Bird DG is gone by Feb which will probably happen.
Bird has already openly stated his disdain for granger. It will come as a surprise to no one if he gets unloaded. Expiring contracts are worth their weight in gold. Until then you should at least see if he can conform to a role playing role. Something granger will have to get used to as no smart GM in the league looks at granger and thinks, "FRANCHISE GUY."
I will contest that Stephenson is making huge strides and becoming a better player but his shot selection is still questionable albeit he is shooting in the high forties. Take a look at this chart:
On the left side he likes to jack up 3's and continue to not make them. You can't do the same things and expect different results. In the painted area away from the basket he forces his shot. Him needing to develop a floater goes without saying. The mid range is always a gamble and the ability to make the worst shot in the game makes or breaks a two gaurd. He's definitely not Kobe. He's a good player but not an exceptional player but I can definitely see, over time, lance becoming a commodity. Definitely a valuable contract at the moment.
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