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But seriously, I don't think you watch the Celtics at all Paulius if you think Butler would be that much of an improvement.
Boston does not run isolation plays. We're 28th in the league with 316 ISO's ran this season as a team, compared to Cleveland's 641. Boston runs through ball movement and screening, whether through off-ball screens for a catch-and-shoot opportunity, or through the pick-and-role/pop.
That is not Butler's game. He averages 2.1 catch-and-shoot FGAs per game, and making them on a 36.7% frequency. Of those attempts, 1.5 are threes (33.3%), boasting an overall eFG% of 49.0. Compare that to the guy you're replacing for Butler in your scenarios -- Jae Crowder. Crowder averages 5.2 attempts per game (39.9%), 4.5 of them being threes (41.3%) for an eFG% of 57.7.
Butler isn't a bad catch-and-shoot player, but he's unequivocally not better than Crowder at it. The numbers do not lie. And it's not that Chicago's system doesn't allow for those looks -- four Bulls take more C&S looks than Butler does per game. Avery Bradley's shooting stats off catch-and-shoot aren't as good as Crowder's, but they're better than Butler's.
It is not worth trading for Butler. Scoring the ball is not a weakness for the Celtics -- we're 6th in PPG despite a pace ranked 19th. Crowder and Bradley are both better defenders than Butler is too, so that doesn't help. The weakness for this current Celtics team is not being able to secure second chance opportunities down low, which adding Vuc would help, but not Butler.
Boston does not run isolation plays. We're 28th in the league with 316 ISO's ran this season as a team, compared to Cleveland's 641. Boston runs through ball movement and screening, whether through off-ball screens for a catch-and-shoot opportunity, or through the pick-and-role/pop.
That is not Butler's game. He averages 2.1 catch-and-shoot FGAs per game, and making them on a 36.7% frequency. Of those attempts, 1.5 are threes (33.3%), boasting an overall eFG% of 49.0. Compare that to the guy you're replacing for Butler in your scenarios -- Jae Crowder. Crowder averages 5.2 attempts per game (39.9%), 4.5 of them being threes (41.3%) for an eFG% of 57.7.
Butler isn't a bad catch-and-shoot player, but he's unequivocally not better than Crowder at it. The numbers do not lie. And it's not that Chicago's system doesn't allow for those looks -- four Bulls take more C&S looks than Butler does per game. Avery Bradley's shooting stats off catch-and-shoot aren't as good as Crowder's, but they're better than Butler's.
It is not worth trading for Butler. Scoring the ball is not a weakness for the Celtics -- we're 6th in PPG despite a pace ranked 19th. Crowder and Bradley are both better defenders than Butler is too, so that doesn't help. The weakness for this current Celtics team is not being able to secure second chance opportunities down low, which adding Vuc would help, but not Butler.
