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Tony Allen

Similarly to Thabo Sefolosha, he’s in his late 30s and will command the Tony Allen treatment on offense come playoff time. And it won’t be pretty to watch. Allen’s playstyle clearly isn’t an ideal fit for today’s perimeter-centric NBA since he’s too one-dimensional.

However, being able to get stops and make an NBA player work for his points is just as important as scoring and making 3’s; offense is great when the shots are going in, but if the shots aren’t falling, then you need to depend on something else to pull out a win.

Giving Allen 20 plus minutes, at this stage of his career, isn’t the greatest idea since playing four on five on offense is tough for any team to handle. But those 10 to 15-minute stretches could make a huge difference in a game, even if those intangibles won’t always show up on the stat sheet.