The spacing -- something we already struggle with -- would be terrible. I'm willing to be convinced, though; what starting lineup features less outside shooting?
Overall jump-shooting or three point shooting?
If strictly three point shooting, not many starting lineups if any have worse shooting than that unit. If overall jump-shooting, I think Boston would rate fairly mediocre largely due to the strength of their big man shooters pulling them up the rankings.
Three point shooting. I've got to think we'd be by far the worst in the NBA.
Right now, we've made 234 3-pointers on the season. Paul Pierce accounts for 77 of those, essentially one-third of our total.
I think three point shooting is essential. Not only does it improve an offense's efficiency, but the floor-stretching really is important for opening up offense inside. Pau's going to have a much harder time operating in the post if there aren't any reliable 3PT shooters to kick out to.
If we had a dynamic offensive scorer -- say, Kyrie Irving -- then I could justify Pau over Pierce. Without that top scoring threat, though, and surrounded by poor shooters, our team would struggle as much or more than it does now.