Recent content by BankTeller

That had zero bearing on why I’d prefer Scoot over Giddey. All we know is she sneaked into the club with a fake id, bragged about it on snapchat, her family declined to press charges, and no consequences were handed out.

This would make it easier if Giddey was a better player, but that would also be the reason that the Bulls lock him up and this isn’t even a situation. I’d be more excited about Giddey if we didn’t have Avdija. But, we do have Avdija, who I think is a better all around player imo. Giddey is a...

Agree with you on the three locks. The reasoning above doesn’t support playing Jrue off the bench any more than starting him though. If Scoot came off the bench, Jrue slides to SG, and if Shae came off the bench, Jrue slide to PG. Shae is a lock to me. We have to lock him up this summer imo, and...

I want the lineup to be this: Scoot/Shae/Tou/Deni/Don I have a feeling it will be this: Jrue/Shae/Tou/Deni/Don But after further thought, I don’t have a huge problem with it. I don’t think Shae will be moving to the bench. Especially when we should be finalizing an extension this summer, I...

Obviously, the biggest thing to be excited about is the internal development that could happen this year. - Scoot, I think having both Dame and Jrue to learn from is just going round out his game, and he definitely has the tools to be a top-tier defender. I remember with every foul I saw he...

Home run for me. Situations like these usually NEVER happen. It took an achilles tear to revitalize the interest in this franchise. A year of dead money really means zero to me because I expected this to be another year of internal growth anyways, regardless if he have more expectations. Look...

Keep? Sure. But would it make more sense to keep three? At the end of the day, this is only an issue for one season, which is the season after this season. The season after that, both Dame and Jrue are able to opt out, even if it’s likely that only Dame would be inclined to opt out that...

That’s fair. But as we’ve seen, teams can never have enough wings who do everything. Maybe we don’t need a superstar, maybe we can rely on internal growth from Deni to be that guy and just find one or two guys who can really play the 3-D role. As it stands though, I still don’t see him as a...

Honestly, can you ask for a better result to the Dame deal? - Dame nets us Camara, Avdija, 2 unprotected 1sts, and 2 unprotected pick swaps as the most notable pieces coming back—in hindsight, a solid deal for an aging star - He comes home for a very team friendly deal, and best of all, will...

Hey, if you were ever bored, I’m wondering if you could put something together for me. These are who I consider foundational pieces, what does our cap look like, say, ‘26-‘27. So we know Deni will make $13.125m that year, with one more year left on his deal. Shae, I’m hoping will accept a...

Honestly, at this point, I don’t need Grant gone right away. In a year where we are competing, does it hurt to keep a vet like him? Start him, play him his 28-30mpg. Play Avdija as the 6th man, but give him 34mpg. Camara plays his 30-23mpg. All three guys are capable shooters, it’s possible...

I’m not going to say all that, but what I will say is I feel really good about giving him 20mpg off the bench, Clingan 28mpg starting, with RobWill sprinkled in there.

In agreement here, I would continue to build on the defensive identity and build our shooting up organically. And I, like you, would rather just bank on Grant getting back to his normal shooting splits in a year we are trying to compete. Scoot (30)/Jrue (18) Shae (32)/Jrue (12)/Thybulle (4)...

I would probably offer 3 yrs/$22-25m with year 3 being a TO. If it doesn’t work out, he is essentially an expiring contract next season. If it does work out, I would try to find a way to get a return on Holiday ASAP and see if he turns into something as a primary backup PG. He certainly would...

The difference is this time around, both have greatly improved their shot, and that their roles in the league are a lot more clearly defined. In Washington, both guys were unproven and Rui was actually given a bigger opportunity to be the guy. In Portland, Deni is a core piece on the team and a...