His defense improved as well.
We'd use the TPE for Bayless because Philly has the 10th, 26th, 38th, 39th, 56th, and 60th picks in the draft plus all their own future picks and several good future 2nd round picks from other teams. We need draft capital to move up in the draft to get a difference maker or multiple chances to hit a home run with lower picks. Bayless can take Napier's spot for a year as insurance while we give Baldwin heavy minutes. It would also be better to have an actual expiring contract to use at the trade deadline instead of ones that are still a summer away from being expiring.
Exactly.
I think you meant 3pt shooting because his 2pt shooting went down. Like I said, it's hard to tell if it was an outlier year or not. Harkless shot 41.5% this year. I'd be ecstatic if he was really that good but we won't know until next year. The passing wasn't significant enough to say it was really that much of an improvement. Defensively, even if slightly improved is still not great. He's a career backup SG who isn't a great shooter.
I used to really like Lamb but I've just kind of given up on him.
Yes, I meant 3pt shooting. I don't think it's a fluke. His shot is smooth, he's been an 84% 3pt shooter, had years of 34 & 35%.. His passing improved yet you're discounting. Ast rate increased by 50%... If he doesn't pan out he's a free agent and oh well. He was an above average defender last year, 7'0 wingspan at 6'5.
Yeah, that's obvious, because you don't even want to credit his improvement.
They took Wes....big risk
Look, I get why he should be good but it hasn't translated to much in the NBA so far in 6 seasons. I'm not discrediting his improvement in passing I just feel like assists don't always tell the whole story. Like Dame could absolutely average double digit assists if he had better finishers. I just don't think he is good enough to warrant taking on Williams and Plumlee. If we are going to take on those kind of contracts I'd rather it be for Noah or Deng or as mentioned above Bayless who are going to help us improve draft position not decrease it.
Taking on Williams? Williams is still a very good and very underrated player. He's a better version of Aminu. He shot 41% from 3pt last year, with a 60TS% and good defense. If we want to give minutes to Baldwin or a rookie, I'd say bench Turner then. Add Lamb, as he can play SG and SF much better than Turner can and gives us the multi-dimensional scorer/ball-handler we need, and then play the young guys instead of ET. I think we're 3-4 wins better, and if Williams and Harkless shoot like they did last year (both at 41%), we'd have the pieces to consistently make teams pay for loaded up on our guards. If Collins developed into a 36%+ 3pt shooter next year as well, we'd be set.
Well, I don't see them giving up 10 and 2nd round picks really aren't that valuable compared to taking on nearly 9mil more plus the luxury tax cost. There are other players in Leonard' range that we might be able to entice. Ross, Dudley, Koufus, are just a few.
No. Do you think the Knicks could get Damian Lillard for Frank Ntilikina and Courtney Lee...?
How is that any better? What part of there is no chance at all of them trading Porzingis let alone for that do you not understand?
The only GM in the League who could do this is Danny Ainge, but Olshey? Never ever
Cleveland doesn't really use Love well, so a 3-and-D PF males sense in that role.. They need someone that can create their own which They dont have outside of Clarkson (who isn't a great shooter so he struggles to play off LeBron, CJ could do both). Harkless replaces Green who's warned a decent contract somewhere else.
And even that isn't likely; because why go into luxury cap hell for a mediocre player; and it seems that is all that would be available for 12 million.
I don't think we will resign Nurk like everyone else does and if we do they find a trade for CJ.
Too damn bad fans don't run the teams.
DeRozan and Ibaka make almost $50 million combined next year. That isn't even close to enough money going back to them for a trade to work.
