Smith for Lin - Would you do it?

[Clarity]

I suppose if you renounce Greg Monroe you could have near max cap space.

Other than that (unless you're banking on Jonas opting out), I don't see how 10 million can be construed as "nearing" max cap space.

And I don't particularly care how much cap space we have NEXT offseason, at least not with respect to how Smith hampers our future. Having 14 million invested in a guy who isn't helping your team at all (and is hampering the development of a couple of your genuinely valuable guys) interferes with your future viability. That's over one fourth of the salary cap that could have been better spent on just about anything else. If you think that doesn't hurt just because we don't have other large contracts on the books then you simply aren't looking at the big picture.

I realize you're part of the the small minority that hasn't accepted what I just said about Josh Smith, but there it is.

The EXTREMELY small minority that gets smaller by the day.

[Clarity]

And if you think dumping him is somehow addition by subtraction, go rewatch last nights game. Remove Smith's inefficient scoring and replace him with Monroe's inefficient scoring instead.

Josh Smith 12-13 as full time PF



Josh Smith 13-14



Greg Monroe 13-14 as full time PF

[sc8581]

By far Smith's two worst seasons. The funny thing is you say Monroe is elite in the post yet Smith shoots a higher percentage down there and we both know Monroe gets a lot of easy put-backs on his own misses to boost his efficiency so if it weren't for his rebounding he was be just flat out awful down there.

Signing Smith was a mistake last summer but signing Monroe to a similar or likely even bigger deal would be just as stupid and truly handicap us moving forward because we would have little to no way at all of improving after that. Right now we have the option of letting Monroe walk (possibly getting a pick or trade exception in a S&T) and having as much as $25M in cap room this summer plus a lottery pick to improve at all 3 perimeter positions. If we can dump Smith great but signing Monroe would be making the same mistake all over again.

[wallace72]

Lin,
yes for merchandising purposes,
not an upgrade on our backcourt

[Ghost]

I'm too the point where I think neither Smith or Monroe is the answer at PF ... So I'd do this just to get out of Smith's contract 2 years early. At the same time, sign-and-trading Monroe to find the PF that is meant to play with Drummond. Just think about how Lin loves the pick and roll, I bet he'd throw a ton of lobs to Drummond which would be entertaining for the fans next season.

I don't think that the Rockets would make this kind of trade though because they have both Jones and Donatas that they're working on developing and Smith may be an upgrade but wouldn't they be in cap hell the year after with Parson's extension?

[Clarity]

By far Smith's two worst seasons. The funny thing is you say Monroe is elite in the post yet Smith shoots a higher percentage down there and we both know Monroe gets a lot of easy put-backs on his own misses to boost his efficiency so if it weren't for his rebounding he was be just flat out awful down there.

[dVs33]

By far Smith's two worst seasons. The funny thing is you say Monroe is elite in the post yet Smith shoots a higher percentage down there and we both know Monroe gets a lot of easy put-backs on his own misses to boost his efficiency so if it weren't for his rebounding he was be just flat out awful down there.

Let it go Clarity... Some arguments aren't worth the time.

[Clarity]

By far Smith's two worst seasons. The funny thing is you say Monroe is elite in the post yet Smith shoots a higher percentage down there and we both know Monroe gets a lot of easy put-backs on his own misses to boost his efficiency so if it weren't for his rebounding he was be just flat out awful down there.

Let it go Clarity... Some arguments aren't worth the time.

nah, SC is different. Thats my dude. lol

[E-Z]

Detroit has enough players that need the ball in their hands to be moderately effective (or at least provide the illusion that they are). Lin would just be another misfit. Lin comes in, but where do Bynum and Jennings go?