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xdrta+ wrote:

B-King wrote:

jozef wrote:Kyle O'Quinn could help.

I don't know who we would jettison to create another roster spot, but with Smiley going down I would look at Skal Labissiere. O'Quinn is a nice player if you need bruiser, but would rather look at someone younger and longer.

Seems like Chriss is the obvious spot if they're going to waive someone. Out for the year then he's a FA. He'll get paid anyway.

B-King wrote:

jozef wrote:Kyle O'Quinn could help.

I don't know who we would jettison to create another roster spot, but with Smiley going down I would look at Skal Labissiere. O'Quinn is a nice player if you need bruiser, but would rather look at someone younger and longer.

wco81 wrote:Chris seems more realistically a 4, not a 5.

HE was overmatched the few times he had to deal with true centers.

He wasn't hitting the 3 enough that Warriors had to have him on the team, unless he was hitting better than 35% for a 4.

BW32 wrote:

wco81 wrote:If the Warriors lose role players after this season, one possibility might be Ben McElmore, who's an RFA.

He was the #7 pick in 2013 and his stock seems to be down. Not a great shooter by any means, 41.7/35.2/78.0 for his career. 9.4 PPG for his career, and his best year was 2014/15 when he averaged 12.1.

The Kings have Hield, who shot better (48.0/42.8/81.4). Clearly he's their future at SG, while McElmore just averaged the lowest MPG of his career at 19.1.

Besides that, the Kings have 2 lottery picks (their own and the Pelicans' pick from the Cousins trade) as well as #34, also from the Pelicans. So at least two roster spots for rookies next year, which makes it even more likely that the Kings won't match an offer for McElmore.

Now what if his stock was so down that the Warriors could get him to replace Clark for the minimum? He earned over $4 million on the last year of his rookie deal so of course he's going to look to get paid. Some team may decide to give him more than a minimum contract, since he was a mid lottery pick and he still very young.

But if he's overlooked ...

We have no chance at BMac unless he doesn't get a QO, even the Miles Plumlee's of the world are getting 10 a year these days so I'm guessing BMac gets a contract that makes people think "WTF".

whatisacenter wrote:Alex Len just got waved by Toronto...he is tall. Not sure with Paschall looking good as a stretch 5 that the center spot is a need but we still feel thin at the 5 to me. Kind of surprised that no team has signed Dedmon this far into the season.

killmongrel wrote:

whatisacenter wrote:Alex Len just got waved by Toronto...he is tall. Not sure with Paschall looking good as a stretch 5 that the center spot is a need but we still feel thin at the 5 to me. Kind of surprised that no team has signed Dedmon this far into the season.

Wiseman, Looney, Paschall, Green is the center rotation that we have. That's good enough. So if we sign another center, that guy would have to be okay sitting on the bench as insurance. Who could fill that role? Maybe look for somebody we can put on a two way. Other than that, we should just wait for the buyout market. Guys like RoLo are going to be available.

So is Chriss really out for the year? If that's the case, why is he still on the team?