Clips sign Willie Reed 1.5mil/1 year

JayClips92 · Post #1 » by **JayClips92** » Tue Jul 18, 2017 6:44 pm

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Looks like a steal, was a very solid back up for Miami

MartinToVaught · Post #2 » by **MartinToVaught** » Tue Jul 18, 2017 6:48 pm

That's a steal. Only $1.5 million for someone with that much upside? Nice work, Jerry West.

Ranma · Post #3 » by **Ranma** » Tue Jul 18, 2017 6:49 pm

Forte IV · Post #4 » by **Forte IV** » Tue Jul 18, 2017 6:49 pm

yassss

JGOJustin · Post #5 » by **JGOJustin** » Tue Jul 18, 2017 7:00 pm

MartinToVaught wrote:That's a steal. Only $1.5 million for someone with that much upside? Nice work, Jerry West.

Lmao you have no idea if Jerry was responsible for this lol In fact if anyone was, it probably was Doc, much to your dismay.

Regardless, this is a GREAT signing for GREAT value. Having montrez and willie coming off the bench as your back up bigs is fantastic.

madmaxmedia · Post #6 » by **madmaxmedia** » Tue Jul 18, 2017 7:02 pm

Nice pickup, seemed to show improvement in his 2nd year last season.

Suddenly we have young bench guys to play- Brice, Juwan, Sindarius, Austin, and now Wille Reed. Not all are going to get PT, but some will and it's at least a start...

MartinToVaught · Post #7 » by **MartinToVaught** » Tue Jul 18, 2017 7:08 pm

JGOJustin wrote:Lmao you have no idea if Jerry was responsible for this lol In fact if anyone was, it probably was Doc, much to your dismay.

Let's see: Reed is an excellent value signing, relatively young, athletic, and isn't a former Celtic or a recognizable name from the 2000s Eastern Conference. So yeah, I'm pretty comfortable assuming that this is a West move, not a Doc move.

Ranma · Post #8 » by **Ranma** » Tue Jul 18, 2017 7:22 pm

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The signing of Willie Reed has the Clippers with $118.6M in salary and 13 guaranteed contracts. With a luxury tax threshold of $119.3M, Los Angeles will likely start the season in the tax. The guaranteed salary does not include second round pick Sindarius Thornwell or the non-guaranteed contract of DeAndre Liggins.

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Ranma · Post #9 » by **Ranma** » Tue Jul 18, 2017 8:06 pm

JGOJustin wrote:Lmao you have no idea if Jerry was responsible for this lol In fact if anyone was, it probably was Doc, much to your dismay.

MartinToVaught wrote:Let's see: Reed is an excellent value signing, relatively young, athletic, and isn't a former Celtic or a recognizable name from the 2000s Eastern Conference. So yeah, I'm pretty comfortable assuming that this is a West move, not a Doc move.

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illastrate · Post #10 » by **illastrate** » Tue Jul 18, 2017 8:14 pm

Great pickup. Didn't think we could get him for that cheap.

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clips4ever · Post #11 » by **clips4ever** » Tue Jul 18, 2017 8:19 pm

Wow thought our negotiations with him had ended. Dang, with Harrell and Reed coming off the bench we might have one of the most explosive front court and one of the best benches in the NBA. Awesome offseason.

nickhx2 · Post #12 » by **nickhx2** » Tue Jul 18, 2017 8:41 pm

seems everyone likes the move. but i don't know anything about this guy. can he cure a soul that is devoid of cole aldrich in his life?

Post #13 » by **og15** » Tue Jul 18, 2017 9:22 pm

Nice! Great backup C for the price.

Post #14 » by **og15** » Tue Jul 18, 2017 9:33 pm

MartinToVaught wrote:
JGOJustin wrote:Lmao you have no idea if Jerry was responsible for this lol In fact if anyone was, it probably was Doc, much to your dismay.

Let's see: Reed is an excellent value signing, relatively young, athletic, and isn't a former Celtic or a recognizable name from the 2000s Eastern Conference. So yeah, I'm pretty comfortable assuming that this is a West move, not a Doc move.

Doc in the past has signed guys like Darren Collison for cheap, Cole Aldrich Luc Mbah A Moute, the first signing of Johnson was for the minimum, Felton for the min. The Clippers had also been linked to Willie Reed in the past, similar to Gallo basically every season.

I think it's a bit odd to suggest every signing that we like "Oh well that's West" and everything else is Doc.

Heat_Fan_87 · Post #15 » by **Heat_Fan_87** » Tue Jul 18, 2017 9:40 pm

**** steal

Post #16 » by **og15** » Tue Jul 18, 2017 9:47 pm

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JGOJustin wrote:Lmao you have no idea if Jerry was responsible for this lol In fact if anyone was, it probably was Doc, much to your dismay.

MartinToVaught wrote:Let's see: Reed is an excellent value signing, relatively young, athletic, and isn't a former Celtic or a recognizable name from the 2000s Eastern Conference. So yeah, I'm pretty comfortable assuming that this is a West move, not a Doc move.

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I laughed when he said that in the player press conference. He's basically ran offenses on the backs of two great passing PG'S for the last 10 years, then before that I don't even remember what offense he had. Then in Orlando, didn't they have the TMac offense? Now to be fair for Orlando, a lot of teams ran stagnant offense back then, and they didn't have the best talent either.

Of course just about every coach says that they want more ball movement, and the Clippers improved drastically with Doc vs VDN, but I don't know what he's referring to. Maybe the first season with Boston when Rondo wasn't controlling things as much, lol

esqtvd · Post #17 » by **esqtvd** » Tue Jul 18, 2017 9:58 pm

2013:

As the Celtics attempt to push away from the Rajon Rondo effect and sail more toward ball movement and shared responsibility, some of those players who perhaps suffered as a result of Rondo’s ball domination are expressing renewed optimism about increased opportunities in the offense.

Jason Terry and Brandon Bass pointed out that the new rapid ball movement the Celtics will employ now that Rondo, the league’s assist leader, is out for the season with a torn right anterior cruciate ligament, is likely more conducive to their games.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2013/02/01/without-rajon-rondo-celtics-plan-more-ball-movement/8LkuoM1hOyaFicYrXDBHnK/story.html

2017:

So what will be the biggest difference for the Clippers next season in terms of style of play?

"We'll have ball movement, you know," Rivers told the media on Tuesday. "That's one of the things, for the most part, that I've always preached.

"With Chris' skill you wanted to take advantage of what he could do, and he was a guy that needed the ball to make plays. And he did it so well, you kind of changed to do that."

http://www.csnbayarea.com/warriors/doc-rivers-chris-paul-gone-clippers-will-have-ball-movement

Post #18 » by **thanumba2clippersfan** » Tue Jul 18, 2017 10:16 pm

I wasn't sure if we would get Reed. We needed a backup center and we got him for the minimum, sounds good to me. Hope to see him make some good contributions this season.

Post #19 » by **mkwest** » Tue Jul 18, 2017 10:48 pm

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donemilio21 · Post #20 » by **donemilio21** » Tue Jul 18, 2017 10:55 pm

good signing. I'm surprised he was only able to get a minimum deal.

I think our depth chart now looks like this:

PG - Teodosic / Rivers / Ewans
SG - Beverly / Williams / Thornwell
SF - Gallinari / Dekker / W. Johnson
PF - Blake / Harrell / B. Johnson
C - DJ / Reed

I dont' think Ewans and Wes Johnson will get more than 2-3 mpg playing time, considering we have 4 players capable of playing PG, 4 players capable of playing SF.