greg4012 wrote:AirP. wrote:greg4012 wrote:
Same seems to apply to Vincent.
Wish so badly that we could just give them Duncan's remaining salary to split lol
Not quite, players like Vincent are easier to replace than Strus who plays 2-4 for Miami. Just look back in the last 7 years for Miami, you've added cheap players like Waiters and Nunn and I know in my old Chicago fan days they rotated smaller scorers on minimu deals over and over (some players Miami fans may remember), Nate Robinson, DJ Augustine (cut by the Bobcats and Raptors the year he stuck with Chicago), John Lucas III, C.Duhon and A.Brooks, hell, Chicago even cut Dinwiddie in spring training while he looked good. There's always guys you can find who can score (they just might not be good at much else)... how about just giving Bouyea a small 2-3 year contract at the minimum?
But Vincent's POA defense is valuable and one thing that Nunn sucked at. Pair that with shooting (hopefully) and secondary scoring and it becomes a little more viable than replacement level.
I just want Miami to retain some defensive guard help that can be a complementary 2-way player. I don't want the burden of defending the fast perimeter scorers to default to Jimmy.
If we can replace Vincent for cheap with someone who checks those boxes, I'm all for it.
Correct! Yes, Vincent does add effort on the defensive end which a lot of those other guards couldn't do, but look around and see if there's cheaper options out there vs just handing over a bigger than needed contract to retain him. Going back to Robinson, not only did Miami have a possible replacement for him on the bench in Strus, but M.Monk was also available at a much lower price, I believe he signed with LA for 5 mil and then signed a multiyear deal with Sacramento for 10 mil per year and he's a very good 3pt shooter with a much more diverse game than Robinson. It's little things like this that can save money to be utilized somewhere else.
Right now, it's quite possible paying Vincent and/or Strus locks this team in for the next 2-3 years and if Miami overpays them, it'll be really hard to retool the team without throwing assets out the window to make it happen. Don't forget, these guys did not play well in the regular season in a much larger dataset. Vincent shot .334 from 3pt range on 5.1 3pt attempts, that's a pretty big sample size, Strus shot .350 from 3pt range on 7 3pt attempts a game. Don't overpay based on a small sample size... in the playoffs Strus is shooting a solid .385 from 3pt range on 4.9 attempts per game and Gabe... .377 from 3pt range on 7.6 3s a game. Don't let them Biyombo you.
Spoiler:
It's just weird how Miami seems to be ok vastly overpaying their own players when there's probably better options on the market and then just let some walk away for small contracts like Nunn or Dragic (Miami could have had him back to back years for the minimum on their bench), it's just odd.
