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“My romantic ideal is to develop our own and create a superstar from one of our draft picks or someone we acquire like the Spencer Dinwiddie’s,” said Atkinson. “I think that’s possible. I know no one else thinks that’s possible, you can’t take these guys and (win), they’ll be good but (not great). I’m in our guys’ ears, Caris (LeVert), Spencer, D-Lo, let’s go to great. Just good isn’t good enough. That’s my romantic idea, my job.

This sounds good keep building through the draft and add role players in free agency. Get a stud in a trade and keep the cap space to acquire more picks if they don't get who they want in free agency.

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Danny Green could be an option after they go after the cream of the crop. He's a good 3point shooter and defender from the Popovic mold.

kamaze wrote:Danny Green could be an option after they go after the cream of the crop. He's a good 3point shooter and defender from the Popovic mold.

Danny green would be a waste of cap space. we already have harris and crabbe. Green doesnt move the needle much and would cost 30-40% of our available cap. he is also 32 and coming off an outlier season

kamaze wrote:Danny Green could be an option after they go after the cream of the crop. He's a good 3point shooter and defender from the Popovic mold.

I would rather bring back bogdanivic.

drchaos wrote:

kamaze wrote:Danny Green could be an option after they go after the cream of the crop. He's a good 3point shooter and defender from the Popovic mold.

I would rather bring back bogdanivic.

Bogdanovic is just like Harris in that he's a shooter that doesn't excel in the fast break or attacking the rim and finishing with a dunk. He's also not a good defender.
The team could use someone at small forward who is a good defender, can attack the rim and get to the free throw line and/or get out in the fast break because of defense.

They have Harris and Crabbe they don't need Bogey.

Prokorov wrote:

kamaze wrote:Danny Green could be an option after they go after the cream of the crop. He's a good 3point shooter and defender from the Popovic mold.

Danny green would be a waste of cap space. we already have harris and crabbe. Green doesnt move the needle much and would cost 30-40% of our available cap. he is also 32 and coming off an outlier season

The first thing they need to do is look for a power forward after that depending on how much money is left over they can fix the rest of the roster.

His age could be a positive Sean Marks will figure it out.
I'm thinking of shifting this team to more of a defensive club with guys who fit in the offense he fits to a tee. He's also a Long Island native.

I don't see what Danny Green has to do with Kenny's quote.

I did love hearing this from Kenny. I think people forgot how good Spencer was before his thumb injury. 17 and 5 on great efficiency with some monster clutch games. His 3pt shot fell off a cliff after the surgery. If he and LeVert can get their 3pt percentage up to even 35%, we're talking about 2 guys who can get to the rim at will and get you 5 assist a game. Dinwiddie should realistically be around 37%.

Russell was great for us this year but he was still just a borderline all star. Kenny was trying to say that there's still plenty of room for internal improvement. Good to great is the perfect message for the squad.

MGrand15 wrote:I don't see what Danny Green has to do with Kenny's quote.

I did love hearing this from Kenny. I think people forgot how good Spencer was before his thumb injury. 17 and 5 on great efficiency with some monster clutch games. His 3pt shot fell off a cliff after the surgery. If he and LeVert can get their 3pt percentage up to even 35%, we're talking about 2 guys who can get to the rim at will and get you 5 assist a game. Dinwiddie should realistically be around 37%.

Russell was great for us this year but he was still just a borderline all star. Kenny was trying to say that there's still plenty of room for internal improvement. Good to great is the perfect message for the squad.

Signing Green works well with building through the draft they still need some good defensive minded vets. Speaking of 3 point percentage he shot 45 % from there.

kamaze wrote:

drchaos wrote:

kamaze wrote:Danny Green could be an option after they go after the cream of the crop. He's a good 3point shooter and defender from the Popovic mold.

I would rather bring back bogdanivic.

Bogdanovic is just like Harris in that he's a shooter that doesn't excel in the fast break or attacking the rim and finishing with a dunk. He's also not a good defender.
The team could use someone at small forward who is a good defender, can attack the rim and get to the free throw line and/or get out in the fast break because of defense.

They have Harris and Crabbe they don't need Bogey.

Green isnt good at the rim. he barely scores at the rim at all.

harris on the other hand 2 years in a row is among the best finishers at the rim. his volume at the rim is much higher then green. bogdanovic scored 3 times as many points at the rim as green.

green is pretty much exclusively an outside shooter... even on the break.

maybe you are thinking of jaymychel green?

kamaze wrote:

Prokorov wrote:

kamaze wrote:Danny Green could be an option after they go after the cream of the crop. He's a good 3point shooter and defender from the Popovic mold.

Danny green would be a waste of cap space. we already have harris and crabbe. Green doesnt move the needle much and would cost 30-40% of our available cap. he is also 32 and coming off an outlier season

The first thing they need to do is look for a power forward after that depending on how much money is left over they can fix the rest of the roster.

His age could be a positive Sean Marks will figure it out.
I'm thinking of shifting this team to more of a defensive club with guys who fit in the offense he fits to a tee. He's also a Long Island native.

We need talent... at PF would be nice but we need star talent anywhere we can get it.

double post Go Nets!

kamaze wrote:

Prokorov wrote:

kamaze wrote:
Bogdanovic is just like Harris in that he's a shooter that doesn't excel in the fast break or attacking the rim and finishing with a dunk. He's also not a good defender.
The team could use someone at small forward who is a good defender, can attack the rim and get to the free throw line and/or get out in the fast break because of defense.

They have Harris and Crabbe they don't need Bogey.

Green isnt good at the rim. he barely scores at the rim at all.

harris on the other hand 2 years in a row is among the best finishers at the rim. his volume at the rim is much higher then green. bogdanovic scored 3 times as many points at the rim as green.

green is pretty much exclusively an outside shooter... even on the break.

maybe you are thinking of jaymychel green?

I was talking about small forwards getting to the rim not shooting guards.
Harris and Crabbe are shooting guards that can play small forward but playing on the perimeter is their bread and butter.

It's ok if your shooting guard doesn't go to the rim if the rest of the team does.
The point guard, the small forward, the power forward and the center.
The problem is when you don't have a point guard that get to the line, a small forward who doesn't and neither does the power forward.

KD and Brook Lopez plus internal development will get this team to the ECF finals as a minimum. I still don't get how people on here are in love with us signing ball hogging guards like Kyrie, Kemba or Butler. Our guards know the system and how to share the ball. If we can't get KD then maybe Harris or Randle.

Aussienet3 wrote:KD and Brook Lopez plus internal development will get this team to the ECF finals as a minimum. I still don't get how people on here are in love with us signing ball hogging guards like Kyrie, Kemba or Butler. Our guards know the system and how to share the ball. If we can't get KD then maybe Harris or Randle.

Butler is an elite defender that we are sorely lacking.

Anything he does on offense is just gravy.

drchaos wrote:

Aussienet3 wrote:KD and Brook Lopez plus internal development will get this team to the ECF finals as a minimum. I still don't get how people on here are in love with us signing ball hogging guards like Kyrie, Kemba or Butler. Our guards know the system and how to share the ball. If we can't get KD then maybe Harris or Randle.

Butler is an elite defender that we are sorely lacking.

Anything he does on offense is just gravy.

I see a player who has burned through 3 teams in 4 years. Something doesn't add up. Therefore it's a no from me.

kamaze wrote:

kamaze wrote:

Prokorov wrote:
Green isnt good at the rim. he barely scores at the rim at all.

harris on the other hand 2 years in a row is among the best finishers at the rim. his volume at the rim is much higher then green. bogdanovic scored 3 times as many points at the rim as green.

green is pretty much exclusively an outside shooter... even on the break.

maybe you are thinking of jaymychel green?

I was talking about small forwards getting to the rim not shooting guards.
Harris and Crabbe are shooting guards that can play small forward but playing on the perimeter is their bread and butter.

It's ok if your shooting guard doesn't go to the rim if the rest of the team does.
The point guard, the small forward, the power forward and the center.
The problem is when you don't have a point guard that get to the line, a small forward who doesn't and neither does the power forward.

That still doesnt change the fact that green isnt good at the rim, makes our problem worse, would use up a huge portion of our cap preventing us from bringing in good players, and is completely redundant with harris and crabbe

Aussienet3 wrote:KD and Brook Lopez plus internal development will get this team to the ECF finals as a minimum. I still don't get how people on here are in love with us signing ball hogging guards like Kyrie, Kemba or Butler. Our guards know the system and how to share the ball. If we can't get KD then maybe Harris or Randle.

Everyone would want KD, obviously.

Brook Lopez is a role player, we were smart to move on from him and have done nothing but improve since we got rid of him and moved to modern centers.

Randle will cost to much, cant justify paying a backup center 15-20 million.

Kemba, Butler, and Kyrie are all star players who for 82 games give you what Russell gave us for 3 months. all are perfect fits hit and all would move the needle in a big way. Kennys system wants 2 ball handlers who can shoot on the floor at all times. id be trhilled with any of those guys

Aussienet3 wrote:

drchaos wrote:

Aussienet3 wrote:KD and Brook Lopez plus internal development will get this team to the ECF finals as a minimum. I still don't get how people on here are in love with us signing ball hogging guards like Kyrie, Kemba or Butler. Our guards know the system and how to share the ball. If we can't get KD then maybe Harris or Randle.

Butler is an elite defender that we are sorely lacking.

Anything he does on offense is just gravy.

I see a player who has burned through 3 teams in 4 years. Something doesn't add up. Therefore it's a no from me.

He led the bulls to the playoffs, when they rebuilt he was dealt to minnesota.... hard not to see why he would want out when they have entitle young kids who dont want to work hard and are in a horrible location.

in philly he has been excellent. doing a tonof heavy lifting in the playoffs

he is also among the top 3 clutch players in the league the past 3-4 seasons

Lol at backup center