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Igoudala is headed back to Golden State.

I don't like this move, I think there's a lot better left on the market.

solid move for brooklyn. kind of surprised the raps let him walk. he’s a solid bench player.

Bembry is a solid defensive wing but he can't shoot. I'm not sure what Marks is doing here because now there is overlap between Bruce Brown and Bembry.

MrDollarBills wrote:Bembry is a solid defensive wing but he can't shoot. I'm not sure what Marks is doing here because now there is overlap between Bruce Brown and Bembry.

Well, Nets were interested in Iggy so Bembry is the closest substitute for that. As for fit, Bembry would probably be part of our 3rd unit and strictly a BBJr insurance. I also suggested signing Ntilikina for this role, but I don't think this signing (roster spot 11-15) makes much difference unless we have long term injury to BBJr.

Thinking about it further, Iggy would not accept a role behind BBJr so there will no doubt be some sort of overlap on court. Maybe that's why he ultimately chose the Warriors?

haosmoove wrote:

MrDollarBills wrote:Bembry is a solid defensive wing but he can't shoot. I'm not sure what Marks is doing here because now there is overlap between Bruce Brown and Bembry.

Well, Nets were interested in Iggy so Bembry is the closest substitute for that. As for fit, Bembry would probably be part of our 3rd unit and strictly a BBJr insurance. I also suggested signing Ntilikina for this role, but I don't think this signing (roster spot 11-15) makes much difference unless we have long term injury to BBJr.

Thinking about it further, Iggy would not accept a role behind BBJr so there will no doubt be some sort of overlap on court. Maybe that's why he ultimately chose the Warriors?

Nah, he said he wants to retire there. I think this is his last season.

MrDollarBills wrote:Bembry is a solid defensive wing but he can't shoot. I'm not sure what Marks is doing here because now there is overlap between Bruce Brown and Bembry.

Agreed. Not sure I really see how this works as the last player we need insurance for is Bruce.

Not a big fan of this signing. He does help with a need (wing defense) but he's also not good enough to be getting minutes on a championship team. At this point, you might as well bring RHJ back and there won't be much of a difference between that and this.

Lets Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Love the signing. Bembry is a dog. We now have a defender Dog at PG/SG (Carter), G/F (Bembry), F/C (Johnson). He give you more defense then the guys like Iguodala or Bradley who have fallen off a cliff. Not a great shooter but he isnt a 0 on offense. he is really solid in transition and is aggressive going to the rim. High IQ, passes well. just ask hawks fans who were pissed he went to toronto. He is one of those glue guys you need... he is one of those energy guys who prevents you from losing to detroit on a random tuesday in february cause your starters are sleep walking.

Look the Big3 are gonna carry us on offense. the idea isnt that Bembry or Johnson play 30 minutes. the idea is you can plug any combination of these guys (Carter/bembry/brown/johnson/claxton) into the lineup and get stops. We flat out did not have that last year.

We still have tons of shooting. Kyrie, Harden, Mills, Harris, KD, Blake.



I can see people being iffy on carter cause he is an unknown but Bembry is a G and has been for like 5 years now. He is everything that Pat Beverly pretends to be. He is also a sneak great athlete. he gets up. He is like the SG version of brown, only with a mean streak. he plays tough and angry. He was a menace at st. joes. He has alot of dog in him LOVE this signing.

MrDollarBills wrote:Bembry is a solid defensive wing but he can't shoot. I'm not sure what Marks is doing here because now there is overlap between Bruce Brown and Bembry.

Brown is more SF/PF

Bembry is more SG/SF

We lacked guys who could defend smalls. look at what sexton did to us. Brown wont defend the sextons of the world. Bembry and Carter can.

This was a great move as far as minimums go. id assume he would have went for closer to 4M a year

DarkXaero wrote:Not a big fan of this signing. He does help with a need (wing defense) but he's also not good enough to be getting minutes on a championship team. At this point, you might as well bring RHJ back and there won't be much of a difference between that and this.

Not many vet min guys are going to give 20+ minutes to a top 3 contending team. Bembry could give us solid minutes and be a top 9 rotation guy in the regular season and see some spot playoff minutes when we need stops.

Shark wrote:

MrDollarBills wrote:Bembry is a solid defensive wing but he can't shoot. I'm not sure what Marks is doing here because now there is overlap between Bruce Brown and Bembry.

Agreed. Not sure I really see how this works as the last player we need insurance for is Bruce.

We need depth defemsively and guys who can guard smalls. Bruce didnt do that too well.

Prokorov wrote:Lets Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Love the signing. Bembry is a dog. We now have a defender Dog at PG/SG (Carter), G/F (Bembry), F/C (Johnson). He give you more defense then the guys like Iguodala or Bradley who have fallen off a cliff. Not a great shooter but he isnt a 0 on offense. he is really solid in transition and is aggressive going to the rim. High IQ, passes well. just ask hawks fans who were pissed he went to toronto. He is one of those glue guys you need... he is one of those energy guys who prevents you from losing to detroit on a random tuesday in february cause your starters are sleep walking.

Look the Big3 are gonna carry us on offense. the idea isnt that Bembry or Johnson play 30 minutes. the idea is you can plug any combination of these guys (Carter/bembry/brown/johnson/claxton) into the lineup and get stops. We flat out did not have that last year.

We still have tons of shooting. Kyrie, Harden, Mills, Harris, KD, Blake.

Watch on YouTube

I can see people being iffy on carter cause he is an unknown but Bembry is a G and has been for like 5 years now. He is everything that Pat Beverly pretends to be. He is also a sneak great athlete. he gets up. He is like the SG version of brown, only with a mean streak. he plays tough and angry. He was a menace at st. joes. He has alot of dog in him LOVE this signing.

I have no issue with Bembry because I have seen first hand how much of a dog he was when he played for the Hawks. I just want Marks to add one additional shooter to the roster, preferably at forward.

Prokorov wrote:

DarkXaero wrote:Not a big fan of this signing. He does help with a need (wing defense) but he's also not good enough to be getting minutes on a championship team. At this point, you might as well bring RHJ back and there won't be much of a difference between that and this.

Not many vet min guys are going to give 20+ minutes to a top 3 contending team. Bembry could give us solid minutes and be a top 9 rotation guy in the regular season and see some spot playoff minutes when we need stops.

I don't see Bembry being a part of our rotation in the regular season (unless we don't play Bruce Brown). Nash doesn't like playing more than one non-shooter at a time. For that reason, I would have signed James Ennis for minimum instead. He's not as good of a defender as Bembry but he's a far better shooter and can still play defense.

MrDollarBills wrote:

Prokorov wrote:Lets Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Love the signing. Bembry is a dog. We now have a defender Dog at PG/SG (Carter), G/F (Bembry), F/C (Johnson). He give you more defense then the guys like Iguodala or Bradley who have fallen off a cliff. Not a great shooter but he isnt a 0 on offense. he is really solid in transition and is aggressive going to the rim. High IQ, passes well. just ask hawks fans who were pissed he went to toronto. He is one of those glue guys you need... he is one of those energy guys who prevents you from losing to detroit on a random tuesday in february cause your starters are sleep walking.

Look the Big3 are gonna carry us on offense. the idea isnt that Bembry or Johnson play 30 minutes. the idea is you can plug any combination of these guys (Carter/bembry/brown/johnson/claxton) into the lineup and get stops. We flat out did not have that last year.

We still have tons of shooting. Kyrie, Harden, Mills, Harris, KD, Blake.

Watch on YouTube

I can see people being iffy on carter cause he is an unknown but Bembry is a G and has been for like 5 years now. He is everything that Pat Beverly pretends to be. He is also a sneak great athlete. he gets up. He is like the SG version of brown, only with a mean streak. he plays tough and angry. He was a menace at st. joes. He has alot of dog in him LOVE this signing.

I have no issue with Bembry because I have seen first hand how much of a dog he was when he played for the Hawks. I just want Marks to add one additional shooter to the roster, preferably at forward.

I agree, If there is one more thing id add it would be a PF who shoots 36% or better from deep. Mike Scott seems to be that guy. milsap obviously too but id think he would want a bigger role. Probably part of why iggy passed

i dont think James johnson is better then the percentages. i think with open looks he would see a career year like green did. not 40% but a big boost over prior highs.

I keep going back to those pistons games we lost. Grant going off. their guards getting to the hoop. we were kind of sleep walking. Brown provided some spart but still got beat. thats not gonna happen with the squad we have now as often.
Marks has been awesome. All we heard all year is how we cant defend and are soft. no more.

Prokorov wrote:

MrDollarBills wrote:

Prokorov wrote:Lets Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Love the signing. Bembry is a dog. We now have a defender Dog at PG/SG (Carter), G/F (Bembry), F/C (Johnson). He give you more defense then the guys like Iguodala or Bradley who have fallen off a cliff. Not a great shooter but he isnt a 0 on offense. he is really solid in transition and is aggressive going to the rim. High IQ, passes well. just ask hawks fans who were pissed he went to toronto. He is one of those glue guys you need... he is one of those energy guys who prevents you from losing to detroit on a random tuesday in february cause your starters are sleep walking.

Look the Big3 are gonna carry us on offense. the idea isnt that Bembry or Johnson play 30 minutes. the idea is you can plug any combination of these guys (Carter/bembry/brown/johnson/claxton) into the lineup and get stops. We flat out did not have that last year.

We still have tons of shooting. Kyrie, Harden, Mills, Harris, KD, Blake.

Watch on YouTube

I can see people being iffy on carter cause he is an unknown but Bembry is a G and has been for like 5 years now. He is everything that Pat Beverly pretends to be. He is also a sneak great athlete. he gets up. He is like the SG version of brown, only with a mean streak. he plays tough and angry. He was a menace at st. joes. He has alot of dog in him LOVE this signing.

I have no issue with Bembry because I have seen first hand how much of a dog he was when he played for the Hawks. I just want Marks to add one additional shooter to the roster, preferably at forward.

I agree, If there is one more thing id add it would be a PF who shoots 36% or better from deep. Mike Scott seems to be that guy. milsap obviously too but id think he would want a bigger role. Probably part of why iggy passed

i dont think James johnson is better then the percentages. i think with open looks he would see a career year like green did. not 40% but a big boost over prior highs.

I keep going back to those pistons games we lost. Grant going off. their guards getting to the hoop. we were kind of sleep walking. Brown provided some spart but still got beat. thats not gonna happen with the squad we have now as often.
Marks has been awesome. All we heard all year is how we cant defend and are soft. no more.

Even if we take a slight step back offensively, we are now a two way team. Marks has us primed for a championship run, all we need to do is stay healthy.

DarkXaero wrote:

Prokorov wrote:

DarkXaero wrote:Not a big fan of this signing. He does help with a need (wing defense) but he's also not good enough to be getting minutes on a championship team. At this point, you might as well bring RHJ back and there won't be much of a difference between that and this.

Not many vet min guys are going to give 20+ minutes to a top 3 contending team. Bembry could give us solid minutes and be a top 9 rotation guy in the regular season and see some spot playoff minutes when we need stops.

I don't see Bembry being a part of our rotation in the regular season (unless we don't play Bruce Brown). Nash doesn't like playing more than one non-shooter at a time. For that reason, I would have signed James Ennis for minimum instead. He's not as good of a defender as Bembry but he's a far better shooter and can still play defense.

I think the regular season is going to require alot of players. like last year. KD is gonna sit. Kyrie is gonna sit. Even if Harden goes back to being an iron man he will sit. Also, We played those guys 36 minutes or more. that cant happen, it needs to go down. I can see Bembry in the top 8-9 in the rotation, maybe even playing more then Brown. Hard to say, need to see how it shakes out. Both will play a ton just out of necessity with rest/injuries.

Also, I think Marks is forcing Nash's hand a bit. Kinda being like... you have effing harden/kyrie/KD you can play some non shooters and find a way to score.

also, FWIW, Bembry is kind of like brown in that he is small but can finish above the rim. He makes up for lack of shooting because he can rim run for a smaller guy and cut to the rim and finish. Harden will get him some hoops.

I can see him being on the bench mob in playoffs. not saying he is a lock bgi contributor. but he certaily is good enough too. I Like him next to mills. It will be bembry and carter competeting for the backup guard spot next to Mills.

MrDollarBills wrote:

Prokorov wrote:

MrDollarBills wrote:

I have no issue with Bembry because I have seen first hand how much of a dog he was when he played for the Hawks. I just want Marks to add one additional shooter to the roster, preferably at forward.

I agree, If there is one more thing id add it would be a PF who shoots 36% or better from deep. Mike Scott seems to be that guy. milsap obviously too but id think he would want a bigger role. Probably part of why iggy passed

i dont think James johnson is better then the percentages. i think with open looks he would see a career year like green did. not 40% but a big boost over prior highs.

I keep going back to those pistons games we lost. Grant going off. their guards getting to the hoop. we were kind of sleep walking. Brown provided some spart but still got beat. thats not gonna happen with the squad we have now as often.
Marks has been awesome. All we heard all year is how we cant defend and are soft. no more.

Even if we take a slight step back offensively, we are now a two way team. Marks has us primed for a championship run, all we need to do is stay healthy.

Yea, and we are stepping back from the greatest offense in league history (literlally).

Thats with 5 games of the big 3 together or whatever it was. You could put any 2 guys next to the big 3 and at worst be a top 5 offense. We shouldnt worry too much about defenders who cant shoot

I remember being at least mildly annoyed that we didn't draft Bembry and ATL did. His playstyle had a bit of a 2000s vibe to it but I liked that he was one of the more polished players coming out of the draft, even though admittedly he was closer to his proverbial ceiling than others.

I didn't really follow him much after he was drafted to ATL and only noticed him when he faced us. I know that he went to TOR at some point.

Defense wasn't Bembry's forte coming out of the draft, but I hope he's at least an active defender. We've got more than enough offense on this team. He would be most valuable as someone capable of making spot-up 3s off of Harden's penetration and dishing and someone taller than 6'4' who can actually guard and contest the shots of someone of similar size. I look forward to seeing how he'll make out with us.

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