Skybox wrote:eyriq wrote:Same. My top three targets were Klay, GTJ, and HieldIdiosyncratic wrote:
Was one of my bargain options in the offseason, probably just earned himself a bit more money.
Crazy to look at what Trent and Beasley signed for last offseason. You can definitely still find competent shooting for cheap, not us though, we are not allowed to have that.
Those guys (and typically, those kind of guys) thrive next to a premier PG…otherwise, they’re just non-defending KCP or Caleb’s. We’d get the same shooting threat with more on-ball skill with Simons or CJ…which makes a lot more sense if they’re paired with Suggs instead of Dame or Curry or Kyrie or Cade.
I still like Simons a lot, leaving much of the playmaking with Franz & Paolo….but this year is also showing the value of ALSO having a pure PG on the roster, even just for a significant bench role- a better CoJo.
I do agree to an extent, they would probably be worse here, but at that price would have taken a chance on a guy like that and see how they fit.
All of these guys average a massive amount of three attempts regardless of who their PG is for their careers, and all have great percentages. Beasley in the 12 games Cade missed this year for instance averaged 19 a game on a 62 TS%. Agree they are flawed players, but when we talk about experimenting on the fringes for players that fit better, trying a player like this and seeing how it affected the defense while adding volume 3s would have made sense to me. Like if you could plug a guy like this in and have the defense not suffer much because Mosely's system is so good that would be a huge win regardless of PG situation IMO. Would have been nice to try out IMO.
Also I would be fine with Simons. I think expirings plus late 1st would be teetering on overpay, but maybe ultimately tolerable. He is coming off a pretty weak year and makes a lot. I would be way more comfortable dumping a 1st if we can lose some longterm money. We need him to clean up his shot selection and stick to threes because no way his shooting should be that low with his skillset. I am mostly pro adding Simons at this point though, decent PnR handler, shoot 10 3s a game here.
Thinking Mosley can hide him on D and that his 3 volume will greatly help us is a fine take IMO. I am sort of there, willing to try it for a year. I can't even discuss the athleticism or wingspan of a guy who cannot grab a rebound or contest a shot, I think that area is just chalked. On his trade value, he makes 28 million which is way above his value IMO, that to me alone should make his trade value pretty low off the rip. Blazers fans want to get rid of him and he had the lowest +/- on the entire team. Not sure there are a ton of suitors to bid against either, I just don't think the price should be very high, that is my opinion, I could be wrong. 
