ImNotMcDiSwear wrote:bwgood77 wrote:Just saw that...looks like they are good with talking about things like 3-4 months after we have here. Although I guess the talk continues a lot for 3-4 months.
What do you expect? We're, like, 100 people spitballing. A lot of us only care about one sport. And plenty of us only care about one team within that sport.
It's what I expect. They are typically a little slower and behind things. We have been doing this for years so are on top of it, so we start early and typically repeat ourselves for months. It seems like time crawls by for us not being in the playoffs. We typically know we are out of it very early, like February or earlier, so we start talking about FA SO early that by May and June when most start thinking about it more we have practically beat every scenario to death...always nice to get new info though so hopefully we start to see/hear more about our draft workouts soon.
ImNotMcDiSwear wrote:I don't see how one of Collison or Cory Joseph doesn't bolt. Could we grab one? I can't imagine Joseph would turn down 3 years and a starting job if we offered it. Collison I think may require more money than we could offer without stretching Tyler. Why not target Tyus Jones or Delon Wright instead?
There's just a whole lot to think about here. If we have two vet PGs (including Tyler), we could have Elie develop behind them and perhaps earn a rotation spot by 2020-21. Having Elie and Melton here already, I have a hard time getting behind another PG-in-training at #6 unless we're pretty convinced. Personally, I have White ahead of Garland, primarily due to sample size, but secondarily due to size, personality, and well-roundedness.
If we grab White at #6, you gotta expect we would spend our FA money on another position. I can't get out of my head what James Jones said at the end of the season - that he wanted more toughness at the 4 spot next to Ayton. No matter which 4 you draft, you're probably not getting a lot of NBA-level toughness. So do you draft White and then focus on PFs in free agency? Problem is, there just aren't a whole lot of tough guys who may be available for the money we have.
Unless we go the trade route, my best guesses at the 4 would be Taj Gibson, Jonas Jerebko and Noah Vonleh. The rest of the players I might consider are somewhat outside of our $$$ range.
So, Draft White and sign Gibson/Jerebko/Vonleh? Or draft Clarke and sign Joseph/Seth/Tyus/McConnell/Rose/Ish/Beverley/Delon..... dang, there sure are a lot of capable PGs available in this summer's free agency, aren't there? Looks to me like the safer route to travel!!
I think one of Collison or Joseph is gone. I had thought they would re-sign Collison but on their board, they don't seem to mention him as a must keep type of guy. But as successful as they were pre Dipo going down, I'm not sure they would be ready to hand the reigns to Holiday.
I think Joseph is a good backup on a good team. I was higher on him earlier but he's a pretty solid player.
I really have always liked Tyus Jones. I think there is little chance the TWolves don't match a reasonable offer though.
I don't see a real reason not to keep both Melton and Okobo at their cost unless some team really wants them and we draft AND sign additional PGs which is possible. There are arguments for both. Melton may be hard to keep after next year anyway and we hold control for less, but you could argue is more ready now than Okobo. Okobo is under very very cheap control for 3 years...the kind of young potential upside talent at a dirt cheap cost that is hard to come by. Melton is just as cheap but only for one more year possibly.
I didn't think they'd draft Clarke, but now I'm thinking the possibility has gone up. I know there are at least some in our FO who like him.
I don't necessarily think what we do in the draft should impact what we do in FA. There are not really any starters or maybe high minutes guys in our range that we should figure our for sure in the rotation in our range, if we plan on being competitive. Clarke would have the most chance due to current skills/iq, but probably moreso when Ayton is off the floor if neither has developed range.
Culver maybe though he did shrink some in big college games which scares me a bit of what he will do at the next level and his lack of shooting doesn't help. Though he was keyed in on by the other team so that was part of it.