DeBlazerRiddem wrote:zzaj wrote:JasonStern wrote:
maybe. I'm not the one paying the luxury tax bill.
It also depends on what you call a "sharpshooter". If you take away the last two games of last year's regular season (in which he played great) you have two seasons full of 0-0, 0-1, 0-2, 0-3 with the occasional 1-1 and 1-2 mixed in to up his percentages.
Pat seems to show decent skills and instincts for a third string player, and shows a competitive streak...but his skill set isn't so precious that it can't be easily replaced by any number of lower tier FAs.
I think there is a fair chance that Pat could be our 3rd best 3 point shooter and our 2nd unit is going to need floor spacing.
I do think its imperative that we get below the tax this season, which means cutting 3 million if we want to hang onto Pat.
I think cutting 3 mil could be easily done. Ed Davis's contract is decent along with Aminu's. I could easily see one of those guys being expendable especially if one of the rookies proves to be a valuable rotation guy.
I do agree that Connaughton could be our 3rd best 3 point shooter and I'd like to at least give him a shot to prove that he can be. We are pretty loaded in the front court now but I really think it's gonna be important to have a guard who can shoot coming off the bench. Napier might fill some of that void but at 6-1 he probably shouldn't be playing much SG