The board seems pretty into the idea of signing Dedmond. How much money do you think it will take?
For me, I think the bidding is going to get expensive. Per Shams on the Athletic
The Hawks could be a destination for contract dumps once again, sources said. Atlanta also has interest in potentially re-signing free agent center Dewayne Dedmon to a balloon one-year deal, according to sources — or a shorter-term contract like the two-year, $14 million deal he signed in 2017.
Being a big who can shoot decently well, I think he will attract interest at a mid-level type contract ($9,246,000). So, when all is said and done, I think we are potentially looking at something more than the mid level and for three or four years. I'm thinking something in the range of 3 years, $35 million or something like that. A recent article from A Royal Pain projected him at 2 years, $22 million...I think that is low.
Are you willing to pay that much to a guy who has been a journeyman most of his career and only recently has shown signs of being rotation level? At the beginning of last season, five-thirty-eight's CARMELO said the most similar player to him was 2016 Timofey Mozgov.
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/carmelo/dewayne-dedmon/ Using Basketball Reference's similarity scores, his carreer is mirroring Dan Gadzuric.
I do think Dedmond is better than the above suggests, but that is a lot of money to be throwing at a guy like Dedmon. Sure, you would be paying Vuc $30 million a year, but he has shown for years that he is above average offensively and can rebound. Dedmon shot one three pointer the first four years of his career.
For me, I think I would pass at Dedmond at those salaries. I would go hard after the second tier free agents (Harris, Butler, Middleton) and when I strike out, I think I would go after the verteran, mid level types to fit in with the team. I am thinking like the Morris Twins, Cory Joseph, Ed Davis, Jeff Green, James Ennis, Wilson Chandler.
If the Kings could get him on a balloon contract like Shams suggests (maybe like 2 years, 30 million), I might consider it. It would be a chunk of capspace, but not too long term and it gives us time for Giles to develop. But more than two years, I start to worry.