kdthunderup wrote:oreojenkins wrote:Is Gordon, Fournier, Augustin for Westbrook, Grant, and Patterson (give or take) feasible? I've been thinking about it after Slick posted and I kind of like the idea of Gordon.
I'd rather guys who are stuck on rookie deals who we can manage and keep for years. Gordon would bounce straight after his deal and doesn't do much for this team in the long term.
Rationale would be we save $8 mil towards the cap immediately and Gordon makes $20 mil/$18 mil/$16 mil as a 24/25/26 year old. He's already good. Grades out as a postive defender. Shot 35% from 3, 40% from corner last year. If he were to work out and wants to stay, great. If not, he could be pretty valuable as a flip down the line. And we're out from underneath most of Westbrook's contract. I just saw some Orlando fans mention he might be available in a Westbrook trade.
The Miami alternative is basically (likely) Herro and protection removal that probably won't matter. If we could flip Dragic, that would help. But we're also not saving money here and would likely have to find another way to limit our tax exposure. Argument for getting 7 years of control v. 3 is valid for sure.
I'm not dug in to any of these positions, just feel like we've fully flushed out Miami as an option. Figured it was worth considering the alternatives.
