dms269 wrote:Unfortunately we are gonna have to move salary. I don't believe Ressler will do over the tax and right now we have too many high dollar guys.
I would expect Bogi to try and be moved if they feel someone can do the same cheaper (if not Griffin)
I'll be a bit more positive on this one, I think that Ressler realized (thanks to the fantastic season of Huerter even if he was not hot in the playoffs like in the regular season) that he screwed the team by trading Huerter just for money reason.
I'm pretty sure he's OK now to pay the tax (maybe for a reasonable amount) if Quin he's sure it would improve the team.
The only thing that hurts is that it was really the season to do that, you can't trade for a guy that was All Star and immediately cut salaries, because it will be lost for the next season too. They could trade Huerter for the same kind of contract/player last summer, or this summer, but get something.
Regarding Bogi, I would absolutely not trading him, unless it is needed to include him to get a star. Bogi had the best Net rating in the playoffs, and is on a friendly contract.
IMHO, it's exactly the kind of case where you keep the player.
Jamaaliver wrote:I know we as fans tend to focus on the top of the roster, but I'd like to see Hawks pivot and add more focus into developing UDFAs into actual rotation players.
it'd improve depth, defense and alleviate some of our salary cap issues. Miami seems to have found a nice balance.
Unfortunately, our bench players were good once Quin took the HC job, it's our starting five that was dominated, including the playoffs games.
jayu70 wrote:The hope when we selected Cam and Dre, at least one of them would be the wing to be the yang to Trae's Ying. So far, underwhelming.
Yes, we knew Hunter would not be 300% the player he was after the draft, but it was expected more than what he's right now.
Cam should have been better too.
I see two things:
- a personal thing for each player, Hunter never being the same and playing at 100% since his two injuries (was not managed the right way) and Cam making stupid decision of going all offense and not playing defense, or having a stupid agent telling him to do that (I think Schlenk had problems with his agent)
- they never, but really never, had a chance to play in a system where they could be the second option during a 15-20 games stretch, which would have at least help them improving and see if they can fit this role.
This team is mainly axial, from Trae to Capela. But it's easy to see that the few times they moved and shared/moved the ball, they are playing on another level
Trae needs spacing to impact more without increasing his usage. Huerter and Gallo were bringing spacing, far more than Murray.
So they have improve spacing if they make some trades, and IMHO, it has to be done not only on the wing, but also by stopping this 48min C rotation with two Cs unable to shoot 3s
Now, the main improvement this team can do is not depending on players changes or not, but by asking Trae to stop thinking about this damn 30pts/10ast game record, and play like Nash.
I would prefer to see him breaking a 20pts/15ast record than a 30pts/10ast record because the first one would be fore sure more valuable to the team than the second one.
