31to6 wrote:captain green wrote:Just to get a pulse where are we weakest?
Pg: white, pp, banton, JD( Brogdon, tatum, al)
Sg: Brown, Brogdon, champ, scrubb (banton, white)
Sf: Tatum, Brissett, Walsh (brown Brogdon Hauser banton champ)
Pf: unicorn, Hauser ( Tatum, brissett, horford, timelord)
C: timelord, horford, kornet ( unicorn)
So the one free agent you can drop in this and smooth it out is whom? Also who is your? Third two way? I'm saying pf/c and going with Christian Wood ( rumor's withstanding decent stats for vet minimum. And then signing olex for third two way.
What is the weakest position? Who is your free agent? And who is your two way?
1. Weakest position is backup SG in that if JB and/or Malcolm gets banged up we have PP playing major minutes. And I like PP, but not that much. Or maybe they trust Banton, which would be cool, just again I’m not ready to.
2. The FA I want who I think is very realistic is Javonte Green. Give me that defensive and hustle and good vibes as a backup 2 (who’ll also be fine as 3rd string). Don’t mention goddamned Terrance Ross. I also have liked TJ Warren since his draft but I’d sign elsewhere if I were him.
If the team views another big as a bigger priority then I’m interested in keeping Azubuike as the 14th guy (goodbye Champaigne).
3. Don’t care about the 3rd two way, but trust Brad to find someone at least somewhat interesting. I look forward to googling him whenever he is signed.
I'll take a run at answering this.
For starters, I have our lineup a bit different to begin with. I think Brogdon is our 2nd team PG, and Pritchard our 3rd team PG, but will bet more minutes than he has in the past. I also think Banton will be Brown's backup at SG. Hauser is certainly not a PF.
I see our depth chart something like this:
1st team: White, Brown, Tatum, RW3, Porzingis
This lineup has the best of everything we have, offensively, defensively, shooting, rim protection, spacing, scoring, drive and kick, and one of the tallest starting lineups in the NBA.
2nd team: Brogdon, Banton, Hauser, Horford, Kornet.
Good shooting (Brogdon, Hauser, and usually Horford), plenty of size, drive and kick (Brogdon and Banton), rim protection, (Horford), and low post dump off (Kornet)
3rd team: Pritchard, Walsh, Brissette (....), (....)
These three can be thrown in the mix at any time, and bring shooting (Pritchard and Walsh), defense (Walsh and Brissette), energy, (all three), rim running, (Walsh and Brissette), add in JD and Scrubb, who also bring in energy.
All the questions relate back to the 1st question in what is the weakest spot? I think our weakest spot is back up center. Kornet seems like a great teammate, but he gets abused on defense. Even guards are able to dunk on him or rebound over him. He would be fine as a 3rd team big, but because of lack of depth he has to be our 2nd team big. With Porzingis and RW3 health concerns and Horford 37 years old, I feel we need more insurance for our big man rotation off the bench. I would sign Azubuike as our 14th man. Not the typical big Brad likes, but someone that can bang on the beefer centers out there, and use his 6 fouls banging in the post, so our more fragile bigs don't have too as much. He would come cheap, and, considering he can't be signed to another 2-way because of time in the league, could be insurance when Horford sits out back to backs, and be able to schedule rest for Rob and Porzingis. He could also learn a lot by working everyday with our big men, as I hope Kornet will working with Porzingis.
My hope for the 15th roster spot, also has to do with signing Azubuike to a cheap contract. If we have enough under the 2nd apron cap space, I would like one more PG/SG. I was holding out hope for JD, but I just don't see it. In summer league, he had a lot of assists, but way too many turnovers for a PG. Javonte Green, Danny Green or Austin Rivers would be a good fill in here. If we could get any one of those three along with Azubuike, our roster would be ready to go to war. Not sure if the money would work, but you can best bet that if it can be done, Brad will figure it out.
As for the third 2-way, Olek Balcerowski from our summer league team, would be another good project big, but I doubt he would sign that kind of contract and leave all the money in Europe that I'm sure he could get. I'll leave this one for Brad. It will probably be a name i can't pronounce or have never heard about.
