cl2117 wrote:I gotta give Kornet credit that he's been better in his minutes than I would have imagined, but I still don't like the idea of him being our emergency depth up front. His range of outcomes is still "fine" to "garbage" and more often than not he sits firmly in between the two.
Queta realistically isn't likely to usurp Luke's role but I'd like to continue to give him a chance. Kornet is what he is at this stage of his career and even though Neemias is already 24, I think he's still got some untapped potential.
Agreed that Queta has a higher ceiling and likely some untapped potential. He could end up being a Mitchell Robinson with better passing or a Time Lord with less athleticism, a little bit less passing and less of a beast on D, but taller and less injury prone..
With that being said, Queta also has a lower floor. If things don't click for him, it could be really bad. Kornet (most of the time at least) you know what you're gonna get from him and usually it's decent enough - he has a higher floor, imo.
cl2117 wrote:If neither end up impressing, I'd be happy to bring Blake back for emergency depth. Assuming he's kept in shape, he'll have fresh legs and at the very least brings good locker room vibes.
I don't think we should assume that. He wasn't in that greatest of shape last season, and that's when he had a contract and was on a legit title contender team for the entire season (including training camp) and was 33 years old.
But now, there's been basically no rumors of him returning to the NBA anytime soon (or at all), there has been rumors that he's leaning towards retirement. And he's 34 now..
I think C's fans should stop holding out hope for a Blake return. Let's be realistic. I mean, is there really much precedence for a guy who's 34 (or older) who has been a FA since the end of last season, is still a FA 20-ish games into the next season to make a comeback and join a team and actually contribute something meaningful for that team? I mean, besides Michael Jordan with the Wizards, which of course is an outlier since it's MJ and it was like 25 years ago.
Cousins is the closest thing I can think of for a recent example that is even somewhat similar, when he came back to join the Nuggets late in the 21-22 season and gave them some playoff rotation minutes. But Cousins was 31 at the time (3 years younger than Blake is now) and Cousins also played in 17 games earlier in the season for the Bucks - it's not like he was just sitting there as a FA the entire season prior to being picked up by DEN.
If Brad thinks we need to add another big, I doubt it'll be Blake.