Post#454 » by younggunsmn » Sat Jul 1, 2023 12:43 am
Sptballing 2023 salaries:
Shake Milton: 4.8
NAW: 4.3
TBJ: 3.7
Total: 12.8 million
Knight cut and Jmac's contract guaranteed.
The nice thing about Knight getting cut is that now we can afford the roster spot/$ to match a minimum offer for Luka Garza.
Brown turns 24 in July, and started 45 games next to LeBron, which isn't going to happen if he doesn't like how you are playing.
He offers shooting and defense like Prince, but is a better ballhandlers and more of a 2/3 instead of a 3/4.
Some of our most frustrating moments last year came with the ball in Prince's hands with the shot clock running down.
I still think he has upside and he has a really nice looking jump shot. He and NAW are going to be chasing a lot of the same minutes.
And with Jaden's issues with foul trouble, some redundancy at that spot was needed.
Milton - Not a pure point guard or eilte ballhandler. Statisically a nice body of work.
Don't know a lot about him. Hopefully this is a great signing.
At least this should push Jmac to 3rd string/emergency backup. If it doesn't, we have problems.
NAW - Good price point here for what his role will be.
Nice tag team defender to pair with Jaden and outside shot looks sketchy out of his hand but numbers told a different story.
Upside left here too.
Overall a small step up from the Austin Rivers/Bryn Forbes pupu platter last offseason.
A bigger upgrade would have been nice, but honestly didn't see anything realistic out there.
If all 3 of these guys play average to above average defense, it's a big win.
We aren't asking these guys to start, just to carve out sub 20 minute rotation roles ideally.
Looking forward to seeing how these guys look for the wolves.
