dsg2021 wrote:Alright, I’ve said this before. I’m not into league pass scouting anymore so these trade ideas are with very preliminary interest.
Coby White -
Young point guard who is a 3 point specialist. Even going back to his college stats would suggest Coby was aiming for this.
Alex Caruso -
A bit older but not so much that he wouldn’t give a few great seasons of impact. Defense, elite 3’s, intangibles.
Malik Monk -
That SAC-ORL game was eye-opening. I pulled up the stats, normal and advanced. He’s become a good player, 4 seasons of efficient 3 point specialty. 2 seasons of PER at 16.
Dejounte Murray -
I heard his game doesn’t look great when off-ball and Trae is naturally the driver. That doesn’t sound great with how I want Paolo and Franz to continue being Point Forwards like they were when we skyrocketed to 2nd in the entire league for a short while.
Zach LaVine, Jordan Poole -
It would be Otis Smith-esque to acquire these guys. A probable blunder of big proportions. But it’s really their contracts that only hurt at times. The sneaky idea here that would let me entertain-and-still-probably-veto is capturing more talent our way with those big contracts. Names like Tyus Jones, Kispert, Coulilaby, Caruso, White, etc.
Free Agents -
I’m going to exclude players who seem improbable to switch teams or wait for full FA freedom.
In no particular order:
Garrison Matthews
Gary Trent Jr.
Malik Beasley
Tyus Jones
Malik Monk
De’Anthony Melton
Grayson Allen
I’m struggling to remember length and defense profiles for these players but why not woo Melton, Monk, and Trent in summer free agency like as if they were super stars and sign Melton with one or two of the others. But with sneaky discount contract offers that leads to probably only one of them landing here. Markelle walks with freedom to his next team. Garry can be a trade piece right now. Minor trade feelers on Cole, Black, Caleb, and Jett but I feel there’s room to keep them too.
I wish I could see Anthony Black’s 3PA/% in the future to make me stop thinking about PG’s altogether. Suggs can be a great PG for us too, he fits everything we need and his on-ball prowess doesn’t matter with Paolo and Franz here.
I feel like I’m at only 20% of the entire pool of interesting players to look for trade and FA but I don’t want to spend more than 10 minutes on this post, lol.
You da realist RealGM. I like these ideas. We are going to be building an offense around Franchero and are just a 3rd option away from being above average offensively. Suggs, Black, or Jett could grow into this role but these trades give them time.
Suggs is close, just needs to stay on the court more.
