enigmatics wrote:Ghost of Kleine wrote:Thoughts??
I think that I'd much rather have Allen.off of the bench playing alongside of O'neale at the backup 3 and actually give that starting SF position to another vet option with more size at the 3 and better defense. Whilst also moving Allen to the bench to give our bench more shooting/ firepower and better quality depth. I like Covington, but would also be open to bringing back Jae Crowder too..
Who's left and available in free agency that'd best fit our needs at the 3?
KD at the 4 is gonna continue to be a huge problem. Should have been a 3 to begin with, but they needed an Aaron Gordon type of player (in terms of skill sets) to make that happen.
Starting Grayson is just a greedy pipe dream because they don't consistently have the ball handling/movement to take advantage.
Great points man!
I completely agree and have looked at a few names of potential 4/5s that'd allow us to move KD to the 3. One or two from trades, and a couple really cheap vet min options. In a trade, I've looked at names like Marvin Bagley of the Wizards. But this would be my least favorite trade because it would require us to give up either Grayson Allen or Jusuf Nurkic in a trade to send out more than Bagleys' $12.5 million salary as a 2nd apron team.
Now we could do a Grayson Allen for Bagley/ Baldwin/ multiple 2nds or a lightly protected future first. But even then, the value still seems unbalanced in Washington's favor. And on top of that, the trade would be contingent on Bagley fully buying into playing at the 4 as a high motor rim running switchable weakside shotblocking role with occasional 3 point shooting in exchange for a starting role, and the opportunity to compete for a championship?
I've also considered Christian Wood for a versatile switchable two way 4/5. And that trade would be something like Little for Wood/ protected 2nd. Or maybe Little for Wood even swap?
Then I've also considered just signing one of Meyers Leonard, Kai Jones, or Pter Cornelie (former Nuggets 4/5 ). All would be vet minimums and could be cheap stopgap options that are contractually low risk. All three would also be relatively low risk as vet min players. And all three would bring unique attributes to the position:
- Meyers Leonard.
Size, girth at 7'0 260 lbs and floor spacing at 39% from three and 81% from the line. Kind of a bigger bulkier Bertrans with better physicality.
- Kai Jones.
Size, length elite vertical athleticism and mobility like a 6'11 two way wing. With elite defensive potential and versatility.
Pter Cornelie.
Great size at 6'11 and 225 lbs and great mobility, high motor and 3 point shooting ( 37% for career). ** Overseas prospect though that'd require a small buyout but offers significant versatility and has previous nba experience playing for the Nuggets awhile back. Strong rebounder too.
Any of these names would reasonably allow us to move KD to the SF role and (aside from the Bagley premise) would allow us to keep Nurkic and move Allen to the bench to add more scoring potency and depth. As well as giving us a bigger frontline too
