winsomme2 wrote:bucknersrevenge wrote:winsomme2 wrote:
I actually don’t understand why it’s so hard to move Simons (and Niang for that matter).
If you have a solid defensive team, he’s a good vinnie the microwave type option off the bench. Instant offense on an expiring contract. I would think many playoff teams would be interested.
Simons literally has no market right now. He's in essence a rental and no one is trading anything of real worth for a guy who could possibly leave unless they know they want to pay him at least 25M+ into the future. Teams are still figuring out the landscape of the new CBA. Unless you're a max guy, few teams are interested in making big midrange income agreement right now. It's just how it is. And teams know Brad would like to get off this salary if he could. Don't think they'd use that against him? Unfortunately Simons' performance before this year or what he does this year will have little effect on his value.
As for your second point, having a nice VJ microwave scorer in what this year stands to be is utterly irrelevant. I mean couldn't matter less. We're not title contenders. What really matter is developing guys that you know for sure will be here next season and in a couple of cases, find out if some have longterm potential. Simons actually blocks that right now. So does Jaylen tbh. I get what Brad said about rebuilds and all and that's fine. You can still compete like hell and try to "win the next game" with the younger guys. Right now next season has no buzz, no pop. Anyone getting amped up to watch a #6 seed team?
I’m not saying we need a Vinnie type option. I’m saying good defensive teams can compensate for a guy like Simons and benefit from his instant offense.
Like us last year unfortunately. Last year we could really have used Simons. This year we need a center.
We don’t need compensation for Simons. We just need someone who can give us back less salary.
Your first point is well-taken. And I have thought this myself. Under certain conditions, he makes a ton of sense here and Simons is actually a really good player. We do need a center right now but unfortunately nobody is knocking down our door right now to give us one. Maybe after 9/7 when we can aggregate Simons' salary with other players, something will open up just before training camp. Was just saying that that would be a Brad-like thing to do. But since Brad told us that getting under the tax is not really a priority right now he's not gonna just dump Simons for a **** player just because his salary is lower. We can get under the tax in other ways.
I swear I'm not gonna hijack this thread I promise, but because of the math problem, the issue kinda comes down to Simons or JB. Both are excellent #2 scorers. I actually think Simons is better offensively while Jaylen is light years better on defense. But JB makes 50M and Simons makes close to 30. It's just too hard to field a team with your top 4 players making as much as ours do without running into a math problem. Let's be clear here: Jaylen's been here 10 years now. He's an institution here on and off the court. Brad's gonna choose him every time and understandably so. Our last POBO I suspect, would've gone in a different direction but I digress.
This is why we really HAVE to hit on at least a couple of these draft picks and hope they become rotation players.Baylor and Hugo and to a degree Minott, Garza, and Neemy have to become playable fits around this core. Or else we're gonna be boned pretty hard.
