Hendo Vs McLemore

[BigSlam]

Also, three point shooters can break open leads, Its tough for us to build and hold leads when we are only hitting 4 or 5 threes on a good night.... McLemore would be able to do that by himself with minutes.

Just curious: Do you know how many SG's averaged 4 or more made three point shots per game last season?

In fact, do you know how many players league wide averaged 4 or more made three point shots per game last season?

[Snidely FC]

Zach Lowe has a good article obstensibly on the Heat keeping the Big Three together, but also insightful regarding the challenges of roster building with the new punitive luxury taxes kicking in. The gist is that stars win titles. The supporting cast needs to be built with an eye toward 80% of the production at 25% of the cost.

If this whole process of tanking has been to build a championship team , then it makes no sense to sign Hendo, who needs to be a SG2 on a championship team, to a 7 mln/yr contract. That will look okay to everybody this year if we draft a big like Bennett or Len. But when we draft a star player in 14 and combine him with a high usage Kemba, Hendo is going to be a supporting player and a 7 mln per yr salary is going to look ugly.

Hendo has been one of the few bright spots in a few blighted years. It would be hard to say good bye to him. But from a salary cap perspective, it makes more sense to replace his numbers, either via the draft with potential stars McLemore or Olidipo on attractive rookie contracts, or via free agency.

Unless Hendo will sign for $5 mln/. Then you lock him up for 5 yrs.

http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-trian ... stem-works

[KembaWalker]

i'd rather have Hendo+Bennett than McLemore/Oladipo +McRoberts/Mully

[Vanderbilt_Grad]

Hendo is only an OK player. It's nice that he's helped carry a bad team through some tough years, but neither he nor McLemore is likely to be the best player on a good team.

Hendo - better defense, nice short range game, seems to have been a good teammate.

McLemore - better outside shot, younger & cheaper, doesn't strike me as being super smart but not a bad guy either.

Overall, just given a choice between these two players I would have to pick McLemore. His outside shot would create more room for Kemba and Biz & would help those guys develop more. Unless the team gets Hendo on the cheap $$ it's going to make a lot more sense to not re-sign him.

[catch20two]

Zach Lowe has a good article obstensibly on the Heat keeping the Big Three together, but also insightful regarding the challenges of roster building with the new punitive luxury taxes kicking in. The gist is that stars win titles. The supporting cast needs to be built with an eye toward 80% of the production at 25% of the cost.

If this whole process of tanking has been to build a championship team , then it makes no sense to sign Hendo, who needs to be a SG2 on a championship team, to a 7 mln/yr contract. That will look okay to everybody this year if we draft a big like Bennett or Len. But when we draft a star player in 14 and combine him with a high usage Kemba, Hendo is going to be a supporting player and a 7 mln per yr salary is going to hurt.

Hendo has been one of the few bright spots in a few blighted years. It would be hard to say good bye to him. But from a salary cap perspective, it makes more sense to replace his numbers, either via the draft with potential stars McLemore or Olidipo on attractive rookie contracts, or via free agency.

Unless Hendo will sign for $5 mln/. Then you lock him up for 5 yrs.

http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-trian ... stem-works

Newsflash: The back-to-back championship Miami Heat are paying Mike Miller close to $6 million to do not much of nothing that I'm sure Hendo would be able to produce on his off days. Therefore I want to say that your theory for McLemore over Hendo is null and void.

[Red Larrivee]

The price factor is interesting. You could definitely expand this into:

McLemore and the PF or C you can get for Henderson's $$$

vs.

Henderson and the PF or C you can get with the #4 pick

If there was a way the Bobcats could get Ryan Anderson from the Pelicans..

I think McLemore is a better prospect coming out of college than Henderson was, and definitely has the ability to be a legitimate all-star. Henderson played well after the break and maybe there's some intrigue that he can keep that up and improve a little more.

[HornetJail]

Give me Henderson and Len, Noel, or even Adams or Zeller, or whatever big we can get in exchange for the 4th pick over McLemore and a free agent who will probably end up being Carl Landry as a best case scenario. We'll have to overpay any decent big to persuade him to come here.

[catch20two]

Quality bigs are always overvalued on the free agent market. I'd rather draft one within the lottery and see how he pan out. If Hendo was a free agent SG from another team, we would be happy to land him for $6-7 million (see Afflalo). Bigs on the same level or potential as Hendo cost upwards of $10 million annually (see McGee). Let's keep Hendo, evaluate/upgrade our frontcourt in the coming years and go from there.

[Elden Payton]

I really like Hendo but I'll take the guy who suits the more modern NBA game and has the higher ceiling in McLemore.

[BigSlam]

McLemore with the win!

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