LApwnd wrote:crazyeights wrote:LApwnd wrote:Sacre and Kelly dont matter, Antoni is a moron. He had no excuse either for not playing hill last year and he made up moronic excuse to disrespect Pau last year too.
Well, the Lakers Brass decided Sacre matters when they extended him for 3 seasons. What else are we playing for anyway? It's not like we're wasting a playoff push on undeserving players...this is the perfect time to get these guys minutes. It's a season of garbage time.
That being said, Sacre and Kelly are extremely valuable. Having been picked 60th and 48th their contracts are absolutely dirt cheap. If you don't see the value in that, then I'd say you're undervaluing cap considerations.
Kelly has had arguably one of the top rookie seasons from the last draft. Some say NBA rookie 2nd team is deserving. He's 22, can block shots, pass, and shoot (57.7 TS%). He's definitely got the intangibles (and tangibles) to be a nice role player on a good team.
watch when a real coach comes in and we'll see if any of these 2 will see the light of day off the bench or putting up #'s like kelly is now next season. Both are valuable in the sense they can come in an do something here and there but Antoni system is clearly inflating Kelly #'s and I dont see anything of importantance out of Sacre either, he is a 4th big on any decent lvl team he gets PT cause Antoni says he tries hard and plays D but yet so does Hill but because Kelly can make 3's he gets the remaining minutes.
A real coach would see Kelly's value. Hell, even Metta World Peace went out of his way to mention Ryan Kelly.
You think a guy like Popovich wouldn't want Kelly? Or Phil Jackson? The guy who got Luke Walton a 6 year contract? Get real.
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as for Kelly great if he has that value to Pop trade him for their 1st rd draft pick.