Nash Formally Waived / Jabari Brown Resigned

notinbtnet · Post #1 » by **notinbtnet** » Wed Apr 1, 2015 6:00 pm

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Post #2 » by **Slava** » Wed Apr 1, 2015 6:02 pm

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Post #3 » by **Slava** » Wed Apr 1, 2015 6:03 pm

Better. I was hoping they'd lock him up for more than this season. Good move.

Sofa King · Post #4 » by **Sofa King** » Wed Apr 1, 2015 6:03 pm

Out with the old...

LApwnd · Post #5 » by **LApwnd** » Wed Apr 1, 2015 7:07 pm

where this leave Wayne and or Young?

Post #6 » by **crazyeights** » Wed Apr 1, 2015 7:14 pm

Slava wrote:Better. I was hoping they'd lock him up for more than this season. Good move.

He was. Next year's not-guaranteed. Good stuff, Mitch.

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LApwnd · Post #7 » by **LApwnd** » Wed Apr 1, 2015 7:26 pm

wtf Pinicus talking bout, 4th is NOT our best case :noway:

...it is our most realistic case but certainly NOT the best.

Post #8 » by **Slava** » Wed Apr 1, 2015 7:48 pm

LApwnd wrote:wtf Pinicus talking bout, 4th is NOT our best case ...it is our most realistic case but certainly NOT the best.

he meant 4 picks total.

EArl · Post #9 » by **EArl** » Wed Apr 1, 2015 7:49 pm

jabari is a nice spot up shooter. Glad we signed him.

Post #10 » by **Danny Darko** » Wed Apr 1, 2015 8:44 pm

All in on Brown all out on Wayne Garbington

Post #11 » by **snaquille oatmeal** » Wed Apr 1, 2015 10:53 pm

ok so Nash is now free to re-sign with Phoenix and retire there for sentimental reasons. good riddance Steve

Rafer24 · Post #12 » by **Rafer24** » Thu Apr 2, 2015 4:38 pm

Good move.

I hope this means Young is gonna get traded.

Post #13 » by **Danny Darko** » Thu Apr 2, 2015 6:09 pm

Young is a 6'7" wing who can play SF, I don't think Jabari is a replacement for him other than the volume shooting part.

thegamefritz · Post #14 » by **thegamefritz** » Fri Apr 3, 2015 4:18 pm

IDK where we are going with this signing? I must admit I have not seen a alot of jabari brown's games in the NBA, I've read he had couple of good games with us but were those games enough to sign him multi year?
he is 6'5 SG so will this mean he'll be Kobe's back up next year? so we are not going after other SG's like Danny Green or a Wes Matthews next year? or does this mean that for our 2nd 1st rd pick we are not going for a SG/ shooter like RJ hunter in the draft? honestly I hate this signing.

Post #15 » by **crazyeights** » Fri Apr 3, 2015 4:39 pm

thegamefritz wrote:IDK where we are going with this signing? I must admit I have not seen a alot of jabari brown's games in the NBA, I've read he had couple of good games with us but were those games enough to sign him multi year?
he is 6'5 SG so will this mean he'll be Kobe's back up next year? so we are not going after other SG's like Danny Green or a Wes Matthews next year? or does this mean that for our 2nd 1st rd pick we are not going for a SG/ shooter like RJ hunter in the draft? honestly I hate this signing.

Don't worry. It's only "multi-year" by technicality.

It's the rest of this season AND a non-guaranteed 2015-2016. So essentially it's only next year and he might not even make the team.

Jabari was going to become a free agent this week after his 2nd 10 day contract ran out, so this gives us more time to evaluate.

Realize that as an undrafted rookie his deal is the absolute minimum salary. He can be a nice replacement for Ellington who probably played his way onto a better team. Look at Jabari's stats, the kid has been efficient and essentially is like we got a late 2nd rounder for free.

That leaves us going into to next year with:

Guaranteed young talent

Randle/(maybe) top 5/Houston 1st/Ryan Kelly

Jordan Clarkson (surefire keeper)/Tarik Black/Jabari Brown/Early 2nd/(maybe) Clippers 2nd

It's a lot of cheap contracts, a lot of flexibility, and a lot of youth to pair with Kobe, Nick Young, and maybe Jordan Hill (depending on how the draft and FA goes). These are good moves that don't sacrifice our cap space plan, but also keeps our options open depending on the draft.

Next year will hopefully be our youth revolt.

Post #16 » by **Slava** » Fri Apr 3, 2015 4:42 pm

Biggest benefit of offering him that extra year is to make sure he spends summer league and training camp with us. I heard Clarkson is still expected to play in the summer league along with Randle, Jabari, Black and whoever we pick so I expect it to be a strong team for us this season.

mcscotty · Post #17 » by **mcscotty** » Fri Apr 3, 2015 5:42 pm

Slava wrote:Biggest benefit of offering him that extra year is to make sure he spends summer league and training camp with us. I heard Clarkson is still expected to play in the summer league along with Randle, Jabari, Black and whoever we pick so I expect it to be a strong team for us this season.

Actually sounds more exciting than our current regular season. Yes, we've hit an all-time low. Might have to renew my league pass.

Post #18 » by **Slava** » Fri Apr 3, 2015 5:53 pm

mcscotty wrote:
Slava wrote:Biggest benefit of offering him that extra year is to make sure he spends summer league and training camp with us. I heard Clarkson is still expected to play in the summer league along with Randle, Jabari, Black and whoever we pick so I expect it to be a strong team for us this season.

Actually sounds more exciting than our current regular season. Yes, we've hit an all-time low. Might have to renew my league pass.

Summer league is usually free to watch. Don't buy league pass just for it, you don't even get preseason with NBA LP.

miggs · Post #19 » by **miggs** » Sat Apr 4, 2015 12:23 am

I'm quite thankful I live in LA but back in my days of being in class in the evenings, I used to log onto justintv and luckily someone always had the game playing. Would be sweet if that NBA LP had an archive type of feature like Rolling Stone Mag does, would love to see old footage, even catching a game you missed a few nights ago would be sweet.