Raptorfan2012 wrote:deeps6x wrote:Well Murray won't fall. And Brown looks about as interesting to me as Ellenson. Both look very meh statwise. I'd rather grab Rabb or Davis. And I'd still hope Brice Johnson was available at #27.
Get two decent PF prospects added to the pipeline, keep Ross as the SF backup, SG insurance if DD bolts. And we would be set for another great regular season.
Hopefully with a season of seasoning, one of the two PFs stands out enough that they could be our starter the following season, so we wouldn't have to pay the big bux to keep 2Pat.
Do you anticipate Demar and Bismack to be back, or will our 2 draft picks replace Bis as our defensive bigs?
I think it will be DD or Biz coming back. Not both. Probably DD, but damn, from a pure future of the team point of view, I'd lean towards bringing Biz back at $10M and keeping Ross and Norm as the SGs.
Bebe and (Davis?) would not be too much of a drop off if we lose Biz and keep DD though.
Personally, I'll leave it up to Masai. Whichever way he thinks is best overall will probably be the correct way to go.
And now that Powell and Ross are both stepping up their games, Masai might even have enough leverage to get DD for closer to $20M/yr. Still well above the $17M Butler and Klay will be making next season, but well below the $25M full mid-max. Of course, this is assuming DD would stay to play here for a bit of a team discount.
Some team WILL still offer DD the max this summer guaranteed. I don't know if that would free up enough space to give Biz what he is worth though. It would be great if we could keep the whole core intact and just add two draft picks. Maybe lose JJ and Scola and add a couple of Rabb/Davis/Luwawu with the Nuggets pick and Brice Johnson/Benj Bentil/Cordinier with our own pick.