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Re: 2017 Nets Offseason Thread II 

Post#1201 » by TheBrooklynKidd » Tue Jul 4, 2017 4:16 am

antique0o0 wrote:
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antique0o0 wrote:Winslow only played 18 games last season. And all of them are at the beginning of the last season, when the heat are kind of trying to figure things out.
In his rookie season, he palyed about 25 min/game in the playoffs. He got those minutes solely for defensive reasons.
Saying RHJ is better than Winslow doesn't convince me for that.


He's not saying that RHJ is a better defender than Winslow, the stats are.

If you wanna disagree with facts and statistics then by all means continue with your baseless claims.

The stats can say a lot of things depending on when and where they are used and who are using them.


Oh really? Please educate me on how those specific stats are wrong because of when where and who
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Post#1202 » by DarkXaero » Tue Jul 4, 2017 4:22 am

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DarkXaero wrote:I'm surprised no one has mentioned Harkless as a contract comparison for RHJ (or maybe someone did and I missed it). Harkless signed a 4 year/42 million contract last summer in a free agency full of insane, overpaid contracts. Harkless is a similar type of player, a defensive forward/tweener 4 who couldn't shoot the ball most of his career. However, Harkless, this season developed into a decent 3pt shooter and actually posted a pretty high TS% (57%). Harkless is better offensively than RHJ but worse defensively. There isn't a big age gap between the two either, with Harkless only being 2 years older.


When he signed the contract he was an average defender and an average offensive player who didnt shoot the 3 well. he didnt rebound either. he was young and showed some flashes and had size but before last year he was a really ordinary player. he had no elite skills and maybe no clear plus skills. just "OK" or "solid" across the board.

its year 2 and RHJ is already an elite defender. offensively he is better then harkless was when he signed his deal and RHJ rebounds as well

Now I wouldn't expect RHJ to get that same contract but I don't think it would be a lot more unless RHJ develops his 3pt shot a lot over the next two seasons. It also depends on how successfully he can play as a PF for a full season. We saw a nice stretch of play from him as our PF but that was a small sample size. The only thing to consider is that last summer turned out to be an outlier with the insane contracts. Teams that handed out overpaid contracts last summer are regretting them and there is a lot more reluctance now. Yes, Otto Porter max and whatever KCP may end up getting is still insane, but its more out of desperation from bad teams in need of talent (Nets, Kings, Pistons).



IF RHJ doesnt improve at all he is a 15+ miillion player as he does have an elite skill (defense).
I don't think Harkless has been an average defender, he was definitely above average (and certainly is now). His defense and motor are the only reason why he has been in the NBA despite his lack of offense. He's definitely a weaker rebounder though, which limits his ability to play 4 despite being 6'9". Offensively, RHJ has been better at certain things but Harkless has the higher career TS% with a general uptrend towards good efficiency in the past two seasons. RHJ has the ability to fill up the box score but ultimately his worth will be determined by his 3pt shot development or whether he can develop into a full time 4.

It's also going to be interesting what Andre Roberson gets right now. Another similar player who ranks as the best SG defender in the league but worse offensively than RHJ.
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Re: 2017 Nets Offseason Thread II 

Post#1204 » by antique0o0 » Tue Jul 4, 2017 4:32 am

TheBrooklynKidd wrote:
antique0o0 wrote:
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He's not saying that RHJ is a better defender than Winslow, the stats are.

If you wanna disagree with facts and statistics then by all means continue with your baseless claims.

The stats can say a lot of things depending on when and where they are used and who are using them.


Oh really? Please educate me on how those specific stats are wrong because of when where and who

http://stats.nba.com/players/defense/#
Go this website and find out yourself.
By the way, in Winslow's 18 games last season, his defensive winshare listed 5th in the whole league, which I didn't know and I don't think his defense is that good. I can't say Winlows is top 5 in the league because his def ws listed 5th last season.
Most NBA stats aren't credible. At most times the people who interprets those data are biased, or the data themselves are flawed. Basketball is just too complicated with so many uncontrollable variables.
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Post#1205 » by Vae Victus » Tue Jul 4, 2017 4:35 am

Shucks i wanted Gallinari as my Plan A.

I guess Plan B time, go after JaMychal Green 3 years 39mil 3rd year Player option

Doc has some awful love affair with Crawful, he'd never trade his boy, so most likely pieces are Lou Will, Wes Johnson, and some of the other HOU throwins of the CP3 trade.

Now if the team were to somehow throw in Crawful or Rivers (haha how i so wish) that'd be a huugggggggggggggge step forward.

C - DJ
PF-Blake
SF-Gallinari
SG-Rivers
PG-Beverly

Bench
Crawful or Lou Will (one of these guys are gone for sure in this trade)
Harrell
Dekker
Liggins
And a bunch of rookie contract crap, Doc Rivers has drafted HORRIBLY for years and has noting in the development pipe

Funnily enough HOU basically traded the Clippers a bench.

Edit: Oh god they traded ANOTHER 1st Round pick

I mean its good they got rid of Crawful and thus lose one of the chuck brothers and still leaving the awful nepotism stench of Austin Rivers around, but at the cost of ANOTHER 1st Round pick to get rid of another useless player.

Hilarious how last offseason Doc wisely merely offered a 1 year 14 mil deal to Crawful then the team all ganged up on him for disrespecting one of their brother's in arms and thus forcing Doc to up the deal to a 3 year 42 mil with 3rd year Team Option (3 mil buyout). And then 1 year later CP3 jumps ship and the team left holding the bag on 2 **** deals in Rivers and Crawful.
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Re: 2017 Nets Offseason Thread II 

Post#1207 » by Mkdaman1818 » Tue Jul 4, 2017 4:44 am

Vae Victus wrote:Shucks i wanted Gallinari as my Plan A.

I guess Plan B time, go after JaMychal Green 3 years 39mil 3rd year Player option

Doc has some awful love affair with Crawful, he'd never trade his boy, so most likely pieces are Lou Will, Wes Johnson, and some of the other HOU throwins of the CP3 trade.

Now if the team were to somehow throw in Crawful or Rivers (haha how i so wish) that'd be a huugggggggggggggge step forward.

C - DJ
PF-Blake
SF-Gallinari
SG-Rivers
PG-Beverly

Bench
Crawful or Lou Will (one of these guys are gone for sure in this trade)
Harrell
Dekker
Liggins
And a bunch of rookie contract crap, Doc Rivers has drafted HORRIBLY for years and has noting in the development pipe

Funnily enough HOU basically traded the Clippers a bench.

Edit: Oh god they traded ANOTHER 1st Round pick

I mean its good they got rid of Crawful and thus lose one of the chuck brothers and still leaving the awful nepotism stench of Austin Rivers around, but at the cost of ANOTHER 1st Round pick to get rid of another useless player.

Hilarious how last offseason Doc wisely merely offered a 1 year 14 mil deal to Crawful then the team all ganged up on him for disrespecting one of their brother's in arms and thus forcing Doc to up the deal to a 3 year 42 mil with 3rd year Team Option (3 mil buyout). And then 1 year later CP3 jumps ship and the team left holding the bag on 2 **** deals in Rivers and Crawful.


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Post#1208 » by Vae Victus » Tue Jul 4, 2017 4:51 am

Crawful doesnt have a No Trade Clause, so unless Crawful is willing to A) retire or B) pitch a bitch fit and thus get suspended without pay for the season, his ass is going to ATL.

No team with a GM that isnt a complete moron is gonna accept his chucking no defense old ass.
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Post#1209 » by MrDollarBills » Tue Jul 4, 2017 5:48 am

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Post#1210 » by ChokeFasncists » Tue Jul 4, 2017 7:11 am

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One question the Marksman needs to ask is, is KCP/Porter better than LVJ?


ATM, I'm sure both are better in the sense that GMs would take either player to contend for a championship in one year rather than LeVert.

Oh ya, no doubt both players are better right now. I guess it should have been whether they are going to be better.
The question Marks needs to ask is, is it worth locking up heavy salary over the next 4 years and stifling game time minutes for LeVert. If he believes LeVert doesn't have the drive to improve into at least a solid starter, then he should favor guys like KCP and Porter over LeVert in order to best build some type of winning culture.

However, if he believes LeVert can develop into a potential all-star or borderline all-star, then the sooner that happens (typically with more playing time) the more efficient the Nets salary spending will be. Caris will be making roughly $2M for the next 3 years, the sooner he gets to starter/above average starter quality, the more money BKN will have to be able to attract other players at more necessary positions.

Agreed. If LVJ's gonna turn out better than those two, it's probably not worth vastly overpaying them while hindering his development. I don't feel like drive is much of a problem for him. The money could be used to acquire picks or younger high potential players.

Btw, what's with the J in LVJ? Is LeVert a junior?

It started with the Cavs game. He guarded LBJ well and played a bit like him; people were calling him LV and the Chosen One before. 8-)
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Post#1211 » by ChokeFasncists » Tue Jul 4, 2017 7:14 am

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All Nets wrote:
One question the Marksman needs to ask is, is KCP/Porter better than LVJ?


ATM, I'm sure both are better in the sense that GMs would take either player to contend for a championship in one year rather than LeVert.

The question Marks needs to ask is, is it worth locking up heavy salary over the next 4 years and stifling game time minutes for LeVert. If he believes LeVert doesn't have the drive to improve into at least a solid starter, then he should favor guys like KCP and Porter over LeVert in order to best build some type of winning culture.

However, if he believes LeVert can develop into a potential all-star or borderline all-star, then the sooner that happens (typically with more playing time) the more efficient the Nets salary spending will be. Caris will be making roughly $2M for the next 3 years, the sooner he gets to starter/above average starter quality, the more money BKN will have to be able to attract other players at more necessary positions.

Btw, what's with the J in LVJ? Is LeVert a junior?


I don't agree with that approach. Development should never take priority over everything else. At best it should be number 2 which is what we should be doing. The team should always be playing the best players. If Porter comes at the right price, fits, and would become our better option, he should be acquired above how we feel about LeVert's potential will be.

If the point comes where LeVert becomes better than Porter (and let's say that Lin, DAngelo and Rondae are playing star level) than we'll let Porter go.

Well, we all know that he will be vastly overpaid (most likely) and thus tough to move
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Re: 2017 Nets Offseason Thread II 

Post#1212 » by ChokeFasncists » Tue Jul 4, 2017 8:15 am

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ChokeFasncists wrote:
The offensive part of the game is way more important for a PG than defense and Russell is better offensively than Lin.

:lol: Is that how one stretches the truth? .


it is pretty unanimously agree that PG offense > PG defense. PG defense in alot of circles is even viewed as irrelevant and in most circles viewed as easily the least important on defense.

PG offense > PG defense, sure. Irrelevant, na, don't think so. Least important in terms of positions, sure.

Problem 1: Lin can guard wings well and there is a big chance DRuss will play SG. So we can't take defense out of the equation.


Problem 2: Way more important? Not necessarily so. And by how much? It is certainly not a sure thing that Russell is better offensively than Lin. Even if so, by how much? So lets say if DRuss is 2% better then what is "way" more important? 90%?

Problem 3: Leadership on/off the court, playoffs plays are conveniently ignored

Problem 4: How could one be so sure Russell is better offensively than Lin? Even just looking at Russell's greatest strength, shooting, Lin was shooting 39% post all star from deep; DRuss 36%. Stats on a tanking team can't be totally trusted. One could argue Russell has better offensive potential than Lin, but Lin is still improving.

Problem 5: Even if "way more important" and "DRuss is better than Lin on O", it still doesn't make this

with even the tiniest bit of improvement, D'Angelo is a better player than Lin next season

true, definitely not all around.

as far as lin vs. russell on offense... who knows. when healthy lin was better last year. who knows if russell makes the typical 3rd year jump or if he is better in kennys system then the mess in LA

Yeah, it's surely possible, but definitely not a sure thing, and it's not out of the question that he might struggle
regardless of where you stand,,, if you are a nets fan you would hope russell is better on offense next year. our future hinges on him becoming an outstanding offensive player

I sure hope DRuss will be better all around next year, same with LVJ, Lin, RHJ, Jar, iHead, Acy, DVD, Goodwin, everyone.
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Post#1213 » by ChokeFasncists » Tue Jul 4, 2017 8:19 am

Prokorov wrote:Argument against tanking #210:

the case of the orlando magic tank job

Orlando the past 5 years has been in a tank cycle and picked #2, #4, #5, #6, #10

#10 Peyton (didnt move up or down in the lottery)
#2 Oladipo (dropped 1 spot in the lottery :banghead: )
#4 Gordon (dropped 1 spot in the lottery :nonono: )
#5 Hezonja (dropped 2 spots in the lottery :banghead: :banghead: )
#6 Isaac (dropped 1 spot in the lottery :noway: )


** In 2013 they had the leagues worst record. They droped from #1 to #2 in one of the worst drafts in league history (top 5: Antohny Bennet, Oladipo, otto porter, cody zeller, alex len)

** in 2014 they dropped 1 spot in the lottery from #3 to #4.... the top 3 picks that year: Andrew Wiggins, Jabari Parker, Joel Embiid. they ended up with aaron gordon at #4

** in 2015 they dropped from #3 to #5. Kristaps prigioni went #4 right before they took hezonja. top 3 picks where Towns, russell, okafor.



So they had 3 years where they finsished with a bottom 3 record.

the year they finished with the worst record was a terrible draft. and they dropped a pick

they year they finished 3rd was an elite draft for top 3 talent but they dropped out of the top 3.

the next year they finished third there was 3 elite players with kristaps going #4 but they dropped 2 spots to 5.

there is just WAAAAAAY too much luck involved. if they had better luck they end up with Embiid, Kristaps, and otto porter.

its awesome when you tank, stay top 3 or move up, and the drafts all are loaded with stars were you pick.

The magic didnt even draft poorly. oladipo was the only decent guy in that draft. they just picked after all the elite talent was gone because they dropped in the lotto

after a 5 year tank job their young core is:

Peyton, Hezonja, Issac, fournier

after a horrible era of billy king with no picks our young core is:

Russell, Levert, RHJ. Allen

Perhaps they used up all their luck with Shaq and Penny? :lol:

OTOH, the Marksman has truly been amazing.
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Post#1214 » by PerkinsFor3 » Tue Jul 4, 2017 8:43 am

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Post#1215 » by vincecarter4pres » Tue Jul 4, 2017 8:54 am

You know what gets lost in all this LeVert minutes and development talk and not signing another wing like THJ is no matter what faith they have in Caris, there's a good chance they don't want to over-extend him, both mentally and responsibility-wise, and physically with his foot and the rigors of playing the 3 in the NBA.

Add to this the staff might not have nearly the kind of faith all of us have in guys like Whitehead, Dinwiddie, Goodwin and Skil both collectively as a group and specifically, player by player. If they do think THJ will put up season after season like 16-17 it makes all the sense in the world to sign him if you get him at like 3/38, he was a legitimately good player last year and helps form a strong bench.

Lastly, Atlanta is exactly the type of team to accept a S&T of something like Booker and one of those aforementioned cheap young guys for him and things start to add up.
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Re: 2017 Nets Offseason Thread II 

Post#1216 » by ChokeFasncists » Tue Jul 4, 2017 9:19 am

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ChokeFasncists wrote:
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The offensive part of the game is way more important for a PG than defense and Russell is better offensively than Lin.

:lol: Is that how one stretches the truth?

OTOH, why are you so sure DRuss is better offensively than Lin?
How do you know this are you Kenny? Do you know him personally?

I don't. I just look at what he did and use logic.
Please give me a break everything you say is designed to benefit Jeremy Lin while everything I say is meant to benefit the team as a whole.

That's what you think is happening but it isn't really what's going on. So you're saying Luke put DRuss at the 2 is self-serving in detriment to the team?
And Kenny didn't start Harris at Sf because he isn't a sf and he is incapable of guarding the position. He by no means played well there. That's why he played inconsistent minutes all season and you fail to realize that Harris could've started at SG too but Kenny decided to start Randy freaking foye over him. Why? Because Harris is TRASH.

Na, Harris is too slow to play SG, he's strong enough to guard SFs. At 6'6 he's not really undersized nowadays. (I was saying this at the beginning of the season and Kenny's action says the same) Harris could be said to be trash on a good team, but on last year's team, that's totally wrong, do you honestly believe that Foye is better than him? At the latter part of the season it was more about development anyways, how much pt did Scola get? Harris definitely would have played more if he wasn't injured.
I'm pretty sure marks knows Kenny better than you do and they are on the record saying that they see LeVert as a SG and that sf is the position they need to upgrade most (meaning they want to move LeVert to shooting guard) seriously look it up. They're also on record saying that the 4 is Rondaes natural position.

Ya, when they were looking at Porter vs Foye. Now they got Russell it's a totally different ballgame. And if they get KCP, or JJ? They don't really mind having LVJ at SF.
Also it's always ideal to have a size advantage at your position, which LeVert has at SG but does not at small forward.

It's a negligible consideration. Especially now that versatility and small ball is in vogue. You definitely don't want liability tho and he's not.
I understand that these ideas threaten your favorite players place on the team but I couldn't care less about him.

I honestly hope that Lin plays amazing this season.
But only so that he can raise his trade value and we can flip him for good value and move forward with our backcourt of the future.

But clearly you only care about what's best for Lin not the teams future.

Sorry, I don't respond to ad hominem arguments. OTOH, what you want and what's gonna happen doesn't necessarily coincide. What's good for Lin could be good for the teams future as well. Facilitating PGs are different from other positions, it takes time to mature. You see Lowry with a bunch of young guys, Nash, Kidd etc.

We shall see what happens with the free agency, if they don't get Porter this might be the perimeter for the future.


What's good for Lin isn't going to be good for the future because Lin won't be in this teams future just like how you won't be commenting on this board when he's traded or leaves.

That's not necessarily the case even tho it's your belief. As I was saying, it's not uncommon to have an older PG with a younger roster. Who knows? Maybe he'll retire in a decade as a Net and I'll post for many decades here? :lol:
LeVert is fine at small forward but he's best at SG.

Not necessarily so. Guys like Iggy and Kawaii are listed at 6'6 and 6'7 and play SF fine. LBJ is only 6'8.

And you pointing out Harris flaws further proves my point that LeVert was the only person on the roster capable of playing sf.

Just cuz JHar is flawed doesn't mean he's not capable. Pretty much the entire roster was deeply flawed last season. Acy played SF before and Kenny didn't play him much there. There's KJ as well. Booker can play a bit there. RHJ of course.

Also your idea that Harris is too slow for SG is just false as he is listed as a shooting guard

Just cuz he's listed there doesn't mean he really is one, at least not according to Kenny's actions.

and whenever he played next to LeVert he was guarding SG.

Um....that could be cuz Kenny wants LVJ to play SF?

He was also trash last year, extremely one dimensional and constantly chucking up contested ill advised 3s.

That's not wrong, on a normal roster. With arguably the most important player down and a 20 games losing streak running, it was a different story. It could be that Kenny wanted them to keep shooting? Both for fluidity's sake and development? He wasn't really extremely one dimensional anyways, he had some pleasantly surprising moments with defense, passing, slashing and hustle. I remember Prok the poster was praising his D.

Randy foye started cause he at least could handle the ball and not have tunnel vision every time he caught it.

That's possible, but it could also be that cuz Kenny wanted LVJ to play SF.
Small ball is in but you clearly don't understand what that means. Teams are looking for big 6'8 and 6'9 guys to play at the 3 and 4 instead of 7 footers at the 4 it has nothing to do with having an undersized small forward.

When were most of the 4s in the league 7 footers? That has never been the case.

I think the originator of small lineup is MDA:

Nash-Bell-Richardson(6'6)-Marion(6'7)-Amare

We're talkin' 'bout a 6'7 PF here. LVJ's fine, again, he's not really undersized at the 3.
Prok addressed the PG offense comment the only thing funny about it is how your blind love for Lin effects your rational judgement. And it's incredibly clear that your arguments are based on your Linsecurities about his minutes and shots as opposed to the team doing well.

Already responded. Again, ad hominem is no-no.
In what world is Lin a pass first pg :crazy:

It's pretty understandable that you have this query cuz there are two camps that constantly debate about this. I am squarely in the pass first camp, as is his shooting coach who had been working with him for a long time, I think he said it best:

“Jeremy, on the other hand, has never had a shooter’s mindset. That’s something very hard to develop. He’s a pass-first point guard. He’s more interested in setting up his teammates in a position where they can score.

“Another big difference between (a certain PG) and Jeremy is Jeremy makes sure he gives players easy shots. He creates those shots in penetration. (a certain PG) doesn’t work at doing that. If a guy is open, (a certain PG) will throw it to them. But he doesn’t work to get them open. Lin knows if he draws a double team somebody has to be open and he has the vision to find them. A great point guard gives other people advantages when they shoot. Steve Nash was like that. He made everybody around him better.”

http://hoopshabit.com/2016/02/15/doc-scheppler-interview-talking-jeremy-lin-kemba-walker-and-more/

Anyway Lin isn't in this teams future he's just gonna be a journey man for the future like his entire career unless Kenny decides to keep him around as a veteran 6th man once we get a real sf. But hopefully he trades him next season so that we can get a valuable piece for the future and all you Lin fans can take your agendas to another board.

Maybe, maybe not. Markinson might disappoint you tho, sorry.
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Re: 2017 Nets Offseason Thread II 

Post#1217 » by brook » Tue Jul 4, 2017 10:05 am

Almost 10 pages to talk about how much money RHJ take in two-three years. Who cares now? I really don't believe that :crazy:
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Post#1218 » by Roy Tarpley » Tue Jul 4, 2017 1:04 pm

Apparently, Lin was in Washington DC recently, perhaps as part of the Otto pitch.

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Post#1219 » by Keith Van Horn » Tue Jul 4, 2017 1:37 pm

vincecarter4pres wrote:You know what gets lost in all this LeVert minutes and development talk and not signing another wing like THJ is no matter what faith they have in Caris, there's a good chance they don't want to over-extend him, both mentally and responsibility-wise, and physically with his foot and the rigors of playing the 3 in the NBA.

Add to this the staff might not have nearly the kind of faith all of us have in guys like Whitehead, Dinwiddie, Goodwin and Skil both collectively as a group and specifically, player by player. If they do think THJ will put up season after season like 16-17 it makes all the sense in the world to sign him if you get him at like 3/38, he was a legitimately good player last year and helps form a strong bench.

Lastly, Atlanta is exactly the type of team to accept a S&T of something like Booker and one of those aforementioned cheap young guys for him and things start to add up.

exactly. I love Levert but let's pump the brakes on him being the next James Harden or whatever. I wouldn't be mad if he had to come off the bench even and we limited his minutes, just not throwing him in the fire every night. Kid has an injury history too. Now that doesn't mean go and sign just anybody to the wing position, but if the right piece is there, it might make sense in bringing Levert along in the big picture. And even in another year or 2 if we want to move on from Lin, he'll be put right in the starting lineup.

THJ, would be cautious about. Probably nothing over 10-12 a year.

And I'd pass on Green. I'm not crazy about adding another big man yet. We could always get one for super cheap if we're desperate (Plumlee, Len)
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Re: 2017 Nets Offseason Thread II 

Post#1220 » by Keith Van Horn » Tue Jul 4, 2017 1:39 pm

brook wrote:Almost 10 pages to talk about how much money RHJ take in two-three years. Who cares now? I really don't believe that :crazy:

great point lol. Let's cross that bridge when we get there. Let's see how he plays this season, if given a chance to play PF for the entire season. How he improves, how he plays with Russell, etc.
We'll get the RHJ later on.

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