keynote wrote:Ruzious wrote:Actually, not a bad signing assuming he's getting the veteran minimum, but who's going? Maybe they realized that trading for Frazier was foolish.
I can't imagine that he'd leapfrog Frazier in the rotation. I assume he'll vie for minutes vs. Mac and Sato. The difference is that the latter two are young players who we'd like to develop, whereas Sloan has zero upside.
Sloan didn't play in the league last season. As a rookie in 2011-12, he played @650 minutes & was very bad. His 2d season he only played 360 minutes & was still bad -- but better than as a rookie. His 3d season it was just under 400 minutes, still bad, but again an improvement over the previous year.
Then, 2014-15 & 2015-16, he played 1100 minutes & 1300 minutes, and... he played very well! Especially the last of those 2 years, when he was like a better version of... Tim Frazier!
or Tony Douglas, or Josh Richardson.
If, instead of trading for Frazier, we'd made our R2 pick & signed Sloan as a FA, I would have loved the moves. & it's still a good move to sign Sloan at a veteran minimum salary (I think that's all we could have paid him). Except...
...we already have 15 guys with guaranteed salaries. & 6 of them are guards! So...
...somebody is going to go -- but who? If it's a guard, obviously it won't be Wall, Beal, Meeks or Frazier -- unless maybe 1 of the last 2 is injured. Meeks?
Perhaps Satoransky has thought better of his NBA experiment & wants out?
Most likely, however, if a guard goes it'll be Sheldon Mac. I'd be sorry to see that happen, as Sheldon has upside & he could be a valuable trade asset too -- if he continues to develop.
But, who knows, maybe someone else will be cut -- Ochefu would be the most likely candidate, if so. Waiving McCullough would be more expensive. I can't see any other options.... Can anyone else?
