Frank Lee wrote:Again.... Why bother if you are not getting a player who fits in for the next 2-3 years, and I mean fits in as in contractually obligated without having to deal with FA bartering. Keep that cap space. Look around the league and you see many teams who got FA happy and crippled their flexibility.
We are in a very good spot. Just stand pat unless a smoking good deal falls in our lap. (isn't Skal a bit redundant?) No way would I deal our first pick, and Im real hesitant about moving Milw's/Miami's picks as they could be used to move up some or even land a decent PG prospect. This is our last year where being bad/abysmal could pay of. I really hope we can land one of Bagley/Ayton/Bamba/Jackson then follow it up with TBrown/Sexton/Milton/Duval/Shamat in those orders. Doncic and Porter are the wild cards that may alter this extremely
logical and
economic plan
It is imperative we get a top 5 pic, well... it would just make things so much easier. I really have no interest in Young. The length and speed of NBA will be a bothersome factor for him. No doubt the kid can crazy-chuck away, but we already have our mad bomber. I think Young has a dangerous down side...
I want length, D, attitude, and IQ. All of those later round PGs can shoot. I think the difference between the top 4 bigs and a late round big is much greater than the difference between Young and one of the late round PGs. Besides, like it or not, if Knight is still here (very likely) he will get every opportunity to lose the starting job.
PS... forgot about Skai G-A... he's in there too. I almost wish the season was over and we were into the combines
You and the 4 "And1ers" are funny. We're in a good spot, huh?
-- We've got 2 PFs that were drafted in the top 10 that are 'meandering in mediocrity' with no direction.
-- We have a SF drafted in the top 5 that is, just now, getting real minutes, but only by virtue of player injuries/expulsions.
-- We have another Top 5 pick that has just been given up on all-together.
-- We have a $17M expiring contract that, apparently, we are NOT going to take advantage of, to make our team better.
-- We have an interim Head Coach, with no attempt at changing that during this season--we wouldn't want to shake things up, or anything, and ruin our chance at the playoffs. Another Head Coach might become available, like, oh, I don't know Kidd?!?! (I'm not advocating going after him; just the opposite, why are we waiting? To pick up someone else's trash?)
But hey, we have Cap Space and Draft picks!! Just like last year...and the year before that...and the year before that...and the...ok, you get the point, yet somehow, you think we are in a 'good spot'.
I do not see it that way at all, because we won't do anything with the Cap Space, but sign more mid-level scrub talent like we always do. Chandler, Dudley, etc.
I do agree that the talent pool runs deep at PG this draft class, and we should be able to get a better PG than what we have. My list differs from yours, however, as I would add a couple of players, and delete one.
Troy Brown, to me, is not best suited for PG, or really, even Combo Guard. To me, he's a 2-3, rather than a 1-2. If we drafted him, Booker moves to the 1, Brown slides into the 2, IMO. Which is fine, if that's what suits McD.
Doncic
Young (I hear what you are saying, but a 'struggling Young' is still better than most of these PGs)
Sexton
Shai 'Gilgy'
Walker (Another Combo-type PG; shares duties with Brown)
Duval
Shamet
Brunson (Another FANTASTIC college PG, with limited NBA-level athleticism, like Young, but Brunson is older; more 'definite' on the athleticism issues)
Any of those guys would be better than Ulis, but long-term starter? Probably Doncic down to Walker would be guys I can see in that role, but Duval can't shoot, Shamet is a twig, and Brunson lacks athleticism.
But, as far as us being in a 'good spot'?? I'm not seeing it. As we can see, having good draft picks don't mean 'didley-squat' if they are developed properly. Having Cap Space means nothing if our teams sucks, and nobody wants to come here, which is why, Frank, you need to get back on the 'other team', and recognize that Draft Picks/Young Players are not enticing All-Stars to come here, so when an opportunity opens up to trade for an 'all-star-talent' player like Kemba, you need to try to make it happen.
This was used earlier to discuss Booker...but look a few slots down, and who do you see? Yep, Kemba. Now, put both of them on the same team, with JJ, who in the last 10 games is showing some nice ability as I showed in a previous post, and we have the makings of a Big 3. You, or others, don;t think 'Kemba' is a Top 3 option on a contending team? OK, fine, he can be the 4th option, because we are going to attract another high-level-telant, or we can draft it.
But, but, but Cap Space...yeah, Cap Space. If Kemba and Booker are on our team, we get to go into, over, whatever the technical term is, the Luxury Tax to sign our own players, in the Summer of 2019...AFTER this next Summer's FA period...next year's trade deadline...and shoot, the beginning of '19's FA period, where we can sign a player, then Max Kemba and Booker. We're allowed to do that. Chandler will be off. We do everything we can to get BK off, but if not, he'll be off the next year. But we may not need to, anyway, because we have this year's draft...
"But, but, but, we'll have to trade all of our picks and take on all of their salary to get Kemba!! Jordan said so!" I don't care what Jordan said. We make is numbers go down by taking Kemba, and Howard. Both 2 year contracts. We then, give them Warren, Chriss, and Bender...three young guys THEY can try to develop properly (well, Warren's already there, pretty much)...plus an expiring Monroe. We throw in Milwaukee's 1st, and Miami's '18 1st.
http://www.espn.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=yd7jhcul So now, not only do they gain $7M immediately, they gain $18M at the end of the season, have their positions 2-5 worked out (with Batum avg'ing nearly 5 assts per game, anyway, so they can play Lamb/Batum together in the short term, I'd say.) All they need to do, is with one of their, now 2 x '18 1sts, is draft a true PG, and they have, say, Sexton/Lamb/Warren/Frank or Chriss or Bender/Zeller
Then, we have...
Kemba / Booker / JJ / JJJ (Jaren Jackson Jr) / Howard
Howard comes off when Chandler does, and voila' our Cap space is intact.
