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[bwgood77]

No way Oubre is signing anywhere for less than $13 million.

I guess all it takes is one team to throw it out there, so good chance you are right someone vastly overpays him to try and get Suns not to match, but maybe if they know he wants to stay and look at his advanced numbers, they will back off.

I just hope we don't throw him an offer out there that is a lot higher than market for a player of his caliber. I like his attitude and he's good for locker room but that should only be worth so much. His cap hold is probably around a fair number I guess, if you think he can really improve shooting and overall defensively.

[bhawk]

With a wing heavy draft and a surplus at the position... let's play a little name game... Who would you rather have than Oubre?

https://www.nbadraft.net/players/kelly-oubre

Current Players: I say Warren and JJ are expendable.

Josh Jackson: LOL at comparison to Kawhi Leonard and Jimmy Butler. https://www.nbadraft.net/players/josh-jackson

Mikal Bridges: https://www.nbadraft.net/players/mikal-bridges

TJ Warren: https://www.nbadraft.net/players/tj-warren

2019 Draft:

https://www.nbadraft.net/players/rj-barrett
https://www.nbadraft.net/players/cameron-reddish
https://www.nbadraft.net/players/nassir-little
or
Brandon Clarke?
https://www.thestepien.com/2019/01/18/draft-notes-easy-case-brandon-clarke/

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What's the point? Oubre is as athletic, is more experienced and a better fit than any of 2019 picks, save maybe Brandon Clarke. Certainly Barrett has him on offense, but in terms of defense and fit with Booker and Ayton. I take Oubre.

Oubre vs. Warren and JJ. GIve me Oubre. I think RIP-Girlfriend is definitely on his way out. Oubre is simply outplaying JJ right now. Mikal Bridges has shown enough. He is on a rookie deal and will competes with Oubre for playing time going forward.

I get that Oubre is not a perfect player. I hate his ball hogging as much as anyone. But looking at our roster and the draft, I say resign Oubre and call it a day.

In terms of our draft 2019 pick... Zion or Ja or bust.

[jcsunsfan]

With a wing heavy draft and a surplus at the position... let's play a little name game... Who would you rather have than Oubre?

https://www.nbadraft.net/players/kelly-oubre

Current Players: I say Warren and JJ are expendable.

Josh Jackson: LOL at comparison to Kawhi Leonard and Jimmy Butler. https://www.nbadraft.net/players/josh-jackson

Mikal Bridges: https://www.nbadraft.net/players/mikal-bridges

TJ Warren: https://www.nbadraft.net/players/tj-warren

2019 Draft:

https://www.nbadraft.net/players/rj-barrett
https://www.nbadraft.net/players/cameron-reddish
https://www.nbadraft.net/players/nassir-little
or
Brandon Clarke?
https://www.thestepien.com/2019/01/18/draft-notes-easy-case-brandon-clarke/

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What's the point? Oubre is as athletic, is more experienced and a better fit than any of 2019 picks, save maybe Brandon Clarke. Certainly Barrett has him on offense, but in terms of defense and fit with Booker and Ayton. I take Oubre.

Oubre vs. Warren and JJ. GIve me Oubre. I think RIP-Girlfriend is definitely on his way out. Oubre is simply outplaying JJ right now. Mikal Bridges has shown enough. He is on a rookie deal and will competes with Oubre for playing time going forward.

I get that Oubre is not a perfect player. I hate his ball hogging as much as anyone. But looking at our roster and the draft, I say resign Oubre and call it a day.

In terms of our draft 2019 pick... Zion or Ja or bust.

I agree with everything here except the last sentence. Zion, Ja, or a flyer on Bol Bol. Now if a team wants to offer us a pg of real value for the 4 or 5 pick, I would think about it. If we get the 2 pick, we can take Ja. If we get 3 we might still.

[ray ray]

I’m done with younger players.. let’s get some veterans next year along with this core and try to make the playoffs

[jcsunsfan]

I’m done with younger players.. let’s get some veterans next year along with this core and try to make the playoffs

Can't do that. Can't be done with young players. We have to get the best players we can, young or old. Making age a priority is a mistake.

Now. I can see a balance. For instance. If we draft Ja, I would try to sign DRose for a decent deal, and move Okobo and Melton. A pg rotation of Rose, Ja, and Tyler would be nice.

[ImNotMcDiSwear]

I’m done with younger players.. let’s get some veterans next year along with this core and try to make the playoffs

Can't do that. Can't be done with young players. We have to get the best players we can, young or old. Making age a priority is a mistake.

The Buckstein/Jones combo has been great so far, trading for Oubre and Johnson. Great job scouting other teams and adding guys who fit. Let's see what they can do with a full summer.

[Saberestar]

No way Oubre is signing anywhere for less than $13 million.

I guess all it takes is one team to throw it out there, so good chance you are right someone vastly overpays him to try and get Suns not to match, but maybe if they know he wants to stay and look at his advanced numbers, they will back off.

I just hope we don't throw him an offer out there that is a lot higher than market for a player of his caliber. I like his attitude and he's good for locker room but that should only be worth so much. His cap hold is probably around a fair number I guess, if you think he can really improve shooting and overall defensively.

Absolutely.

I know that he is the new toy and he is playing well as a starter, but it is an small sample size. He has never score efficiently, only in the last few games he has been good in that department.

I like him as a first wing coming from the bench, but I am not sold on him being a full time starter.

I need to see more...I am gonna wait until the end of the season, but at the moment he has not shown enough to deserve a contract over $10M per year IMO.

[WeekapaugGroove]

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I've been beating the don't crazy over pay the dude drum but I will say this if they do let Kelly walk they better be damn sure they do it to add a really good impactful player. Otherwise it's going to be a major hit in morale for some members of this team because they are finally playing well and I do think he's a guy his teammates truly like.

I wonder how much booker will influence this decision because it was mentioned when they got him they have known each other for years being in the same draft class and I would imagine coming up playing each other in AAU. It wouldn't surprise me if Kelly was one of the people he's closest to off the court. I'm not one that freaks out about booker wanting out but if they let Kelly go and make an Ariza or Chandler level mistake with that money it could be a really bad thing.

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[BobbieL]

I’m done with younger players.. let’s get some veterans next year along with this core and try to make the playoffs

I would agree with this. The Suns have two picks this year - my hope is they do not use either because both are traded. Now I am not mortgaging the future but its time to get players that are 24 to 28 and not one or two more 19 or 20 year olds. If they do keep the 2nd round pick - maybe a stash guy overseas or an older college player

[BobbieL]

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I've been beating the don't crazy over pay the dude drum but I will say this if they do let Kelly walk they better be damn sure they do it to add a really good impactful player. Otherwise it's going to be a major hit in morale for some members of this team because they are finally playing well and I do think he's a guy his teammates truly like.

I wonder how much booker will influence this decision because it was mentioned when they got him they have known each other for years being in the same draft class and I would imagine coming up playing each other in AAU. It wouldn't surprise me if Kelly was one of the people he's closest to off the court. I'm not one that freaks out about booker wanting out but if they let Kelly go and make an Ariza or Chandler level mistake with that money it could be a really bad thing.

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Plus if you let Oubre go - how much money are we talking. if the value is 4/40 (or his cap hold) and he gets 4/47 - that seems easy to match. Because with how signings work in the NBA, renouncing and all that - it gets trickier with the cap over a couple million bucks for your own guys than signing other players. Plus - Oubre is hitting the right age - his second NBA contract - he can get better. Ariza, Dudley and Chandler are who we thought they were you so you wanna crown their a**es - crown em!!!

[bwgood77]

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I've been beating the don't crazy over pay the dude drum but I will say this if they do let Kelly walk they better be damn sure they do it to add a really good impactful player. Otherwise it's going to be a major hit in morale for some members of this team because they are finally playing well and I do think he's a guy his teammates truly like.

I wonder how much booker will influence this decision because it was mentioned when they got him they have known each other for years being in the same draft class and I would imagine coming up playing each other in AAU. It wouldn't surprise me if Kelly was one of the people he's closest to off the court. I'm not one that freaks out about booker wanting out but if they let Kelly go and make an Ariza or Chandler level mistake with that money it could be a really bad thing.

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I think it's pretty obvious we are going to pay him whatever or match whatever, maybe barring some LaVine type contract, but nothing would surprise me.

[WeekapaugGroove]

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I've been beating the don't crazy over pay the dude drum but I will say this if they do let Kelly walk they better be damn sure they do it to add a really good impactful player. Otherwise it's going to be a major hit in morale for some members of this team because they are finally playing well and I do think he's a guy his teammates truly like.

I wonder how much booker will influence this decision because it was mentioned when they got him they have known each other for years being in the same draft class and I would imagine coming up playing each other in AAU. It wouldn't surprise me if Kelly was one of the people he's closest to off the court. I'm not one that freaks out about booker wanting out but if they let Kelly go and make an Ariza or Chandler level mistake with that money it could be a really bad thing.

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I think it's pretty obvious we are going to pay him whatever or match whatever, maybe barring some LaVine type contract, but nothing would surprise me.

Looks that way but with the suns you really never know because they do weird ****.

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[Saberestar]

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I've been beating the don't crazy over pay the dude drum but I will say this if they do let Kelly walk they better be damn sure they do it to add a really good impactful player. Otherwise it's going to be a major hit in morale for some members of this team because they are finally playing well and I do think he's a guy his teammates truly like.

I wonder how much booker will influence this decision because it was mentioned when they got him they have known each other for years being in the same draft class and I would imagine coming up playing each other in AAU. It wouldn't surprise me if Kelly was one of the people he's closest to off the court. I'm not one that freaks out about booker wanting out but if they let Kelly go and make an Ariza or Chandler level mistake with that money it could be a really bad thing.

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I think it's pretty obvious we are going to pay him whatever or match whatever, maybe barring some LaVine type contract, but nothing would surprise me.

Looks that way but with the suns you really never know because they do weird ****.

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Do you think that we are gonna pay him even something like $100M / 4 years?

I hope not. I like him, but he is a role player.
You don't pay role players that money. He would be a terrible contract in the next minute.

[WeekapaugGroove]

I think it's pretty obvious we are going to pay him whatever or match whatever, maybe barring some LaVine type contract, but nothing would surprise me.

Looks that way but with the suns you really never know because they do weird ****.

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Do you think that we are gonna pay him even something like $100M / 4 years?

I hope not. I like him, but he is a role player.
You don't pay role players that money. He would be a terrible contract in the next minute.

I wouldn't think they would have to. I guess it only takes one crazy team to throw a wild offer sheet at him but I just doubt his market will be remotely that high. The nice thing with a RFA is you can make a fair offer and if he doesn't like it then let the market play out and see what others will offer.

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[Bogyo]

Overall he is about as good/useful as TJ. Different players, positives, negatives, etc... but overall I see roughly similar impact. So in theory he shouldn't get much more money than that in any scenario. It would be nice to keep him at 10 mill (or below), and I wouldn't go above TJ's money.
(Only if we trade TJ and JJ and we have more money for a wing, but even then I wouldn't back up the Brinks truck. If we would have no TJ, no JJ and no Kelly, then we would just draft Barrett or Reddish and call it a day, we have Book/Johnson/Bridges there, and maybe someone else coming back from a trade of our wings.)

[Saberestar]

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His 3p shot looks really good and I think that he can get to the 40% in the next future if he improves a bit his shot selection.

And that block to Durant was huge!

[lilfishi22]

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I've been beating the don't crazy over pay the dude drum but I will say this if they do let Kelly walk they better be damn sure they do it to add a really good impactful player. Otherwise it's going to be a major hit in morale for some members of this team because they are finally playing well and I do think he's a guy his teammates truly like.

I wonder how much booker will influence this decision because it was mentioned when they got him they have known each other for years being in the same draft class and I would imagine coming up playing each other in AAU. It wouldn't surprise me if Kelly was one of the people he's closest to off the court. I'm not one that freaks out about booker wanting out but if they let Kelly go and make an Ariza or Chandler level mistake with that money it could be a really bad thing.

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Plus if you let Oubre go - how much money are we talking. if the value is 4/40 (or his cap hold) and he gets 4/47 - that seems easy to match. Because with how signings work in the NBA, renouncing and all that - it gets trickier with the cap over a couple million bucks for your own guys than signing other players. Plus - Oubre is hitting the right age - his second NBA contract - he can get better. Ariza, Dudley and Chandler are who we thought they were you so you wanna crown their a**es - crown em!!!

That's not the dilemma though. 4/47 is a no-brainer especially when it's only a couple mil of his cap hold. The dilemma is if he gets offered something nearly double that. If he was a free agent, which is technically is, would you go out and pay him ~$18m a year? Would he be a guy that we target if he wasn't on our team? I highly highly doubt that.

I do think he's the right age, he's playing a lot more under control and he's flashing better defense on rotations and weak side help. But I see him as a role player, a pretty good glue guy who occasionally can get hot from the field. I don't want us to get into the habit of overpaying for good role player, even if they are pretty good. Same thing happened with Portland when they matched a 4/75 deal for Allen Crabbe and went out and signed Turner for 4/70. Or the Wizards maxing out Porter and signing Mahinmi to 4/64.

If no one offers anything major then it's a moot point. It's if/when a team does offer something in the $60m+ range then it gets dicey.

[lilfishi22]

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Pretty much what I expected. A young wing with a 3PT shooting and all-around skill will be sought after in this modern NBA when switchable and 3PT shooting wings are in demand. It only takes one team to get loose with their checkbook

[WeekapaugGroove]

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Pretty much what I expected. A young wing with a 3PT shooting and all-around skill will be sought after in this modern NBA when switchable and 3PT shooting wings are in demand. It only takes one team to get loose with their checkbook

The RFA market is just so damn unpredictable. Some guys get huge offers in an attempt to get the other team not to match and some never really get a market at all.

Now your point about his skill set being in demand is actually why I'm less terrified of an overpay. Look at a guy like Otto Porter sure he got over paid but ultimately they were still able to flip him for an expiring and the RFA rights to Portis so it's not like he ever became a true negative. Crabbe was but that deal was pretty mind boggling the minute it was signed and Mahimni cashed in on the last wave of teams actually paying average C's, now no one values that kind of player. And even Crabbe it only took a 1st in the 20's to move 3 years of his contract. So as long as Kelly doesn't get hurt or just completely suck it's unlikely to be a real disaster of a contract.

In some ways NOT paying him and letting him leave is just as risky as an overpay. Because if they didn't adequately replace him with the money saved letting him go that could piss off players and also fans and it's been such a mess with both over the past 8 years of so that's a dangerous proposition.

To me this is different than the Knight situation because he really never played well that year he got here they just kind of felt like they had to resign him because of what they gave up in the trade.