Hello all, here is Charlotte's review! Be warned that it isn't a very favored review and they are probably in the running for worst off season! Have fun reading! Let me know if you have any questions!
Charlotte Offseason Review
Key Losses:
Kemba Walker
Jeremy Lamb
Losses:
Frank Kaminsky
Tony Parker
Shelvin Mack
Random Mins
Draft:
12: PJ Washington
36: Cody Martin
52: Jalen Mcdaniels
Trades:
(With Boston) Kemba Walker S+T for Scary Terry S+T, 2020 2nd swap
Free Agency:
Terry Rozier 3/$56,700,000
PJ Washington (Rookie Deal)
Current Depth Chart: (taken from realgm with reason added in)
PG: Scary Terry/Devonte Graham
SG: Malik Monk/Nic Batum
SF: DeWayne Bacon/Miles Bridges/MKG
PF: PJ Washington/Marvin Williams
C: Cody Zeller/Bismack Biyombo/Willie Hernangomez
HartfordWhalers wrote:HW's Charlotte Offseason Review
Key Losses:
After 2 years of saying Kemba is our franchise, we won't trade Kemba, Charlotte decides to not pay him and he walks. Not trading Kemba was a sunk cost though, so at this point should they have maxed him and stayed mediocre? Maybe. For revenues and fan interest, mediocre is better than awful for 3 years. But if you want to get good, you need to get talent. Draft, free agency or trade; I take draft if I am Charlotte.
Losses:
Tony Parker not ending his career a lifelong Spur felt weird.
Draft:
Given where Charlotte is, I think they need to be going for the most upside possible at the end of the lottery. Is PJ Washington that? From what I see, probably not. Hopefully for Charlotte I am wrong on this one, but looking at their pick I wish they did six different things including possibly trading down and getting 2 bites at the apple. Going for a senior early in the 2nd round plays back at the same thing.
Trades:
So, Charlotte gave up Brooklyn's 2nd and will get Boston's 2nd if it is 54-60. And then they got a terrible contract Rozier. And if the let Kemba walk plan was to tank, spending that much to get a low end starter makes no sense. And low end starter is assuming significant improvement.
Free Agency:
Can we just give them an F already?
Current Depth Chart: (taken from realgm with reason added in)
I am looking forward to seeing Monk take 18 shots a game.
Needs:
Talent. A team vision. A new owner.
Additional Thoughts:
Charlotte traded a pair of 2nds for Willy Hernangómez, are they going to give him a bigger role?
Is a Batum trade going to happen, or will the forum have a daily Batum for Wiggins trade proposal?
Can someone take on MKG?
Projected Win/Loss: 22 wins
Off-Season Grade: D
Maybe Terry is the face needed to make tanking acceptable. I backed off the F referred to above because the team will probably tank hard enough to get a cornerstone prospect. But they really seemed quite bungling in the Rozier contract, and I am not sold on how they spent their draft aspects. They didn't move any vets. They didn't take on any bad salary with picks. They just kind of flopped; but at least they will be terrible. If they had added a little more talent I would have a full F.
pacers33granger wrote:Charlotte Offseason Review
Key Losses:
Lowballing Kemba was stupid. Why even make the offer? You know he's not going to accept it. Better to just let him know both parties should move on and that you will help him if he needs it to get somewhere specific. Lamb was gone basically no matter what and I'd almost have him in the losses column for Charlotte.
Losses:
I get that the bridge was burnt with Frank already, but he would seem to be a good candidate for them to bring back. That said, he also is kind of terrible, so there's that.
Draft:
Meh, Washington could be interesting. Problem is they should be swinging for the fences and decided again to play it safe which has been their MO and has caused a ton of issues. You're rebuilding and should not be taking guys who are likely to be 10 year vets and nothing more.
Trades:
Giving up a pick to overpay Rozier by an insane amount is easily the worst move of the offseason. I get that they couldn't offer that contract otherwise, but that means they had to jump through hoops to do so which makes it worse.
Free Agency:
Worst free agency of the offseason, 100%. Lose your franchise player because you lowballed him and then replace him with an average at best backup PG who is already 25 and will instantly be far and away the worst starting PG in the league. And then your GM makes an insane comment that they see him as a "lotto pick" which makes no sense and speaks volumes to the ineptitude in that front office.
And it cannot be overstated that the team constantly penny pinches but then hands out big contracts to role players (Rozier, Zeller, Williams, MKG, Batum, etc).
Final thoughts
I absolutely hate their offseason. They were a pretty bad team who managed to lose an All NBA caliber guy, a pretty good wing, and replaced them with a guy who is likely to be a negative overall even not accounting for the ridiculous contract. Unfortunately, there is almost nothing to look forward to on that roster outside of Bridge and maybe Monk. The rest are what they are or are downright bad.
Projected wins - 20. I don't see a single decent scorer on this team and they aren't a strong defensive team either.
Grade - F
Mamba4Goat wrote:Mamba's Charlotte Offseason Review
Key Losses:
Man, it sucks seeing Kemba go for nothing. However, I do get it. Saddling themselves with him on the supermax would make them permanently mediocre and I couldn't see Kemba taking too much less than everything they could offer to stay around. Hopefully they can start a full rebuild and get their feet underneath them now though.
Letting Lamb walk for nothing hurts too, especially since he took a really cheap deal and was basically their second best player (seriously, that's rough).
Losses:
Having Tony Parker there was weird. It'll be one of those weird trivia things where nobody ever remembers that Charlotte had Parker for a bit.
Draft:
Their draft is basically what's wrong with them. PJ Washington feels like a guy that a team like Boston should have drafted. He, imo, grades out to be a role player and that just isn't where they should be focused. They need guys that have some sort of potential and that isn't Washington.
Trades:
I am in the minority, but I liked them getting Scary Terry from Boston. He's the perfect "guy with potential" that they can give the reigns to and hope that something happens. I mean this in a non-harsh way but it's not like anyone is really going there.
Free Agency:
Aside from signing Rozier, Charlotte's hands were still tied in FA as they were pretty capped out without Walker anyways. Would've like for them to try and throw the MLE at a Jabari Parker type but I guess I get them reserving their salary as there likely aren't too many people lining up to come there.
Current Depth Chart: (taken from realgm with reason added in)
Man, this lineup is underwhelming....As Terry's biggest fan left on the board, even if he has a breakout year this team still will likely be the worst team in the NBA by a comfortable margin.
Needs:
Starting caliber players, NBA players in general, depth, good centers, assets, guys with potential, direction, Sam Hinkie (please), MJ to step away, Mitch to be fired, a ton of luck, guys with potential, etc.
Additional Thoughts:
The more I look at this, the more I'm talking myself into a Batum for Wiggins trade. Seriously, Monk and Terry are the only ones on this roster who have any star potential. Bridges and Washington (their recent picks) both grade to be role players (even high end if they pan out perfectly) but Wiggins would be nice as they don't really have anyone who can get the ball in the bucket either. They also should just implode and trade MKG, Marvin, Biz's expiring, and Zeller for any asset/bad contract packages that they can and just mail it in and develop their youth. They're going to have some rough years ahead of them.
Projected Win/Loss: 16 wins
They will be the worst team in the league by a healthy margin, even if Rozier is an all star this year and Monk in the MIP.
Off-Season Grade: D-
Getting Terry is what stopped me from making this a full F. This team is capped out, has blue chip prospects, has a very underwhelming everything, but at least they managed to get a NBA level PG after their superstar walked away.
Rest in peace Mamba. There'll never be another Kobe.