sco wrote:Wow, RHJ signed a camp deal in Minny. I woulda preferred him to Vonleh.
That's a little nutty. For all of his flaws, RHJ is an NBA player. Sure, an "energy/defensive small 4" who you wouldn't want starting, but still, an NBA player. But for the lack of a passable / volume 3, he's comparable to Kelly Oubre, but a little bigger.
It's a good signing by Minny, but there are more contention-level teams that could have used a guy like him. Miami to replace what Derrick Jones was bringing, behind Harkless. Denver to help fill the void left by Grant moving on. Houston for more depth behind PJ Tucker (though they did sign Gerald Green and rookie KJ Martin is a similar type of player).
Still, Minny is going to be an interesting team this season - a lot is going to depend on the coaching job that Saunders can do, along with health. The depth chart looks pretty good.
G: Rubio, (Russell)
G: Russell, Edwards, (Culver/Okogie)
W/G: Beasley, (Edwards), Culver/Okogie
F: Hernangomez, McDaniels, Layman, RHJ
C: KAT, Davis, Reid
That's a team that, while not a serious counter, I could imagine making some regular season waves by playing very fast and just outscoring people. Not to mention that if RHJ sticks and Culver develops, they'd have two versatile defenders to throw out there (and Rubio can defend, Ed Davis can defend, and Edwards *should be* able to defend, if he wants - ditto KAT and to a lesser extent Russell). But that roster has a ton of shooting, ball handling, spacing and just plain old scoring ability.
That includes presumably bringing Edwards off the bench (unless and until he can beat out Beasley, but I'm presuming that's year two - just because Beasley had a heck of a year last season).
