Kilroy wrote:kblo247 wrote:Kilroy wrote:I wonder if we bought him out now, how it would affect our ability to retain Drummond long term...
You still can’t sign him back because you would have to give up Kuzma, KCP, and then hope Trez opts out and still not have a lot left. And I got news for you Tucker can’t let Dennis sneakers and neither can Caruso
Well, I'm confident in my track record in our debates over Lakers recent draft picks...
Ingram over Kuz
Randle over Kuz and Nance
Hell, Randle over Smart...
And I'm even more confident in THT...
That said, there's no reason to discount the idea that a lot of the THT hype coming from the Lakers was directed at Schroder and his team as part of their extension negotiations... Certainly could have been and probably was, a part of the purpose for those comments.
BI still has yet to help a team win in his career. He would not fit with AD and Bron because hes a terrible defender, and you would ask him to play SG and defend that spot or point guard. You would tell him don't handle the ball and be okay with either coming off the bench or play out of position and you would not see an all star, which he didn't earn btw with his record. He's in year 5 and cant even get his team to a tenth seed when they made the play in last year in the bubble specifically to get him and Zion in and he sucked when the games mattered
Randle took 8 seasons to help a team win, 8 years. He was next to AD and made AD have one of the worst defensive seasons ever. He is a product of Thibs, not a product of himself just like Noah and Luol Deng. He's never played this way, never played D, never took good shots until Thibs got him. Smart has been helping a team win and be relevant for years on year, and if Randle leaves Thibs he will fall off a cliff again.
You're confident THT will take how many years to contribute consistently? THT has been a 30% three point guy since high school, in college, in the g league and now. He's shooting in the teens without Bron. And the only reason he hasn't benched is because we lack bodies, not because he makes the right plays. Frank was benching him until AD, Marc, Dennis, and Bron were all out the lineup for his miscues. And its multiple miscues as was pointed out by Suns announce team that they said he gets lost as part of Montys scouting. So if he takes 7-8 years to get it like Clarkson took 7-8 years to get it and Randle takes that long to get i when it comes to winning, he ain't worth it. He's Van Exel and Eddie Jones, just like Randle/Clarkson/Ingram were and are. He's more talented than Dennis in terms of measurement and may kill him in stats one day but the play is not translating to wins. Nick and Eddie were more talented to Fish and Fox but that didn't amount to anything. Ingram and Randle are more talented than Kuzma but again its never amounted to anything or helping a team win.