Prokorov wrote:TheNetsFan wrote:MGrand15 wrote:I think the fact that Marks hasn't even tried to fix the roster around the edges is inexcusable. It doesn't even have to be someone like Forbes or Covington. It doesn't even have to be a trade. There are 1000% guys in the G League or the free agent pool that are better fits than James Johnson. One guy isn't going to completely turn us around but just eliminating straight garbage lineups would help A LOT.
It's kind of an underrated part of team building but it was something that Marks was really good at before. It's why we always overachieved. Getting rid of negative players and turning them into neutral / average players is a huge boost. Playing someone like Johnson makes it easier to gameplan for us. Playing him together with Brown and Claxton or Sharpe makes it literally impossible to run offensive sets. If you're not an elite defensive team, you're going to be in big trouble. We've been one of the worst defenses in the league recently.
Those types of moves happen after the trade deadline and buyout season. No need to keep adding to the tax bill for someone you may need to cut in favor of somebody that gets bought out or to accommodate a trade.
there is currently not tax on 1-day deals.
That's not true. There's not tax on guys signed as COVID replacements when teams are granted a hardship exception. We need to cut someone to sign a 10 day.