Hes_On_Fire wrote:DaGawd wrote:aq_ua wrote:It would also be unreasonable to expect all of our roster issues get cleared up and resolved in one offseason. Too many roster holes to patch and young talent that needs time to develop. There will have to be future roster moves, but I would fully understand if those moves don’t happen this off-season.
The real issue is do you really trust this FO to make the actual right moves going forward
No - and why would you trust a front office that thinks keeping essentially the same roster but adding Brunson is a major upgrade? Or why would you trust a front office that thinks Randle can coexist with Brunson and that Randle won’t actually make Brunson worse?
For better or worse the team seems to be really committed to Randle and Rose. If things go south this year that can obviously change but they probably saw the 20-21 year as something we can build on. The biggest thing missing in 20-21 was true all around point guard play. Last year Kemba and Fournier were dumpster fires defensively. And that killed Thibs D first aproach. Thibs is not a creative offense guy like other coaches. So either you get him players that can kind of create simply by their own ability (like Brunson) or score efficiently without super creative offensive sets (like Ayton) and can play defense . If you don't do that you are not marrying the system up with the right fitting players. The other big 20-21 bugaboo was lack of shooting and spacing which led to collapsing hard on Randle. To me I would love this pipe dream route as we have been waiting forever for a truly dynamic team and we have the assets to pull it off potentially:
CBS Sports' Sam Quinn says a max contract from the Suns would be worth a projected $176.9 million over five years for Ayton. If he signed a max contract elsewhere, it would reach an estimated $131.15 million over four seasons.
5 seasons 177...is the max in a S&T:
In this proposal The first 2 years are 'pretty low' at 29 and 32....Sign and Trade of Robinson in the scenario and Cam and Taj going to other way too.
29
32
35.5
38.5
42
Ok..option 2 is pie in the sky scenario (but would be amazing and it could be doable if Rose was a master GM like some of the other guys out there)...
If you want to get really crazy and you successfully shed major salaries like Fournier and Cam (or Rose) going in a S&T with Dallas. And Mitch and Taj in S&T with Phoenix. You open up space for Donovan Mitchell (whom we have been heavily linked to) . Between the 3 deals it would require a total emptying of our accumulated FRPs assets but you could end up with:
Ayton Sims Obi
Randle Obi
RJ Grimes
Mitchell Rose Quickley
Brunson Mitchell Quickley McBride
Also maybe 1 or 2 of Obi, McBride,Quickley,Grimes also probably go in those deals.
You would hope Ayton gives better spacing for Randle. Brunson, D. Mitchell though small would be a tremendous shooting backcourt. RJ higher efficiency in year 4 with a better point. And Ayton super efficient 60% FG shooter with a bit of a mid range game.
Weaknesses? Really depends on growth and adjustments of some players.
Short backcourt could be mitigated a bit by rotations. Mitchell came out as a D prospect and has the abiltiy to play better perimeter defense . Brunson is a willing defender. Would that backcourt by perfect defensively? No. But they would be better than Fournier and Kemba by a ton. Ayton is super efficient and has a mid range game which would allow for better spacing in the paint. He can play stretch 5 a bit and so can Obi depending on match ups.
Is this a perfect team? absolutely not but it could be a very, very good one with a lot of dynamic players and better fitting ones than last year.
