Ivica Zubac Discussion: Zu's Gonna Clip

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  1. LTLakerFan

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    Were his shots in any of these games you have watched all dunks and lobs or was he showing any footwork, moves and scoring in a variety of ways? That one recent clip he looked quicker and like his vertical was a bit better after dropping the 14lbs. Is his defense quicker and any better?

    Give! Give!


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    He had some nice offensive moves, played good D. Croatia plays good team defense in general. Highlights don't show much of Zubac, but there's a nice defensive play that lead to Bogdanovic-Zubac assist and dunk. He runs the floor well.

     
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    Randle, Moe, Bryant and Zubac to SA for Leonard. If they keep screwing around and making this hard we pull Zu out of it and make them eat Dung too.

    Does this work in the virtual trade maker thing?

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    He's going to be one of the causalities of free agency war unfortunately.

    I still think he can really help a team and is only going to get better.
     
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    At his price I pick up the option.

    Good trade filler just in case and shouldn't be prohibitive financially.
     
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    Zubac is going to be gone soon. Let's have a moment of silence.........

    Ok, welcome Paul George and Lebron James. Your locker room is over there, ignore the number 40 on there, that will be switched later today...
     
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    So are we waiving Bryant than? I mean having Moe, Thomas, and Zu just seems like a log jam. Especially if we also bring back Brook in some kind of deal.

    I mean I agree, I'd love to include him in a deal. If we can get that done.
     
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    I think it's better to have him than just let him go even if we don't play him. As far as we know Bryant is ready to compete in the NBA yet. Moe was drafted to be a rotation piece I think so he's not necessarily on the same level as the other two.

    If I have to cut one today, it might be Bryant just because Moe is guaranteed and provides a similar skill set (big man, mobile, who stretches the floor). But, I'd rather just keep them all for the time being and if we have to waive one or two of them, the financial impact isn't great.
     
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    If we decline guaranteeing Zu, we still have his bird rights and can actually sign him to a more lucrative deal for salary matching purposes via trade.

    But I still thinks he's more of an asset as is and I hope we fully guarantee him. Plus if we need to use rights for salary matching, we have KCP and IT...but they would be looking for a bigger number. We also have Frye tho.
     
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    Give Zuuu the max already
     
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    He lost weight, he's working on his game, he's young, he's working on his explosion, and he's very cheap, yes I'm glad we kept him. Patience is key
     
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    Nice call @therealdeal. I thought he was a goner...maybe trade down the line. Still an interesting prospect
     
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    Yeah I just figure what else are we spending that money on? Cutting him only saves us 700k and we can get near that by waiving him. At worst he's a really solid trade filler.
     
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    I hope he does work out. I like him. He has skill. The down year just turned me off...
     
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    He’s our Cedi Osman

    We can’t afford to lose him tbh
     
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