Official 2016 Free Agency Thread

Good lord.. ESPN was reporting "max deal worth more than 139 mil", 145 is a little more than just "more". What are LeBron, Durant and Westbrook going to get next year, 50 mil per?

 

Freaking nuts.

 

If LeBron stays in Cleveland I believe they'll have his Bird Rights by then... contract starts AT LEAST at 36 million. With full Bird Rights: 5/209.1 million dollars. Last year is over 48 million alone.

 

Late to the party here. Wow, Mozgov as our first call - can't lie I was incredibly disappointed last night. To go from talk of Whiteside, maybe Horford, then down a notch to Biyombo . . . end up not talking with any of them and settling at 12:01 for Mozgov for 4 years 65 mill? Yikes. Talk about a reality check. My real question here though - why not at least attempt to speak with Horford and why not have some patience and wait til DD was done with Toronto (writing on the wall was Toronto wasn't going to let him walk) then try to go after Biyombo?
Not sure I get it. I'm not hating on Mozgov, I just don't see him being your first call and not even bothering with Horford or Biyombo. I guess I get not going after Whiteside if you think he's going to bust and he'll eat up huge cap. Turns out he wasn't coming here anyway and maybe they knew that.

It's not the end of the world. If Mozgov can get healthy he'll be an upgrade over Hibby. Hopefully we get a decent wing. It will interesting to see how the Durant/Warriors talk progress - might open up some more FA's.

 

For the record I'd be fine with an Evan Turner signing. I like him. But I'd also like a shooter or backup PG as well if we get him.

 

I believe wholeheartedly that the Lakers knew there was no interest. Sure we did not reach out to Horford, but there has been no indication at all ever that he was interested in coming here. They probably knew that and then decided to make their move. They went with the veteran guy. I would have probably gone with the Big Mack Biyombo, but... whatever. I don't hate the move. It's the epitome of an average move.

 

Apparently, nobody wanted to have a meeting with the Lakers. It was a, "Welp, I guess this is the best we can do" move.

 

I'm really confused about our guards situation. If we sign Turner is he backing up JC at the 2? If so what happens with Lou? We made the qualifying offer on Huertas, are we keeping him too?

Russ/Lou/Huertas
JC/Turner/Lou?

We need a SF, can't go into the season counting on 82 games of a rail thin Ingram at the 3 and Brown as the lone backup. We need a starting caliber SF, or quality backup to split minutes with Ingram. Turner is only 6'5, don't think he's an option at the 3.

 

I imagine him as a backup SF which would be fine. He's a really good defender and would do a great job of running that unit. He could start at SG though if we went that route.

 

I'd be good with that then I guess, split minutes with Ingram. That would leave us still needing another guard though. Don't want to go in with only 4, and only Russ and Huertas at PG. JC CAN play PG, but I'd rather he played most of his time next to Russ and that Lou went back to much less minutes than he got this season, back to his 6th man instant offense role. Who's available at backup PG? I know Jack is, but that is one case where someone actually might not come here because of Russ.

 

Brandon Jennings maybe?

Bayless just got 3/27 million.

 

The actor from the office with the scoop.

(kidding, I know it's a different guy)