D'Angelo Russell Discussion: Adopting A Professional Attitude

Yessir!! Good contract for us

 

For this kind of money... he can stay i guess Now, find those big boys pants for the PO and lets go!!!

 

I think he opts out for year 2, this is basically a prove it year for him and he got the player option as injury insurance. I assume we trade him throughout the season unless he is really setting the world afire.

 

He’s banking on himself to prove he’s worth the max next year. I like the confidence, and after a taste of the challenging playoffs, I bet he comes back a better player.

 

Getting him under $20m was a great deal. Masterful work by Rob. We're all set in the backcourt.

Looking forward to the 1-2 punch with DLO and Vincent manning the point.

 

Im not sure Vincent is better than Dennis was.

 

When are you positive about anything anyway, Mr “reverse jinx”?

 

Glad to have Dlo back and to have added Vincent. It is going to be fun to watch how it all plays out since we also having Austin who is better at the point that either of them but he can also play the two. Our best line up is not going to have Dlo or Vincent starting but they would be huge off the bench. We are absolutely stacked. We will be able to keep Lebron and AD around 60-62 games and still have a solid seed as long as we do a bit better job of picking which games they have off.

 

About equal defenders. Dennis is better at creating for himself, Vincent is a better shooter and his reputation alone should help spread the floor. Vincent’s contract is almost 20% less. I like Dennis, but this is a good addition.

 

Im ecstatic about Austin, so there's that

 

we preserved his bird rights here, so his trade value should be really good. but i still like his on-court fit, and i think vincent being a playoff performer should make people more comfortable with dlo as our primary. just a great 1-2 punch at pg.

and yes, i'd have preferred DS at a lower price than vincent, but we don't know if that was possible. for all we know, we offered DS something close to what we offered vincent, and he chose to explore the market. our other FA dealings indicate that we make reasonable initial offers.

i agree. he's going to go after that bag, and he knows that wins will drive that. this was a great resolution.

 

In Buha's latest article...

This could be something unless we hear it's nothing

 

why people keep saying vincent is a better shooter than denis?

 

We have outs if he's just mediocre. Say Vincent exceeds expectations, and maybe Hood gives us a solid 12-15 MPG... Russell has a very tradable contract.

 

recency bias? but i think, much like your favorite beasley, you have to consider shot quality. schroder is intentionally left open and also not really a pull up threat (last year, 90% of his 3pfgs were assisted vs. 75% for vincent).

percentage-wise, they're similar, though. we'll see how it works out. we definitely won't be as equipped to take on gs with the current roster. but there's a chance you don't see them, too.

 

im not biased against beasley he just sucked at shooting the 3 here

 

They all do. I call it the Vlad Rad effect.