Official 2016 Free Agency Thread

FWIW, another potential lineup:

Russell/Clarkson/Huertas
Afflalo/Williams/Young
Deng/Ingram/Brown
Randle/Nance
Biyombo/2nd Rounder/Vet Min

Would be about 31 Win Shares, and those wings could hold it down for a season or two before we turned it over to the young guns full time.

 

I'm not talking to you because you suggested signing Dwight Howard.

 

Barnes is continuing to play his way out of a max contract which means he's actually more likely to stay probably. If his contract is reasonable, I could see the Warriors just matching it so he stays. Ezeli is also playing his way out of money. I don't know exactly how much those two should expect this summer, but I no longer want to be on the hook for the max for either of them.

As of today:
1. Max offer to DeRozan and max offer to Horford.
1b. (assuming only DeRozan) give 2+1 to Biyombo at the max.
1c. (assuming only Horford) give 2+1 to Deng at 15-18 million.
2. (assuming neither) give 1+1 near max to Noah and 2+1 to Deng at 15-18 million.
3. Try to steal Mahinmi or Pachulia or Mozgov at a reasonable salary.
4. Take a veteran PG as a dump candidate. Rodney Stuckey, Jose Calderon, and Jarret Jack are all potential dump candidates.

I think a reasonable roster for us next season could be:

Russell/(dump spot?)
Clarkson/Williams
Ingram/Deng/Anthony Brown
Randle/Nance Jr.
Noah/Mahinmi/Black

Take on Jose Calderon or Jarret Jack as a dump candidate and it'd preserve a max deal for you next summer. I'd be cool with that team. They should win 35+ games next season.

 

I agree on Barnes. And as Lakers 2015 said, with Ingram we don't need him at all. We can't slide Ingram to sg. He's just too big to stay up with those guys. DeRozan makes more sense since Clarkson is probably not a franchise, starting sg. Ingram is a franchise starting sf.

 

As always, I like to prepare modestly and hope for the best! I think we've got a good shot at signing someone, but I'm just not sure who yet. I still feel like we sign one coveted player this summer. Still, if we don't and we end up with a team like that then we still did well. We still will have a good year and they'll be a fun team to watch grow and develop.

This second pick really gives me hope for the future. For a while there weren't just bad, but even other young teams had equal or greater young players to build around (looking at the Timberwolves especially). Now we're going to be on the same plane as them I believe as time goes on. I think in 3-5 years the West will be dominated by the Lakers and the Wolves.

Towns/Wiggins/LaVine/5th pick
Russell/Randle/Clarkson/2nd pick

Nuts!

 

I think Ingram might have the ability to play some SG, but I'm just not sure I want him there all the time. Just like Randle or Simmons has the ability to play Center sometimes, but do you really want him there every day? If Ingram continues to grow as a player I think he could play 2-4 on any given day. Obviously he'd need to put on a ton of muscle to play the four for any extended period of time, but still.

 

As much as I have been down on DD, and up on Barnes, if we end up drafting Ingram I definitely switch those two around in order of who I want. Like others have said if we get Ingram we don't need a starting 3 and we'd do better to get DeRozan at the 2.

I still want Whiteside but I'm good with Horford, Biyombo or Noah. Any of these guy is a big time upgrade and a nice complement to our young core, each with different strengths.

If we end up with Simmons though it would be nice to have a guy like Barnes who can shoot from the outside and play solid D.

 

Wat?

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