2019/20 Players' Transactions: Breaking News , Trades, Free Agents, And Rumors

I'd take Tyler Johnson for the vet minimum if he gets bought out. The buyout market could get pretty interesting.

 

Check out the balls on Daryl Morey, right? If this was any other FO, they'd be getting laughed at and called out for treating their players like commodities instead of human beings.

 

@vasashi17 Pincus has the QO for Caruso at 1.6m. His cap hold if the QO is revoked was at 1.4m anyway. We can drop him and sign him for the minimum if he wants to and that'd give us just a minimum charge on him.

For Williams, he'd just become a new 2-way player so I don't think he counts against the cap.

Thanks for posting @DeeZee .

 

I almost wouldn’t mind seeing Harden, CP3, and Butler. Harden and CP3 couldn’t get along, add Butler to that and you think it improves? Eh, I kinda like Butler though, I wouldn’t want to have to root against him like he’s a C bag.

 

Good move, Caruso earned another shot, I hope he makes the actual roster even as a 13-15th man. Nice to have whatever little continuity we can salvage. Well, outside of players like Rondo and KCP anyway.

 

Depends what you mean.

Through age 21, Kyrie's stats are good. He was averaging 20.7 points, 5.8 assists, 3.7 rebounds, on 44.7% FGs, 37.8% 3pt, and 86.2% FTs. His numbers are basically all better than Russ's (14.6, 4.3, 3.6, 40.9, 34.4, and 75.4).

But neither made the playoffs.


Then, in their age 22 season, both made the playoffs.
Russ went for 21.1 points, 7.0 assists, 3.9 rebounds on 43.4% FGs, 36.9% 3s, and 78% FTs.
Kyrie with LeBron went for 21.7 points, 5.2 assists, 3.2 rebounds, and shot 46.8% FGs, 41.5% 3s, and 86.3% FTs.

Kyrie had a solid first playoffs, but it was arguably his worst (until this season). 19.0 points, 3.8 assists, 3.6 rebounds, shooting 43.8%, 45.0%, and 84.1%.

Russ, like Kyrie, was below his season averages: 19.4 points, 3.6 assists, 3.6 rebounds, shooting 35.9%, 32.4% threes, and 84.6% FTs.

I take it Kyrie's first four years are just better, with or without LeBron, but there's no comparison piece with young Kyrie and no LeBron. Kyrie was just awful this year without LeBron though.

 

Here's a concern with Kyrie:

31.0
27.0
21.7
18.0
20.5
18.5
19.0
18.5

Those are his games missed per season, averaged out from his first season to this year.

Russ isn't the best profile for longterm health, just in terms of his jumper form (those knees coming together isn't good news), but he's not a high flyer, and that helps his case.

02.0
10.5
18.3
14.0

Russ's health has been better - far better - over his first four seasons.

Kyrie's a great player. He's a better player. But if he's millions of dollars more expensive, then you have to start wondering...

What's Kyrie at age 27-30, with injuries, and with fewer resources to add players? What's Russ at age 23-26, with fewer injuries, and with more resources to add players?

I think Kyrie might still be a better add than Russ, if I'm being totally honest, but it's not obvious.

 

I agree - Kyrie is the one with the history of not getting along with people and rubbing fans the wrong way. That's not how Brooklyn fans feel about D'Angelo Russell.