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Kidding, your concerns are valid. My stance is, if we miss on Kawhi, Kyrie, Butler, etc, Russ is the legitimate next best option, and if he doesn’t work out he’s always tradable again because he’s so young. To me it’s always never a bad thing to sign the best player available as long as you don’t overpay, because that becomes an trade asset. Where if you split the money between like Bogdanovic and Beverly and it doesn’t work out, is their trade value the same as a 24/25 year old former all-star in Russ? I’m not sure it is.

 

He’s restricted though, where Russ is expected to be renounced once Kyrie agrees to sign, we can’t be waiting on guys with restricted status and be missing out on other valuable players in the process. I can’t see the Bucks not matching on him, Giannis has said he wants that team retained as is as much as possible. It’s kind of like Rozier, you do not go after that guy, because even if he does sign an offer sheet with you, the C Bags will wait until the absolute last day to match or even not match just to screw us out of making other moves.

 

Of those I'd think KCP and Rondo would do it for the right situations (minutes/starting). Jordan I could see if he got a start next to 3 stars. Lopez I could see. I would be shocked if Seth came for the minimum. He seems like a guy who will get the Room Exception somewhere.

 

I like Brogdon, but he's not nearly the creator that Russ is. He's a better defender and at this stage as of now a more consistent stand still 3 point shooter. But Brogdon isn't going to be a great player to give Lebron some minute running PG. He's not as experienced with the pick and roll. Both are good options, but I'm going with Russell over Brogdon. The ceiling on Russell is bigger, he's younger, and fits a ton of needs for us too.

 

Like hearing Lopez (either one), Curry, and DeAndre. I think any of those guys requires the room exception though. Don’t want Rondo, but he seems a likely minimum guy, hopefully as a bench player. I can see us spending the room exception on KCP though, and if we do I’ll be pissed, if we don’t have Kawhi, or annoyed if we do.

 

I'd offer the Room Exception to both Seth Curry and DeAndre Jordan and sign whichever one accepts it first.

 

I offer the Room exception to Curry, not DeAndre simply because the end of games will see AD/Lebron/Kuz/Kawhi/and the point guard who ends up being on the roster. I'd rather use our best (and only) asset to get that position taken care of rather than on a player who will likely see only 20 minutes a game. Seth Curry is phenomenal from 3 as well. And...imagine the pitch. "Seth, remember all the times your brother beat you up...let's win three titles in a row...cause he never did that."