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oh for sure. I accidentally thought it was a reply to me about the "play in" game, so felt obligated to mention 7th to 10th places. but yes, West was legit 12 deep this last year.

 

Gabe / Dinwiddie
Zach / Reaves / Knecht
Bron / Max
Tobias / Vando
AD / Bitadze or Richards

It's not awful. But I don't feel a parade looking at it.
But we would have a couple good contracts to prepare a big swing after Bron. Zach expiring may be valuable in Bron's retirement year

 

i start lavine at the 3.

AD/hayes or wood/vet min? castleton?
lebron/vando
lavine/knecht/lewis
reaves/christie
gabe/jhs/vet min? dinwiddie?

don't like that we're still screwed at center here.

 

I think I would pick Klay over Levine 8 out of 10 times though. Availability matters. Shooting matters. At least Klay has shown he's still durable after the surgeries. I don't feel like Levine can make that claim at all. If everything was equal, you go with the younger guy I suppose, but then you also miss out on playoff experience, formerly being a top defender that can still pull the rabbit from the hat on occasion ala Lebron, etc.

 

you're assuming lebron takes a huge cut for tobias here--not sure it happens. a zach deal without vando or gabe in it actually adds to our salary total.

 

you should read that long piece on lavine a few pages back. he's an excellent shooter, and it's fair to guess he'd be as or more available than klay going forward.

again, if it's klay at the mle and we keep everyone else, yes, that's the better choice. i don't think that's the real choice, though.

 

Did the same depth chart exercise above.

I was thinking we send DLo, Rui, Wood and JHS. But yeah maybe it's Cam, or Hayes or whatever combination of 2 of those 4

We would still have the MLE if Bron is committed to that, but if we get Lavine there's not many options left, that's why I went to Tobias. Maybe we go for Tyus for PG?
Or do you think we use the MLE in the trade? I think we lose flexibility with that

 

DeRozan is not a great fit, but he’s still a 24ppg scorer.

Again similar argument to Klay, if it comes down to Lebron taking such a large paycut that we could add someone of DeRozan caliber’s outright without having to dump other players, I think you have to do it.

The hope would be that JJ could figure out a way to mesh DeRozan’s skillset and/or stagger rotations to minimize any incompatibilities. He would also give us a major insurance policy, if Lebron had to take some time off, DeRozan could carry that load

 

76érs could be pretty interesting this year if they all stay healthy. Be interesting to see how the split the shots up. 3 different guys thinking they are big dogs, etc.

 

Was hoping he'd go to Orlando to free up WCJ for us. But damn, what a good pick up for them. West is gonna be TOUGH

 

DDR would be one of only a few with an actual midrange game. Can't rely solely on 3's.

 

what if they include 2 firsts lol?

Flip the contract to Utah or Detroit where they need payroll to hit minimums, prosper.

 

it'll be interesting. i actually thought they'd go for markkanen and keep chet at center, finding a backup bruiser to match up with the beefier teams, but they agreed with you. i'm not sure about chet at pf, but they must be thinking about him like an AD. and maybe that's the best way to use him. he certainly has the mobility for it, and if need be you can close games or halves with your small lineups. ok, i see it.

wonder what orlando does with its extra money now.

 

I think OKC is a little bitter how the playoffs went for them.

 

Meh..Grant makes slightly under 30M. We can match his salary, with Rui or Tinkerbell, plus 1 of Vanderbilt or Gabe.

We'd still have Rui or Chokeolo to trade for a starter at 5, like Cappella, he only makes 20M.

AND still have the MLE. I'd take Derozan or Klay with that. Or some other mystery candidate yet to be identified.

12M is chump change..that ain't even remotely close to a "Westbrook situation " at all. That dude had a 47M tag on his last year.

Bunch of wet blanket, negative Nancy's.

Bah..Stewart is a small a** mini 5, that avg 6 rebs in 30 plus minutes. I wouldn't trade Rui for Trez part 2. No way in hell, I'd go for that idea.

Grant has avg 20pts a game over the last 4 seasons, that ain't declining, the guy is 29 years old. 2 picks is a far deal IMO.