Official 2016 Free Agency Thread

It's spelled Biyombo, but Biyumbo might make a good marketing name with some sort of candy bar.

 

I'm guessing it depends on the years attached. A one or two year deal probably costs 20 million, but if you give a full four years maybe 14 million is a decent starting point?

 

Well Noah is better than Bogut and actually a better fit in the offense, but yes you're correct. Bogut in LA wouldn't look as good but that's really not important. We're not the Warriors, we're just trying to build to their level with a similar offensive scheme. That scheme works best with a big who can pass and defend which Noah fits to a tee. As long as you have a competent, athletic, defensive minded Center behind him, Noah is a great addition.

Not to mention the off-court and locker room presence he provides for our youth who are struggling to find the right path. They know how to work hard, but someone needs to show them how to win at the highest levels.

 

Yeah I have Horford ahead by a little bit. Hard to pass on an All-Star.

 

Parsons had a surgery that was described as sort of a "hybrid microfracture" type surgery. Don't care that the first word is hybrid when the second word in that procedure is microfracture. But injuries aside, Parsons doesn't make sense when you consider we will have Randle/Ingram at the forward spots. With our pf spot set (Randle/Nance) and sf minutes going to our potential franchise player (Ingram...or even Simmons if he drops) why would we spend as much as it would cost to get Parsons for a backup?

As far as Parsons' game, I really like it and I really like it for this team...when he's healthy.

Last night's game was not a good look for DeRozan OR Biyombo. I waffle back and forth on DeRozan. Sometimes I'm good with it, other times it scares the hell out of me that we'd be paying max money to a dude who can't shoot from the outside and who just SUCKS during the playoffs. DeRozan isn't just playing a little subpar when the playoffs start. He looks like a different player. I honestly don't think the Lakers will pursue either. John Ireland's comments a week or two ago were very telling as it pertains to the DeRozan/Lakers potential relationship, as he kind of squashed the well held media belief that DeRozan is "drooling" to come here. As far as Biyombo, Mitch and Jim have made certain that we will have NO bad contracts on our roster. While I still do believe Biyombo will be a serviceable center, I don't see them overpaying on a guy who hasn't ever really put more than a few games together in a row. Age and injury history aside, I think they would be more comfortable with a stop gap/mentor like Noah than Biyombo.