Official: you be the GM (what would you do)

Ok been thinking about this

Signings: re-sign Mo with NonBird rights, 2 years 3rd year TO, Sign Marvin Williams to MLE, Okafor to BAE.
Trades: See what I can get for a package of Freeland and Wright, add Crabbe if Necessary.

 

What in the world is your fascination with Marvin Williams?

 

I wouldn't call it fascination. I look at him as being a career starter who really is fringe and should be a 6th man. He was over hyped and failed to meet expectations for where he was drafted, but I look at what he does now not what pick was used to select him. He plays the position of what I think is our biggest need, as I mentioned has been a career starter. He also is right in that MLE range. To me he would be a more reliable consistent backup 3 than Wright and if we go small ball he can play the 4 as well.

 

Setting sights a tad lower (re: trading into the draft) I think Shabazz Napier would be a decent target.

He was the leader on that title team, a four-year guy who could step in right away.

18 PPG 6 RPG 5 APG 2 SPG
40.5 3PT%

 

No.

More.

Rookies.

(unless you're changing the direction of the team)

 

I'm all about upgrading the talent.

The bench could really use a guy like Napier.

 

Tester I like your ideas!

Yes sign and trade I think Deng will be available for one. My concern with Deng is his 3pt %, if we are paying him $10mil a year it needs to be the right fit.

I don't see any chance Pau takes MLE though. I'd try to do that sign and trade for Pau first or Deng second. Pau could start in place of Rolo he won a title as center of the Lakers. Lots of flexibility, and with his high basketball IQ he really seems like a Stotts player.

I'd also like to see Rolo and Wes locked up in extensions. I'm not sure if Neil will want to give multi year deals out to those potential bench acquisitios if our starters are in flux. With the salary cap going up in the next two years there will be tons of teams handing out overpaid contracts. I hope we don't get in a bind having to way overpay when we can extend them now.

Remember when Batum was eligible for an extension and we didn't offer anything over $5 million? That cost the team dearly as we had to pay $12 million the following summer.

 

We need vets man. If we make trades, they need to be for vets. If we sign free agents, they need to be vets.

 

Our key assets to deal with this summer are the MLE ($5.3M), BAE ($2.1M), and the non-Bird rights to Mo Williams for a potential sign and trade.

I see our biggest needs as:
1. Backup PG
2. Backup big (C or PF) - upgrade over TRob or Freeland
3. Add defense wherever we can get it.

I think we can address 1 & 2 by using the BAE & MLE and sign some combination of:
1. Livingston, Sessions, Stuckey or Brooks.
2. Blatch, Hill, Jason Smith, Humphries or Blair.

The key to a S&T is getting that right fit so it makes sense for both sides. If we're trading Mo, we need to find a team that:
A. Needs a backup PG
B. Has limited other options to acquire that PG.
C. Has another position where they have "excess" players.
D. Good salary match.

Charlotte only has Kemba Walker returning at PG. However, they have a ton of CAP space and have a lot of options.

Looking at Memphis -
A. They only have Mike Conley at PG. Beno Udrih is a free agent. No other PGs on their roster.
B. They are expected to be above the Tax level, so they have limited option to add players. They do not have the BAE available (used it last year), and will only have the tax-MLE of $3.3M available.
C. Looking at their depth chart, they are very thin at PG, a bit thin with Bigs, and they are heavy on Wings. As a matter of fact, they have two SG with Courtney Lee and Tony Allen. Behind that they have Pondexter and can re-sign Mike Miller with his non-Bird rights.
D. Courtney Lee (starting) is making $5.4M for 2 more years, and Tony Allen is making $4.8M for 3 more years. With Mo’s non-Bird rights, Portland can sign him up to $3.2M. Being below the tax, we can trade and receive back up to 150% of his salary, $4.8M.

We would need to add a player to our offer to open up a roster spot. Memphis would probably be looking to bring back a Big or Wing that makes around $1-2M to match salaries and balance their roster. That leaves McCollum, Barton, Leonard, Claver, and Crabbe. I’d be good adding any of those players to make the trade work, in this order – Leonard, Claver, Crabbe, McCollum, then Barton.

Mo Williams S&T to Memphis for Tony Allen.

 

Deng would be nice, but honestly I think I like Ariza better.

Either way, if you bring in Deng or Ariza, you probably have to move Matthews to open up a spot in the starting lineup.

 

Why would anyone want to make an offer to Deshawn Stevenson?

 

After July 1st we can package two future firsts in any deal. So offer them Cj, Leonard, wright and a first. I'm sure they would consider it

 

lol

 

LBJ kryptonite obviously