This is my view....we have Kanter with the bench mob...having a help defender with Kanter is a plus...even more of a plus if it's Kanter and Melo....you need that junkyard dog on the bench mob
My issue is I wanted us to sign a guy who we could play meaningful minutes in the playoffs. He played like 55 minutes in the last 3 series for the Heat.
I will say one thing -- Nassir Little they are kind of similar Jones more athletic but same kind of player so i have to wonder if this could mean another deal is in the work maybe using Whiteside and Little in a S & T deal for something maybe i am wrong but again let's see how this plays out before wanting to tar and feather NeO
I know next to nothing about him - but he is only 23 so seems like he can improve on what he has been.
The contract is fine, whoever we were going to sign was going to get this same contract. But the player? We really chose this guy over Crowder, JaMychal Green, Marcus Morris, Millsap, Harkless, etc.? I guess the kicker is that the player has to want to play here...
I'm not worried about who starts. For that price, I wanted us to add a guy who could keep the floor spaced when Dame is on the floor. Mario, Turner, Harkless, and Aminu are better floor spacers than Jones. We've seen that movie.
Millsap from a few years ago would have been great but he’s definitely on the down slope. I’d rather take shot at younger guy
the Price for a solid defender and someone who MIGHT be able to cover for the lack of Defense on this team -- PRICELESS and 9m or so is not really much of an over pay
this team is being built to compete/guard guys on the Lakers and Clippers. We have scorers we need defense and we got two very good defenders
Why it's looks now you Hood and Covington and the fowards position and Nurk at center and Dame and CJ at guards. 2nd unit Simons and Trent at guards Jones and Zach at fowards and Kanter at center. One thing both unit will be pretty good defensely. Then you got Little and the rookie and we need 2 or 3 more players to fill out the roster.
If i was to compare DJJ to an old Blazer it would be Ruben Patterson -- he could not do anything cept attack the rim and defend and he worked out pretty well so maybe he turns into that type of player with the Blazers but again let's see what other move or moves NeO might pull of this offseason.
Jones won't be on the floor when it counts. It's going to be 2/3 of Hood/Covington/Trent with Dame/CJ and Nurk anchoring the middle. Zach maybe playing center if they are going all offense.
OKAY, one positive of this deal is that its 99% guaranteed no more Melo. Where are his minutes going to come from?
Again... I was hoping we would use the MLE on a guy who could be on the court when it counts. We could have signed a lot of people for less than the MLE that won't play when it count.
