Actually, I'm wondering if Aldridge (and Love) don't sign he just saves his $ for uneven trades/next year's FA.
It makes sense. You could start Lillard/McCollum/Aminu/Leonard/Plumlee and see what you get from them. Maybe one turns into a borderline all star who knows
If we can't even make a significant free agent splash to replace Aldridge and co. this year. Why would any free agent want to come next year when the team misses the playoffs? A year in the NBA is a long time, nowadays.
Well hopefully we'll sign a Monroe or Tobias Harris. Who knows, McCollum might play like a 19 and 5 guy and Leonard might put up 18 and 10 on his 50/40/90. That'd be enticing for a free agent.
Oh yes, your right, and on second thought, remember that quote about turning something into chicken salad......
It all seems very high risk high reward to me, with the biggest risk being - Will these moves entice Aldridge to stay?
It's a valid concern. However, in that year (under that save $ plan) he'll have lots of opportunity to be a third team in trade deals a la robin/trob. Certainly, this is what Philly has done (they have just decided to no build a team).
It does seem that there are real "types" that our front office goes for. 1. The big-scoring lead guard from a small school: Lillard, McCollum 2.The clean-cut all-American center: Leonard, Plumlee 3. The humble, super athletic, apparently low-skilled project: Robinson, Vonleh, Aminu 4. The "scrappy" three point shooter: Project Pat, Dani Diez 5. The ex-Clipper And all of them have "no fuss" personalities - which, given what we're going through with Aldridge, is pretty good.
Draymond "broken off talks with GS" Green, pick 35 (all-NBA defense 2nd team), 25 years old. Fits the bill.
I've kind of bought into Zach Lowe's theory that a smart GM should sign as many free agents as possible this year while they can still be had at bargain prices, pre huge salary cap increases. That's one reason keeping kaman only makes sense if there will be a trade.
