If Dallas offers him the 5 year max; which they likely will; I think he just stays put. Players know if the situation becomes bad they can just ask for a trade; then he gets something like $35 million extra. I expect the same from Horford. Durant is a bit different because he could do the LeBron style 1+1 year deal. Still makes the most sense financially for him to do that in OKC though.
Well its a balancing act of keeping players content with their roles. Cap wise yes we can keep basically everyone. But if we bring in a max salary 33mpg big are Davis/Plumlee/Vonleh all going to be happy? Doubt it. If we bring in a wing are Aminu, Harkless, Crabbe happy splitting backup minutes? Probably not. Neil has a history of players being content with their role and expectations of minutes so I think he may have to get rid of someone. It might ultimately work out for the best; and probably has the higher expected value so a move is something ultimate we may want to do. There's just a real risk in any change; our moves often have played out different than we've expected. An obvious upgrade on paper could ultimately be worse than the status quo.
Sure someone has to go out. But in my scenario a wing did go out to make room for the new guy. Henderson out and Chandler Parsons in. Some are saying we would resign someone like Henderson if we don't get someone like Chandler Parsons so the minutes are going to have to be juggled just like this year next year anyways.
Yeah maybe that scenario works out great. I think I'd make that move as well. Right now Hendo is averaging 18mpg; would Parsons expect 33? Thats another 15mpg someone else on the roster is losing. Hendo also sat out 10 games; so 10games we need to cut current players minutes by 33. We already have Harkless not playing, doing his best to be a good trooper but obviously frustrated when he has excellent games followed by a DNP. Vonleh may warrant more minutes. But we need to reduce someones by 15-33? We want a bit of a minute crunch because normally there are injuries over a season and the minutes become available. This season has been atypical in that regards. But with Parsons or any big minute starter it will add some difficulty to Stotts job. I'll be interested in what Neil does. I believe he has a much better grasp on this dynamic than all of us.
If we got someone like Chandler Parsons then I think Aminu and Harkless go one more year on this team and then next summer we decide which one we want to keep and trade the other. One already is on a nice value contract and the other probably will also so they will have a lot of value around the league imo.
I think you'd have aminu play a little bit of his time at the 4 in that scenario. At that point it would come down to harkless or Leonard losing minutes
Is Parsons really worth us throwing him the max? Will he really make our team better? I'm not convinced...he hasn't been the same player since he got injured...I mean hes a good player, gets along with Lillard, but that's a big chunk of change out of our cap space. I think Durant would fit far better here than Parsons, but getting either of them is no walk in the park. I hope Neil turns Portland not being a free agent destination city on its head, and scores big on a high key player for us...not that there are many in this summer's free agency. I don't think Crabbe is going to get as big of offers as some might think...I don't think think he is going to quite command a max contract... I don't think Leonard will ever be an all-star...probably not Henderson either( he is going to be a career sixth man)
He started out slow, but he has been playing very well lately. In February he averaged 18.8 ppg, 5 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 1 steal, and he shot 52.3% and 48% from three.
Harkless and Aminu are too much alike. They're inconsistent from three, they're slashers, they hustle, and they defend. I like them both, but Aminu is a bit more consistent and we REALLY need a third scorer. I think parsons would fit in perfectly. I think he'd fit our culture as well.
Without LaMarcus returning, re-signing Lopez for any amount simply wasn't going to happen. I would have been stoked if we would have, though. I cringed a little when we signed a former L*ker, but I liked Ed's game even when viewed through the Purple-and-Piss hategoggles.
