I can get behind this logic. But, would you keep both Harkless and Aminu in this scenario? I don't think there is enough room for all of them.
Right. And how would he be WITHOUT confidence? We will never know, but probably never would have been in the league. So even confidence helped his career too right?
I think you keep both. Turner would be replacing Henderson's minutes. So you have a three guard lineup with Dame, CJ, Turner SF: Harkless, Crabbe PF: Aminu, Davis, Vonleh C: Plums, Leonard, Davis
Once again, this would be good. I'm sure the team would play well. But, is Crabbe going to get enough time to want to resign here? In my mind, Henderson is probably gone, and we will probably sell Crabbe on getting some or most of his playing time.
In my mind Crabbe gets about 28 minutes at SF. Harkless gets about 20 minutes. (Depends on the match up) Don't care who starts, but Crabbe needs to be in there with the 2nd unit. But CJ starts and plays with the 2nd unit, so there are ways to make it work. Aminu gets only PF minutes. True the free agents might be worried about minutes, but if they want to win then they just have to look at GS and see how valuable it is to have a versatile bench. If you pay them and they win.....all is good.
That's true... but isn't Charles also the guy who constantly mispronounces names? I don't think he pays that much attention.
OK--first of all, you've left Connaughton off the roster. Secondly, Crabbe's cap hold is significantly lower than that $7M, so we have more than the $21M you referenced. Third, the conventional wisdom is that Meyers will probably be offered a deal significantly larger than what would be reasonable for the Blazers to match, so his salary and minutes can probably be removed from the equation. And fourth, yes, I have no problem with Vonleh remaining third string. If you don't earn the PT, you don't get the PT. Who do I want to sign? Optimally Durant, or Horford. But absent a big name FA...Marvin Williams to provide scoring from the PF spot; Greivis Vasquez to provide a legit backup PG; Cole Aldrich to provide some rim protection from the center spot. Find a way to get an early draft pick to pick up GP2, and you've got yourself a full roster. Dame/Vasquez/Payton CJ/Crabbe/Connaughton Harkless/Aminu/Montero Williams/Davis/Vonleh Plumlee/Aldrich/Alexander
I think he's a niche player right now. And should be paid as such. But he could develop a more complete game.
True Crabbe is a good mid range shooter. But he and Tuner are two entirely types of players. Crabbe is more of a catch and shoot guy, while Turner is better at creating shots for himself and others. Not saying he is a tall PG because that experiment did not work. But he is another ball handler that we need. He and Crabbe would fit well together.
Good pick-a-part....lol. Sorry to have left off a guy who never plays and of course feel free to add in his minuscule salary. It was more generalizations without getting in to the minutia of cap holds, potential max contracts with all the cap dollars out there and without guessing as to what the conventional wisdom of the myriad of GM's with tons of money to spend on a guy coming off of 2 shoulder dislocations.....who knows what that market is given this summers free flowing dollars.
Wasn't intended as a "pick-apart" so much as information necessary to support my answer to the question asked. Without acknowledging the 11th player, my reasons for omitting Leonard, and the cap space made available by Crabbe's status, the remainder of my post is anywhere from incomplete to ignorant.
Yeah to my ears it sounded like he was saying "Miles" instead of "Meyers". I attributed it to his accent.
I was being complimentary. Missed it and Pat certainly should have been in there....didn't take it personal at all. The rest was just being general. Too much technicality, cap holds, projected future cap levels etc can get to numbers oriented. Plenty of that in my job.
Actually, TRob finally got some playing time at the end of the year and he was killing it until he got injured. @ Orlando - 18 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block, 1 steal (8-13 shooting 61.5% from the field) @ CLE - 10 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal (5-13 shooting 38.5% from the field) @ NY - 14 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 steals (6-10 shooting, 60% from the field) Vs NO - 11 points, 15 rebounds (4-8 shooting, 50% from the field) @ WAS - 23 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists (10-16 shooting, 62.5% from the field) @ CHA - 16 points, 17 rebounds (7-16 shooting, 43.8% from the field) Those games were in a row. And then he got hurt.
Just because he was bad for his first couple of years in the league doesn't mean he can't still become something. Just look at Austin Rivers. He was a laughingstock when he joined the league and I was so looking forward to making fun of him during the Clippers series. I had some jokes all lined up. But, I didn't realize he had figured some things out since the last time I payed attention to him. T rob could still figure it out. I am applying this logic to Meyers as well. Come on big guy!
There is no patience in the NBA. Unless your tanking and waiting to put together some kind of core. You just have no idea what things can come up and derail your season. Neil won't put all his eggs in one basket But he'll be agreed I've in fre agency and probably try and secure us a pick. I'm on the fence about Leonard. He has a unique skill set. But it is replaceable.
