I think Bazemore's numbers are gonna blow here. I just checked and his career USG% is about 20.6% and he's never dipped below that since 2014.... No Blazer small forward has had a 20% usage rate since Nicolas Batum.....in 2011. Baze is gonna camp in the corner and hopefully hit some threes.
8/24 is still this summer. But that's just semantics. My point was that while yes, that salary ballast is no longer available for a while, it seemed (to me) highly unlikely that such a deal would have been consummated this summer anyway, so there's very little opportunity cost here.
I acknowledged that as well in my original post. Either way, I'm just glad because even if we do nothing else for the rest of the summer we've already accomplished the biggest addition-by-subtraction move we could have done.
I would hope he would have anyway. I doubt he'll receive any lucrative offers. It's important for teams to keep cheap players.
Evan Turner Al Farouq Aminu Moe Harkless The three most frustrating/annoying/least respected (by other teams) players on the roster since the retool in 2015. One down.
A MUCH better subject than acquiring a negative asset, is GETTING RID OF ONE!! I'm beyond ecstatic about this trade!
I don't think this means anything in terms of Hood other than we probably aren't opening up the Full-MLE. So his decision will be the same as it was before this trade which is either take the Tax-MLE for below market value or move on. This does however allow us to use Harkless as our "dump" contract instead of Leonard if Hood did re-sign. Like it or not, Leonard is probably going to be needed until Nurk is healthy.
You all talk about shooting %. But for me the main topic should be defense. Baze is really good on this side of the ball.
3 things: Everyone shoots better in Stott's system. Everyone who plays off of Dame and CJ shoots better. Turner, Harkless, and Aminu all did, so why wouldn't Bazemore?
So far....drafted Little to the shock of the league....turned ET into Bazemore.....I'd say...shoutout to Neil Olshey about now!
I know you as well as everyone has been mad at Meyers over the years, but I'd entertain keeping him and bringing him back if he wanted to play for less. He's a great teammate and I think he's found his niche here.
I'd supply the towels he can wave if I got assurance that he'd never set foot on the court in a game.
I don't think that will happen this upcoming season unless you trade him for another big (at least a lateral move). Nurk's injury made Meyers that more valuable to our squad as a dependable big man.
