Notice Sign Reath to multi-year contract. Do it now. Do not delay. I'm talking to you Joe.

If you think it's been 'just 1 game'... you're sorely mistaken.

Reath has been one of the best & most consistent players all season.

 

You mean in gator infested swamps right?

 

Not just one game. He has had strings of games where he leads the team in +/-. We’ve been clearly better when he’s on the floor for awhile now.

 

Bro we are what……5-30 or something…… “clearly better on the floor with him”…….and then he uses the always reliable way of evaluating a player, the old +/- #SIGH

 

He's on a two-way...... anyone who thinks he hasn't earned an actual NBA contract is just silly.

 

Fun fact. Drew Eubanks is younger.

 

Sure.... but can he rain the swish3s?

 

They will convert his contract when he runs out of eligibility to play with the main club.

 

probably...the longer they wait, the smaller the impact on the cap/tax

 

Not at all. One is a play on another player, while Christmas Reath or Great Barrier Reath are original and unique!

 

But isn't a reath actually a wreath?

 

He is also older than anyone else on the roster besides Grant, Brogdon, and Wainright.

I like Reath but view him similar to Watford (who is also four years younger). Love it when they are part of your team but not someone that you project as giving you significant contributions in a playoff setting. With the trade deadline nearing, roster flexibility is key.

 

Duop has been fun man. Plays hard, in the right spots on both ends most of the time and has some dynamism to him offensively with the ability to shoot, dribble and pass at the 5. Love him out there with Jabari.

Of our top 10 2-man units in terms of +/- he's in 7 of them. A part of the top 3 man unit as well (Scoot--Bari--Duop)...Top 30 in EPM for centers.

Eye test, box score metrics, +/- based metrics...all of them show that he's be an above average back up center at the very worst.

He's been a wonderfully surprising story this year.

 

I think his age and experience are actually why it is not that big of a surprise. That team is green as hell. Not a surprise that someone that has some real experience as a professional basketball player looks like one on a team full of young ones. Sure, he is not the most talented one, but he knows what to do - which often is not the case for a team full of so many young players.

Great story no matter what. Would not mind him as a cheap 3rd center on the roster, for sure.

 

Should we sign Luka Garza too (again, younger)?

There is no rush to sign him to an NBA contract. Doing so would require releasing someone, eating the contract. If later there is a trade that requires us taking on more players than go out, we would have to again release someone. That's a lot of waste when we have full control of his rights with his two way contract and could easily convert it after the trade deadline.

Even then, do not forget that we have likely two lottery picks (would call the GS pick late lottery to mid first) that we will need roster spots for next year.

 

His stats are so funny.

8.6/3.6/1 on 44/36/92. But PER36 that's 20/7/3. And even though the percentages look bad his TS% is 58.3% which is higher than Ayton and the same as Jerami Grant. His stats look more like a power forward which is great because Jabari plays like an undersized center, so they compliment each other quite well.

His PER of 17.3 is also the 3rd highest on the team after Ant and Brogdon.
His WS/48 is .134 which is also the 3rd highest after Ant and Brogdon.

And like you mentioned, he somehow makes his way into all the Blazers best lineups. His skillset as a stretch big just seems to really compliment the other players we have. Making a case to play more minutes, and has arguably been better than Ayton so far this season.

 

His player archetype fits a lot more lineups than Trendon Watford.