Official Jerami Grant trade rumors/ideas thread

If we aren't going to start Sharpe this year we may as well trade him before the deadline. I don't want to extend the guy for major bank if we aren't even confident enough to start him.

 

I don't mind that starting lineup. However, for the last month (before buying out Ayton) I felt that with Ayton, Grant needed to come off the bench. But if we started Clingan, then Grant needed to start over Tou. That IMO is what is best for the team. Camara can be a spark plug off the bench while still getting 30+ minutes. Hopefully, we will pay Camara this summer, so he will be happy regardless.

Now, if Scoot and Shae come in this fall and just light it up offensively, then that changes things. But we need more offense in that starting lineup. Then Tou can come in and stop whoever is hot on the other team. Plus, I feel that refs often call more fouls to start a game in order to set the tone. I can't prove that, but it often seems that way. If Tou is coming off the bench, it will keep him out of foul trouble.

 

yuck Sharpe needs to start and IMO so does Scoot

 

I don't mind keeping Grant one more year. He feels like a Kiki VanDeWeghe type that's useful right now, but will be traded for the piece we need later.

 

Agreed; Jrue should come off the bench, but might play a lot in the 4th quarter. Tou also needs to come off the bench.

 

Jrue is aging and injury prone which could mean Scoot starts

 

To be a broken record, no way to predict what their starting lineup is because nobody knows what their goals are this season. It is impossible to tell by what they have done if they are trying to win or lose, go young or old, or what. If Jrue and Grant start, they are trying to win now at the expense of their two young 'building blocks', who will once again take a back seat to vets rather than developing.

 

Everyone assumes that Jrue will start over Scoot...... but what if it's Jrue over Sharpe?

 

I always remember how excited everyone was with how much Clyde developed over the summer after his rookie year. It was night and day. He was 22. He was hardly an exception.

I would like to see them all start, but I don't understand why players these days can't develop unless they do. Shae, Scoot, and Clingan will get plenty of minutes without awarding them a starting position. However I would be pissed if Shae didn't start.

 

I hate you if that happens then no chance Sharpe is the superstar/all star we are hoping he is

 

Anything is possible, but it would not make sense. We only have two PGs, so to start them together would be stupid.

 

(a) look at the Pacers, with Halliburton and Nemhard
(b) Jrue actually had fewer apg for the Celtics than Tatum. I've heard it said that he's "not really a point guard"

 

He'll get the same number of minutes whatever happens.

 

That makes sense. Their entire offense goes through Tatum.

 

For years this team has needed a Ginobli sixth man of the year candidate....Sharpe could become that...Ant was paid too much according to fans to come off the bench as was CJ....well we could develop him into a great 6 man...not everyone is going to be a career starter. Maybe it's not Shae...maybe it's Deni...he's paid like a 6 man.

 

Exactly, there's 96 minutes in a three guard rotation; Scoot, Jrue, and Sharpe are all getting plenty of minutes.

 

Does not make any difference. He is a PG on this team. Plus, look at his assist numbers starting from his last year in Philly, and then in New Orleans and Milwaukee. A 10-year stretch where he averaged 7-8 assists per game. Who else on this team has done that?

 

Sharpe has upped his scoring each year and now that Simons is gone, if we start him, he has potential to score 23-25 ppg next season.

 

Eh, doesn't really matter that much.

One of them sit down, Sharpe comes in. Other one sits down, first guy comes back in. Either way there's going to be a point guard on the floor.

Let's say Jrue sits first, which would make sense since he's older. Sharpe comes in and he plays with Scoot for the rest of the first quarter. Jrue replaces Scoot at the start of the second quarter and plays with Sharpe for half the quarter.

 

Shocking.