Ryan Rollins? https://hoopshype.com/lists/nba-intel-jonas-valanciunas-deandre-ayton-free-agency/ 6'4 point guard that can shoot.
he measured 6'2 at the combine Bucks still have early bird rights. They would probably match that....although they do have several guards
I would probably offer 3 yrs/$22-25m with year 3 being a TO. If it doesn’t work out, he is essentially an expiring contract next season. If it does work out, I would try to find a way to get a return on Holiday ASAP and see if he turns into something as a primary backup PG. He certainly would fit the mold of similar guys on the roster. Only 6’2 barefoot, but long wingspan at 6’10, and by most accounts a decent defender. Obviously his shooting would be needed.
Ok guess I misunderstood your point - thought you were implying they'd match a 3-4 million offer sheet. I'd imagine he either has a deal basically already agreed to not yet announced since the Bucks are still finalizing cap maneuvers - or another team could just talk to him and get him to commit.
if he's restricted with early bird rights like that article says I'd imagine the Bucks have a right to match. That's pretty much the definition of RFA
Scoot can shoot. He'll light them up if they pack it in on him. I think Sharpe will as well. He may have a few off games but he'll bust out of it once he gets used to it.
And Deni can shoot, and Toumani can shoot, Jerami can shoot, I don’t know what Nate is talking about.
It's not about "can shoot." You need guys that the league respects. Guys who space the floor. Simons was well respected as a shooter. Being able to hit threes is not the same thing as hitting on volume.
Bucks rescinded his Qualifying Offer -> so he's a now an UNrestricted FA. They still have early bird rights- so they have a mechanism to resign him IF he agrees. I think the most Bucks can offer is ~$3.5M
If they don't respect Scoot, Sharpe, and Camara from range I think we're going to outscore them. I'm good with that.
ok then...unrestricted but I believe the Bucks can give him up to 11-12M I've seen conflicting numbers on what the average salary was last season. Low end a bit more than 10M; high end around 12M
Rollins certainly has that Portland anti-corporate ethos: Former Wizards guard Ryan Rollins charged with shoplifting from Target multiple times while with team
I'm really not sure how much the NBA actually respected Simons as a three point shooter. If he was well respected I'd think his trade value would have been a lot better than it apparently was that might be because over the last 3 seasons when Simons was the full-time starter, his 3pt% was 37.4%. Over that time the NBA average was around 36.3% (which was hie mark last season). He was better than average, but not by much. He did have high volume, and as a starter it's certain teams were paying attention to him, so there's some mitigation in that now, I think it's probably true that a team needs the threat of three's to space the floor; especially in clutch time. Blazers may miss Simons in that regard. They sure won't miss his defense though
